tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3326792094287325881.post6248736964511672249..comments2023-10-20T07:44:46.583-05:00Comments on a long way from home: Resurrection NowEvan D. Garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05395940526434441825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3326792094287325881.post-58415963972369583642014-04-03T12:10:01.441-05:002014-04-03T12:10:01.441-05:00I didn't take Ed Kreider at VTS, but I tend to...I didn't take Ed Kreider at VTS, but I tend to by Kreiderian in my theology of the afterlife and suspect that Paradise is our home until the new heaven and new earth. What that is and how it is different from heaven, I'm really not sure, but I have to lean this way because I'm a firm believer in the final judgment, wherein, I suspect that most souls, having experienced the unimaginable love of God either in paradise or with Dives in Hades, will make their way to eternal life. That is to say, love wins.spankeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255755818094635488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3326792094287325881.post-62061496498545446252014-04-03T06:21:17.746-05:002014-04-03T06:21:17.746-05:00Ah! I hadn't really thought of that in this ca...Ah! I hadn't really thought of that in this case, but I've enjoyed thinking about it. I believe that conscious existence is impossible without the body. We are body and spirit together not some dualist hybrid-existence. So, wherever Lazarus' soul goes, I believe that it's an unconscious place until the body and soul are reunited at the last day. The soul? My best guess is that is returns to God. I don't know if I'd call that "heaven," but I also don't think it's purgatory or limbo. I'm not really sure what happens to the souls of the damned. Maybe they go somewhere else for a "brief" unconscious sleep before waking when reunited with the body in the same way as the elect. What about you? What do you believe happens in between this life and the next?Evan D. Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05395940526434441825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3326792094287325881.post-12941652398251017022014-04-02T15:27:05.277-05:002014-04-02T15:27:05.277-05:00More like, based on my knowledge of your Protestan...More like, based on my knowledge of your Protestant proclivities, I'm assuming you don't buy purgatory, so what does the waiting look like? Is it the paradise promised to the thief who repented? Is he immediately taken to the final judgment because in death we are no longer slaves to time and space? I always wonder what people think happens when we die, and your post gave me a chance to get your thoughts.spankeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255755818094635488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3326792094287325881.post-16956674706708872522014-04-02T15:14:50.362-05:002014-04-02T15:14:50.362-05:00I can't tell for sure whether your question is...I can't tell for sure whether your question is a clever way of getting me to reconsider my commitment to the resurrection (it's intact) or a reflection of my poorly worded post. If it's the latter, what I meant to say is "that second time (he dies) he has to wait until everyone else comes back (from the dead when Jesus returns at the general resurrection)." Evan D. Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05395940526434441825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3326792094287325881.post-29778905406355302702014-04-02T10:37:38.224-05:002014-04-02T10:37:38.224-05:00I'm intrigued by this line, "And that sec...I'm intrigued by this line, "And that second time he has to wait until everyone comes back." Where does Lazarus go then?spankeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255755818094635488noreply@blogger.com