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All believers will experience a future resurrection
of the body and reuniting with the soul. This future
state is promised to all believers to enjoy an eternal
existence, separated from sin, in the presence of God in
glory. Those whose names are not written in the book of
life will be cast into the lake of fire. This is called
the second death.
Luke 16:19-26
19 “Now there was a
rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine
linen, joyously living in splendor every day. 20 “And
a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered
with sores, 21 and
longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling
from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were
coming and licking his sores. 22 “Now
the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to
Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was
buried. 23 “In Hades he
lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham
far away and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 “And
he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on
me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in
agony in this flame.’ 25 “But
Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life
you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad
things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are
in agony. 26 ‘And
besides all this, between us and you there is a great
chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from
here to you will not be able, and that none may cross
over from there to us.’
2 Corinthians 5:8
8 we are of good
courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the
body and to be at home with the Lord.
Philippians 1:23
23 But I am
hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to
depart and be with Christ, for that is very much
better;
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
7 and to give relief
to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord
Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty
angels in flaming fire, 8 dealing
out retribution to those who do not know God and to
those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These
will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from
the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His
power,
I John 5:11-12
11 And the testimony
is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this
life is in His Son. 12 He
who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the
Son of God does not have the life.
Revelation 20:11-15
11 Then I saw a great
white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose
presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was
found for them. 12 And I
saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before
the throne, and books were opened; and another book was
opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were
judged from the things which were written in the books,
according to their deeds. 13 And
the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and
Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were
judged, every one of them according to their deeds. 14 Then
death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This
is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And
if anyone's name was not found written in the book of
life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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