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Originally Posted by 1 God
Overall in this thread, it seems we should dismiss Jesus’ discussion about the rich man in hell as exaggerated and speaking of other fascinating ideas. The JWs must have got annihilation right.
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I think soul-sleep believers have good points. I also believe there are misunderstandings of the Scriptures in their teaching. I also believe there are misunderstanding in non-soul-sleep believers, which is my camp. I believe that in part the misunderstanding in non-soul-sleep believers is the result of mistranslations, i.e. "hell" for two Greek words that mean theologically different things, and as result, they can't see in plain reading the differences. The famous preaching "your first night in hell" is an example of such misunderstanding, or also comments or even songs saying that when you die, you will go to heaven and walk on streets of gold, and see again your deceased relatives and church friends, and such, promises which are instead associated with the resurrection, not with the intermediate state before resurrection.
What we know about our intermediate state is that we will be with Christ, and it is a place of rest.
JW are not the only ones believing in soul-sleep, Seventh-day Adventist also.
I don't see it as a salvation issue to be honest.
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