"The Bible informs us that “the dead know not anything” (Ecclesiastes 9:5);
--that their love and hatred and envy is now perished (verse 6);
--that “they are extinct” (Isaiah 43:17);
--that those that have been long dead are in darkness (Psalm 143:3; Lamentation 3:6);
--that in the day of death the “thoughts perish” (Psalm 146:4);
--that “the dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence” (Psalm 115:17);
--and that the dead in Christ shall come forth from their graves when the Lord comes to judgment (1 Thessalonians 4:14–16).
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--that their love and hatred and envy is now perished (verse 6);
--that those that have been long dead are in darkness (Psalm 143:3; Lamentation 3:6);
--that in the day of death the “thoughts perish” (Psalm 146:4);
--that “the dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence” (Psalm 115:17);
--and that the dead in Christ shall come forth from their graves when the Lord comes to judgment (1 Thessalonians 4:14–16).
Then no part of man remains alive
from death to the resurrection.
In order for man to live again, he must die (Job 14:14; Revelation 20:5). So when the Bible says “Abraham died” (Genesis 25:8), we believe it wholly, not in part."StepsToLife