Are Eternal Conscious Punishment and the Immortal ...
September 12th, 2013 | Eschatology | 2 Comments
Eternal Conscious Punishment and the Immortal Body
In thisĀ post, I have a few questions and observations I want to raise for those who accept the individual body view of resurrection in 70 AD, with ongoing individual bodies being raised to immortality after death.
This view is strongly advocated by Ed Stevens, a long time friend and brother in Christ. This writing is not a personal attack on Stevens. It merely focuses on his position and the problems I see with it.
It allows an opportunity to evaluate the individual body view in the light of Ed's teachings and what we believe the ...
The Kingdom of God and Immortality
September 3rd, 2013 | Eschatology | 2 Comments
The Kingdom of God and Immortality
In discussing the subject of the kingdom of God and immortality, some writers and speakers have chosen to limit this concept to that of individual bodies.
They believe that the focus of immortality, eternal life and incorruption has as its center, a remaking of the physical body of man.
At its core, is the idea that man's body is evil in some way, i.e. that it has fallen under a sinful nature from which it cannot escape in this life, except through death.
Further, such escape is only available to those who obey the gospel. This thinking permeates ...