Why Do Early Christians Refer To Death As Sleep

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Title: 9 Steps to Expelling Controlling Spirits

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[captianbrave]

AMEN ❤ Hallelujah ❤️ Glory be to God ❤️

[GenericYoutubeGuy]

Jesus Christ is the Lord and Savior. In Him, there is a great place to wake up in, heaven, and a great place to dwell in after God makes his new Earth.

[fouzyraphael]

Good video. There are so many scriptures against soul sleep

[EricGiebel-hsuv]

God forgive me, I never mean to lead anyone astray

[EricGiebel-hsuv]

We have have a spirit and a soul. In Greek, the soul is the psyche of a person, , what we see as ourselves from beginning to end!!!but we have no spirit outside of Yeshu

[fouzyraphael]

Against Soul Sleep:


2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-8 (NKJV): For we know that if our earthly house [physical body], this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens… 6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

Philippians 1:20-24 (NKJV): so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. 24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

Luke 9:30-33 (NKJV): 30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of His [a]decease [departure] which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him. 33 Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”

Hebrews 12:1 (NKJV): Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us
(Hebrews 11 says some of the cloud of witnesses are: Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Issac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets)

Revelation 19:10 (NKJV): 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Revelation 22:9 (NKJV): 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

Luke 16:19 (NKJV): 19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.24 “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’ 27 “Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ 29 Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
1 Peter 3:18-19 (NKJV): being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison
1 Peter 4:6 (NKJV): For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead
Acts 2:22-27 (NKJV): Jesus of Nazareth . . . whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it. For David says concerning him [in the Psalms]: ... "You will not leave my soul in Hades."

Early Christian sources (disciples of the disciples):

Peter, through unrighteous envy [of his persecutors], endured not one or two, but numerous labors. And when he had at length suffered martyrdom, he departed to the place of glory due to him. . . . Paul also obtained the reward of patient endurance, after being seven times thrown into captivity . . . and suffering martyrdom under the prefects. In that manner, he was removed from the world and went into the holy place. Clement of Rome (c. 96, W), 1.6.

All the generations from Adam even unto this day have passed away. However, those who, through the grace of God, have been made perfect in love, now possess a place among the godly. And they will be made manifest at the revelation of the kingdom of Christ. For it is written, "Enter into your secret chambers for a little time, until my wrath and fury pass away. And I will remember a propitious day, and will raise you up out of your graves." Clement of Rome (c. 96, W), 1.18.

[IN REFERENCE TO SOME FAITHFUL MARTYRS:] They are in their due place in the presence of the Lord, with whom they also suffered. Polycarp (c. 135, E), 1.35.
But [the martyrs] were revealed by the Lord to them, inasmuch as they were no longer men, but had already become angels. Martyrdom of Polycarp (c. 135, E), 1.39.

After we have departed from the world, no further power of confessing or repenting will belong to us. Second Clement (c. 150, W), 7.519.
The souls of the godly remain in a better place, while those of the unjust and wicked are in a worse place, waiting for the time of judgement. Justin Martyr (c. 160, E), 1.197.

[DarkmanRides]

When you die in the body of Christ you go straight to God. Don't forget Peter saw Moses and Elijah with Jesus. That should be the end of the discussion right there. Those who die without Jesus are in sheol the grave waiting to be Resurrected for the great white Throne judgement. At that time your spirit that had been in heaven will get a new spiritual body AKA the Resurrection of your new body not the new spirit❤

[krispynchewy]

Jesus told the Disciples that Lazarus was asleep and when they didn't understand the urgency He told them flat out Lazarus was Dead... Jesus used that term...

[Douxlicious]

Why did spirits come out of their graves and reveal themselves to people right after Jesus gave up His Holy Ghost?
Because Heaven and hell are outside of time, anyone ran out of time here goes to one of those two places.
My heart stopped for six minutes and Jesus brought me back from the dead

[jsjsjsjs]

Soooo what is it like when u die and are not saved?