The Promise to be in His Presence before the End (2 Cor 5:8 KJV) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. The Apostle Paul shares with all the readers of Scripture that when any believer physically dies before the return of Christ on the last day, they are immediately ushered into the presence of the Lord. The body goes into the ground but the soul into the presence of God to await the reuniting of body and soul on the last day. The Christian does not experience anything such as soul sleep or any judgment because all sins were paid for and removed at Calvary. (Col 2:13-14 KJV) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; {14} Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:34:14 +0000