quotes

• "Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full years; and he was gathered to his people"


  Genesis 25:8 New International Version
• "Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt"


  Daniel 12:2 New International Version
• Analyses of Genesis 25:8

  It shows that Abraham lived the full extent of human life. But the phrase of "gathered to his people" -> does it mean being buried in his family ground or with his family. Or could it mean mean resurrected in an after life. The Bible does not tell.
• Analyses of Daniel 12:2


  Daniel is the last book in Jewish scripture, written around 165 BC. Encouragement for Jews who were being persecuted. Told Jews to stay faithful and obedient to God = seemed like the solution to God's injustice in this universe.
• But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.

  1 Corinthians 15:35-38 New International Version
• So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

  If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

  1 Corinthians 15: 42 - 44
• For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

  2 Corinthians 5:1-3
• But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith


  1 Corinthians 15: 12-19
• For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

  1 thessalonians 4:14
• For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

  2 Corinthians 5:1-3
• "to such a body as would reconstitute a man identifiable with the man who died"


  Peter Geach -> souls must be reunified
• Analyses of 1 Corinthians 15:35-49, 42-44


  Lives mysteries about what is the physical body, idea that the body will change and transform radically. Although not clear how
• 2 Corinthians 5:1-3


  the idea of the tent being replaced by a sturdier house, shows that the bodies we live in are not our true body. Physical life is temporary and fragile. Shows that Paul believes in this life we understand that we have sinned, but in the after life God will transform us
• "all man's soul is in all his body and again all of it is in any part of his body in the same way as God is in the world"

  Aquinas Summa Theologia
• For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known


  1 Corinthians 13:12 -> Beatific Vision
• "And Jesus said, I assure you (,) today you will be with me in heaven"


  Luke 23: 43

  In ancient Greek, there would no comma. With the comma, it implies that the criminal next to Jesus will join him straight after death in heaven, without the common he was just assuring on that day
• And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death


  Final Judgement, Revelation 20:12 - 14
• 'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me' -> righteous

  'For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me' -> unrighteous


  Matthew 25: 31-46 (Parable of the Sheep and Goats)
• And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’[a] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

  Revelation 21: 3-4 HEAVEN
• My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

  John 14:2 HEAVEN
• "Anyone who speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy sprit will not be forgive, either in this age or the age to come"


  Matthew 12: 30-32 PURGATORY
• "Escaping through a wall of flames"

  1 Corinthians 3:10 - 15 PURGATORY
• Then under the tunic of each one of the dead, they found sacred tokens of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to wear. And it became clear to all that this was the reason these men had fallen. So they all blessed the ways of the Lord, the righteous Judge, who reveals the things that are hidden; and they turned to supplication, praying that the sin that had been committed might be wholly blotted out


   2 Maccabees 12:40-42 PURGATORY AND THE BOOK IS ONLY FOUND IN CATHOLICISM
• For we maintained that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law 


  FAITH AND ACTION -> Romans 3:28
• “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?"

  Romans 9:20 - Election
• God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. 


  Romans 8: 28-30 -> election
• "He chose us"

  "He predestined us"


  Ephesians 1: 4-5 -> limited election
• "God has allotted to each a measure of faith"


  Romans 12: 3 -> limited election
• "He (God) does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent"

  2 Peter 3:9 Unlimited Election + Jesus' sacrifice
• "He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves"

  2 Corinthians 5:15
• "Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"


  John 3:16
• "wholesome thought to pray for the dead"

  2 Maccabees 12:46
• The Rich Man and Lazarus: key quotes

  • ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
  • he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
  • ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

  30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

  31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
• The Rich Man and Lazarus:

  • shows that there is hell where people feel pain (as seen with the Rich man)
  • not to be taken literally. Martin Luther argued it was just a parable which symbolizes the state of the conscience after we do good or bad. The torment mentioned is a symbol for the rich man’s conscience.
  • But the rich man wanted to warn his family, which he should be able to do if the torment is just a symbol for tormented conscience on earth.
  • imilar to other parables however in that it involves the reversal of fortunes and concern for the poor.