Handout available here
Philippians 1:20-26
- Common struggle between going to be with Christ or being like Christ here
- Self-centered salvation
2 Corinthians 5:6-8
- Recap on Paul's metaphors for the current and resurrection bodies
- Away from the Lord now, with the Lord then
Acts 23:8-9 & 12:15
- Sadducees = no resurrection
- Angel = spirit = intermediate state of bodiless existence
Luke 16:19-31
- The Rich Man & Lazarus is a parable
- Focus of parable is wealth (not the afterlife)
- Problems with literal reading
- Abraham's side and Hades
Living the kingdom now - inflicting hell or bringing heaven to earth
