If you believe this then please explain the following text.
"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me."—Job 19:25-27.
God called Job the most rightous man on earth.
2007-02-23 08:48:23 · 5 answers · asked by Mr. E 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is a passage which explains the resurrection. During that time, Christ will reign personally upon the earth.
I believe that when we die, we enter something called the "spirit world," which isn't much different than this one except that we don't have a body. There will still be many different beliefs, etc. Afterwards, we shall be resurrected and brought before God and judged.
2007-02-23 08:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by Laurel W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gal 2;21. One doesn't get into heaven by being righteous Ephesians 2:8-9. Job is in the poetry books so some of it is figurative and goes along with Jewish culture at the time.
It was the first book written, so it's kinda hard to just project it into 21st century. When Christ came He declared the new covenant. He became the payment for our sins. Romans 3;23, 6:23, 5:8, John 1:12, John 5 ;24 1Peter 3:18
Then Paul, a Jew, explained it this way...2Cor. 5:6-8
Take a look...it's good reading
2007-02-23 17:02:06 · answer #2 · answered by Cheryl Durham, Ph.D. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we die we are if we are saved in the presence of God. At the end of times ("He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth...yet in my flesh I shall see God") our bodies, perfected will be resurrected.
The passage is really not at all confusing.
2007-02-23 16:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the utterance of a man who is suffering in the body, mind and soul, who has just listened to 3 "friends" tell him how he's being punished by God for something that he did as a boy or a young man.
Seems like you're trying to pull a doctrinal statement out of a statement of worship for the living God, from a man trying to make sense out of suffering. Sound right to you?
2007-02-23 16:58:24 · answer #4 · answered by stronzo5785 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be absent from the is to be present with the lord.
2007-02-23 16:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by parkituse j 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋