In the Bible, there are verses that seem to say one thing, but in another book of the Bible another verse appears to have a different meaning on the issue.Now then...one such issue I've heard different viewpoints on from different Christians, is ,the timing of when the unsaved who died go to hell.What made me think of this,is that I've known unsaved people who died, some quite recently, and some who I've known very well.And to look at them in the coffin, the body gives no indication of where their soul went.It's just a lifeless body.I can even in the Spirit "see" them standing before God for judgement.{"And I saw the dead, great and small, stand before God. And books were opened And another book was opened. It was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged everyone according to their works.And whosoever was not found in the Book of life was cast into the Lake of Fire."Yes, unless there was some deathbed confession{like the thief on the cross} that I wasn't aware of , we know where they go.But my question is, WHEN do they go there?Because some Christians say,as soon as they die, they go to Hell. And Jesus DID say, the rich man and Lazarus, the rich man "lifted up his eyes, he being in torments." It didn't say he lifted up his eyes in torment after the 1000 year reign, but THEN. That would seem to squash the "soul sleep" theory.That they're in hell for now, like in a "holding pen" for the Lake of Fire.{"And death and Hades were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death."}HOWEVER, the others point to the verse,"And the rest of the dead lived not until the 1000 years were up.""Lived not, but does that mean the bodies lived not but the souls were in hell?So when I see the body of an unsaved person in a coffin,where is their soul NOW?In other words, do they go to Hell IMMEDIATELY after death, or "sleep" for the 1000 years?Which verse overides the other? P.S. What I believe is that the Bible speaking of "the dead are conscious of nothing",and "the rest of the dead lived not until the 1000 years were over" refers to THE BODY, while THE SOUL is in Hell.This would clear up the supposed dual meanings. You say?
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