Immortality or Resurrection (Updated), William West [black female authors .txt] 📗

/> go to prepare a place for you." (Where did Christ go to prepare a place for us? In the
mansions in His Father's house in Heaven. "For it was not David who ascended into
heaven, but himself says: 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.'" Acts 2:34-35)
"And if I go and prepare a place for you, (A place in my Father's house in Heaven) I
come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am there you may also be
(With me in the place I go to prepare for you in My Father's house in Heaven [John 14:1-
3]. But now I go unto him (unto My Father who is in Heaven) that sent me" ("The
word-Christ who was with the Father in the beginning and has always been a heavenly
being with God became flesh, and dwelt among us" John 1:14) [John 16:5]. He is no
longer flesh, but has now gone back to Heaven to prepare a place for the saved and will
come back for them. "He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My
throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne" [Revelation
3:21]. Christ is now on His Fathers throne in Heaven where He went to prepare a place
for us.
[16] FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD: "And
as we have borne the image of the earthy [flesh and blood], we shall also bear the image
of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren that FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT
THE KINGDOM OF GOD; (Our bodies in the image of Adam made for this earth are not
suitable for Heaven) neither do corruption inherit incorruption (Neither can our
corruptible bodies in the image of Adam inherit in the heavenly realm). Behold, I tell you
a mystery: We all shall not sleep, (Shall not die) but we shall all be changed, (ALL the
saved that are asleep when Christ comes and ALL the saved that are alive) in a moment,
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in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, (Raised in the heavenly image of Christ, not in the
corruptible image of Adam which they had when they died). For this corruptible must
put on incorruption, (This earthly body in the image of Adam must put on incorruption,
a spiritual body in the image of Christ. Adam never had a spiritual body before or after he
sined), and this mortal must put on immortality (This mortal body which is the body we
now have must be changed to an immortal spiritual body which will not be the body of
this earth which we now have). But, when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is
written, Death is swallowed up in victory" [1 Corinthians 15:50-54]. In this passage Paul
is telling the Corinthians what their body will be after the resurrection.
• It cannot be "flesh and blood" for flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of
God [1 Corinthians 15:50].
• It cannot be a body of "corruption" in the image of Adam for a body of corruption
cannot inherit incorruption [1 Corinthians 15:50-54].
• It cannot be the mortal body that we now have for this mortal body must put on
immortality [1 Corinthians 15:53-54].
[17] "We that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede
them that are fallen asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall
rise first; then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the
clouds (To meet Him in the air and will have a body not of this earth) to meet the Lord in
the air: and so shall ever be with the Lord" [1 Thessalonians 4:16-17].
[18] "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall
be. (We know what the image of Adam is for we now have it. His image was flesh and
blood both before and after he sinned, and we know that we now have his image, a body
of flesh and blood, but we do not now know what the spiritual body in the image of
Christ will be like.) We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him because we
shall see Him just as He is" [1 John 3:2].
[19] WILL BE LIKE ANGELS "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,
but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age (The age to come. Not all will
be worthy to attain to it) and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given
in marriage; for neither can they die any more, FOR THEY ARE LIKE ANGELS,
(Like the angels, the saved will have a body that will be suitable for Heaven. Not an
earthly being and will no longer have a body in the image of Adam made for this earth,
but will have a spiritual body in the image of Christ. ANGELS HAVE NEVER HAD AN
EARTHLY BODY IN THE IMAGE OF ADAM. WHEN WE ARE LIKE ANGELS WE
WILL NOT HAVE AN EARTHLY BODY IN THE IMAGE OF ADAM) and are sons
of God, being sons of the resurrection" [Luke 20:34-36]. Adam was made of the earth
and had a flesh and blood body and Eve was made from his body before their sin, they
never had a spiritual body or a body like the angels. To have a body like Adam before he
sinned would be to have a flesh and blood body and be male and female. It would be
nothing like the Angels.
[20] "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his
great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away,
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reserved in heaven for you, who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time" [1 Peter 1:4].
[21] SEEK THE THINGS ABOVE "If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep
seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind
on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and you life is
hidden with Christ in God. WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE, IS REVEALED, THEN
YOU ALSO WILL BE REVEALED WITH HIM IN GLORY" [Colossians 2:1-4].
[22] WE NOW BEAR THE IMAGE OF THE EARTHLY [Adam] WE SHALL BEAR
THE IMAGE OF THE HEAVENLY [Christ] "And just as we have borne the image of
the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly" (Not the flesh and blood image
of Adam before or after he sinned, not an earthly body, not a body of dust) [1 Corinthians
15:48].
AN ETERNITY IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH
Some ask. "An eternity in Heaven doing what?" I ask them, "An eternity on earth
doing what?" I have not seen anywhere that they say what they think we will be doing on
earth for an eternity. Take whatever they think there will be to do on earth for eternity
and multiply it by a 100, or 10,000, or even by 100,000 and you will not have all that we
will be doing in Heaven for an eternity. All the best of this earth will be gone. There will
be no marriage, therefore, no family life [Matthew 22:30]. No sea [Revelation 21:1]
therefore, nothing that has to do will the sea, no boating, no fishing, no sunset over the
water, etc. Multiply the beauty of earth by 100,000 or more and you still will not have the
beauty of Heaven.
LIFE ON THIS EARTH - versus - LIFE IN HEAVEN
1. Life on this earth: a natural body - versus - after the resurrection: a spiritual body
[1 Corinthians 15:42-58].
2. Life on this earth: a mortal being - versus- after the resurrection: an immortal
being.
3. Life on this earth: image of Adam - versus - after the resurrection: image of
Christ.
There are three major views of the fate of the lost after death. There may be many
variations on each, not to over simplify, but I think all the variations will be on one of the
three.
1. God made most of mankind to be tormented forever.
2. God will save all mankind no matter how evil they are.
3. The wages of sin is death for those not in Christ.
o a) The eternal home for those in Christ will be on earth.
o b) The eternal home for those in Christ will be in Heaven.
When Christ came to earth He became “flesh and blood” in the image of Adam, IF
CHRIST IS TO COME BACK TO AND FOREVER BE A KING ON THIS EARTH HE
WILL FOREVER BE “FLESH AND BLOOD” IN THE IMAGE OF ADAM.
A SUMMARY OF WHERE THE DEAD ARE. Four views on what happens at
death, each one is in sharp conflict with the other three and makes them not possible. Yet,
the same preachers put the dead in three places simultaneously.
1. The spirit of all returns to God – misused to prove all have an immortal soul.
2. The dead are alive in sheol.
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3. The soul of the saved go directly to Heaven at death and the soul of the lost
directly go to Hell at death.
4. All the dead are asleep unto the resurrection.
GOD HAS SPOKE
In The Clearest Way That Is Possible With Human Language
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have
they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten...for there is no work, nor
device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you go" [Ecclesiastes 9:5-10]. "His
breath goes forth, he returns to the earth: in that very day his thoughts perish" [Psalms
146:4]. "So man lies down and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not
awake, nor be roused out of their sleep" [Job 14:12]. If you read God's word and you still
believe a person now has an immortal soul; and is not subject to death, there is no human
language God could use to tell you otherwise. You have believed men and Satan, and will
not hear God.
There is nothing hard to understand about the nature of a person or the fate of the
wicked. It takes much help from theology to not understand the clear teaching of the
Bible. Much help to make many believe Satan's lie over God's word. Much help for
anyone to not be able to see the simple truth when he or she reads the Bible.
COULD GOD HAVE GIVEN HIS REVELATION ABOUT THE FATE OF
MANKIND AFTER DEATH IN A WAY THAT ALL COULD UNDERSTAND IT?
THE ANSWER IS YES. HE COULD AND DID CHOOSE WORDS, PARABLES,
SYMBOLS, AND METAPHORS THAT CLEARLY TEACH THE DEATH OF,
NOT THE ETERNAL TORMENT OF THE LOST. THE UNSAVED DIE,
PERISH, ARE DESTROYED, AND ARE LOST. THE OBEDIENT ARE SAVED
FROM DEATH, AND GIVEN LIFE AND IMMORTALITY AT THE
JUDGMENT. GOD COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT ANY CLEARER. IF YOU
THINK HE COULD HAVE, TRY TO SAY IT ANY CLEARER. The words and
expressions are used that put the truth beyond all possibility of question. Eternal life