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Old 11-25-2008, 12:07 PM
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Re: Where Are the Dead?

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Originally Posted by Antipas View Post
I believe that the saints under the New Covenant immediately pass into the presence of the Lord upon death. The unrighteous dead are immediately confined in Hell. When all are resurrected from the dead all men will then stand before God and receive their final judgment. The saints pass into a blessed eternity with their reward, the unrighteous are cast into the Lake of Fire.

That's my personal belief.
I agree totally.

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Indeed, the New Testament celebrates that those who die will immediately be ushered into the presence of the Lord. Paul professed, “to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).
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