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For your benefit, this text is found in 2 Corinthians 5:8 Contextually Paul speaks here of seeing what is not visible to human eye sight. Ideally it would be better to be in a reality where immortality is present but we are not.....we are mortal and so live by faith in what is to come...we do...

That all who die (righteous and wicked) are dead in the sense that they 'sleep' (without consciousness in any form) meaning, they await a resurrection. The scripture speaks in terms of two resurrections; the first for the righteous, the second for the wicked.....at different stages of the time...

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Knowledge is progressive so 'perfect' is not something I claim. Direction however is the purpose of the scriptures; that we might know there are sign posts and which way they face.

No, I am not claiming that.....there are other options the which purgatory is not one of.

The belief that the bible is inconsistent is a contextual matter. Those who believe so have a little information and because they can't reconcile all the factors, claims are made from poor judgement. I think most of us understand that limited understanding of any matter has dire consequences if...

We walk by faith in the Son of God who loved us and gave himself for us. One must know that the teaching of purgatory is contrary to and is not found at all in scripture. This is self evident to all who know the scriptures. You have the scriptures at your disposal.....make the effort and become...

strange how Jesus didn't finish paying for sins isn't it?

its speaking in metaphor re this matter

They have been taken from their context and superimposed on a faulty interpretation

both these scriptures have been misapplied in your post n2thelight!

whew!!...well that takes the pressure off!......:)

I love you Mayflower!

Laurel and Hardy were famed for their wit it came from the place we all go to s...... , In quiet reflection we sit on that throne and cast around thoughts that are bare to the bone, Soon up we arise, we've found laughter and glee from the great revelation of myself and me, It's blown to the air...

Where shall I start?....consider your understanding/interpretation of the word 'abomination' (which incidentally, I think is correct). The actual word 'abomination' does not need to be used in order to convey its operative principle. Its principle is there in the context. A lie imbibed is akin...

We can start in Eden.....Eve exchanged the truth for a lie....she believed it (it entered her heart)...what? the abomination of desolation!.....and as per God's promise she became subject to death. As stated earlier, this principle is illustrated throughout scripture and Israel's history.

the principle is throughout scripture......its application throughout time.

your own mouth is your witness!

hmmmm.....going back 30 yrs..... Your profile tells us you are 20 yrs old. A lie from the outset?

To be direct with few words, the abomination of desolation is a a spurious gospel.....one that masquerades as the real deal but is in fact the lie.....one that lives in the heart.