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Where are the Dead? Part 6

Where are the Dead? Part 6

THE PROPOSITION “The proposition under discussion as stated is a clear admission that the dead are unconscious for the reason it assumes — that there is to be an awakening. Mark the words thereof, ‘that the dead are unconscious from the moment of death until the moment of awakening to the resurrection of the dead.’ If the dead were already conscious it follows that they would already be awake and therefore there could be no awakening. Jesus points out that…

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Where are the Dead? Part 5

Where are the Dead? Part 5

DEATH — SLEEP Since God has made provision for the awakening of the dead to the resurrection, the Bible frequently speaks of death as sleep. Sleep is a symbol of death, and the word is used in that sense. A man lies down to sleep and we say he will wake again. And so we say with reference to the dead — ‘He shall awake and come again.’ As the Prophet Jeremiah beautifully states the matter (Jer 31:15-16), “Thus says…

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