Timeline for answer to Is there a contradiction between Ecclesiastes 9:5 & Luke 16:19-31? by Dottard
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| Jan 17, 2022 at 1:58 | comment | added | user38524 | Regarding Ecclesiastes 9, see Does Ecclesiastes 9:10 affirm that the dead are unconscious? | |
| Jan 14, 2022 at 20:22 | comment | added | Dottard | @SpiritRealmInvestigator - that is true and that state is unconsciousness as per Eccl 9:5. People die, they remain unconscious until the resurrection. | |
| Jan 14, 2022 at 16:00 | comment | added | user38524 | Dottard, if there is a delay between physical death and bodily resurrection, doesn't that mean there is an intermediate state between the two? Something must happen in between, right? | |
| Jan 14, 2022 at 11:04 | comment | added | Dottard | @SpiritRealmInvestigator - "Hades" is a Greek NT word and so does not occur in the OT. Indeed, apart from this case, Hades only occurs 9 other times in the NT: Matt 11;23, 16:18, Luke 10:15, Acts 12:27, 31, Rev 1:18, 6:8, 20:13, 14. It is the direct equivalent of She'ol in the OT which is called the pit and is a place of darkness and quiet. | |
| Jan 13, 2022 at 19:58 | comment | added | Dottard | @SpiritRealmInvestigator - the Bible no where depicts an intermediate state. Even "the bosom of Abraham" in Jewish mythology is synonymous with heaven. Hades is not an intermediate state. Where does this parable depict an intermediate state? | |
| Jan 13, 2022 at 13:07 | comment | added | user38524 |
A literal interpretation of this parable would have people receive their reward immediately at death - Unless you see it as an intermediate state (not the final reward).
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| Jan 13, 2022 at 13:00 | comment | added | user38524 |
All other references to hades in the New Testament show hades to be a place of unconsciousness and darkness - did you mean Old Testament? What references are you referring to?
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| Jan 13, 2022 at 12:57 | comment | added | user38524 |
Many still believe that the parable of the rich man and Lazarus as told by Christ in Luke 16:19-31 is a literal representation of heaven and hell after death - What about those who see it as an approximate depiction of an intermediate state?
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| Jan 13, 2022 at 8:18 | history | answered | Dottard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |