Review
1. The
Bible teaches humanity is both material (the body) and immaterial (the spirit).
2.
Death ruptures that wholeness.
3. The
Bible teaches that there is life after death (Lk. 23:43).
a. The time between death and the resurrection
is sometimes called the “intermediate state,” in-between death and the
resurrection.
b. For the righteous, I argued that this
involves the spirit resting in the presence of God (2 Cor. 5:6-8).
c. The Bible doesn’t say much about the state of
the wicked, but 2 Peter 2:4 mentions wicked angels cast into “hell” (tartarus), to await the judgment.
4. But
the Bible also teaches the body will be raised and joined with the spirit in
the resurrection, life after life
after death.
