Salluz
Aspiring Man of God
Since I haven't been here for a while, the bible study q&a looks a little bland without my colorful avatar being the one that started half the posts I'll have to do something about that.
This is one I've been caught up on for a while now. Looking at the story of the rich man and Lazarus, even before the cross we see people conscious after death whether in torment or paradise. After the cross, Paul said "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord."
My hang up comes from the myriad of times I have been reading people say in the old testament "Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?" Why not?
I understand that the resurrection is of the utmost importance, and that death is only a temporary state for believers, and that God is the "God of the living" and not the dead. By why can no one praise God in the meantime? That doesn't make sense to me, so I'm thinking there must be some other way to interpret that common saying to make it consistent with other passages. Thoughts?
This is one I've been caught up on for a while now. Looking at the story of the rich man and Lazarus, even before the cross we see people conscious after death whether in torment or paradise. After the cross, Paul said "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord."
My hang up comes from the myriad of times I have been reading people say in the old testament "Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?" Why not?
I understand that the resurrection is of the utmost importance, and that death is only a temporary state for believers, and that God is the "God of the living" and not the dead. By why can no one praise God in the meantime? That doesn't make sense to me, so I'm thinking there must be some other way to interpret that common saying to make it consistent with other passages. Thoughts?