state of the dead

According to 1 Corinthians 15:16-19, 32; 1 Thessalonians 14:13-18; John 6:39-40; Genesis 3:19, among others, our hope is in the resurrection. Without it we can have no hope for those who have fallen asleep. If humanity possessed an immaterial spirit that continued to exist after death, these words would make no sense, as a resurrection would not be necessary in order to be with the Lord, because they would already be with the Lord, albeit without their physical bodies. And yet, that is what most of the professed Christian world believes.

The Hebrew perspective that Jesus and the apostles plainly promoted is thatreality is purely materialistic - not including any belief in immateriality, which is the same as non-physicality. With all that said, it's easy to affirm certain truths while not fully understanding their implications. This often leads to holding two contrary views at the same time without even realizing it.

Case in  point, the lesson from week 6 took a position against the idea that all reality is **only** material. That lesson said that materialism means there is no God and no supernatural realm of existence, which means that from the lesson's perspective, God is obviously not material, but instead is an immaterial spirit, and by the same line of reasoning holds that the lesson believes in an immaterial realm of existence as well.

But think about how strange this idea is, especially in light of the resurrection being our only hope of a future existence. Like, where is the physical Jesus going to take us, his purely physical, bodily, redeemed followers? To an immaterial realm of existence? And where is that? Everywhere? Nowhere? Where are we going to stand? Are we just going to float around for eternity? And then we're supposedly going to worship an immaterial God in this immaterial realm? Will we be the only material things in this immaterial realm besides Jesus?

In this study, we go through many statements from the early SDAs, to show that spoke very plainly in their writings against the idea of an immaterial God and an immaterial realm of existence.

For further study: 

"Materialism: Our Forgotten Foundation," by Trent Wilde:

http://www.bdsda.com/materialism-our-forgotten-foundation-2/

See also the studies on our "Resurrection" tag cloud at this link:

http://www.bdsda.com/tag/resurrection/

Sabbath School Q4 2022: On Death, Dying, and the Future Hope - Week 8, "The New Testament Hope"

A Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist perspective on the Sabbath School lesson.

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Email us at bdsdalit@gmail.com for comments and literature requests.

According to 1 Corinthians 15:16-19, 32; 1 Thessalonians 14:13-18; John 6:39-40; Genesis 3:19, among others, our hope is in the resurrection. Without it we can have no hope for those who have fallen asleep. If humanity possessed an immaterial spirit that continued to exist after death, these words would make no sense, as a resurrection would not be necessary in order to be with the Lord, because they would already be with the Lord, albeit without their physical bodies. And yet, that is what most of the professed Christian world believes.

The Hebrew perspective that Jesus and the apostles plainly promoted is thatreality is purely materialistic - not including any belief in immateriality, which is the same as non-physicality. With all that said, it's easy to affirm certain truths while not fully understanding their implications. This often leads to holding two contrary views at the same time without even realizing it.

Case in  point, the lesson from week 6 took a position against the idea that all reality is **only** material. That lesson said that materialism means there is no God and no supernatural realm of existence, which means that from the lesson's perspective, God is obviously not material, but instead is an immaterial spirit, and by the same line of reasoning holds that the lesson believes in an immaterial realm of existence as well.

But think about how strange this idea is, especially in light of the resurrection being our only hope of a future existence. Like, where is the physical Jesus going to take us, his purely physical, bodily, redeemed followers? To an immaterial realm of existence? And where is that? Everywhere? Nowhere? Where are we going to stand? Are we just going to float around for eternity? And then we're supposedly going to worship an immaterial God in this immaterial realm? Will we be the only material things in this immaterial realm besides Jesus?

In this study, we go through many statements from the early SDAs, to show that spoke very plainly in their writings against the idea of an immaterial God and an immaterial realm of existence.

For further study: 

"Materialism: Our Forgotten Foundation," by Trent Wilde:

http://www.bdsda.com/materialism-our-forgotten-foundation-2/

See also the studies on our "Resurrection" tag cloud at this link:

http://www.bdsda.com/tag/resurrection/

Sabbath School Q4 2022: On Death, Dying, and the Future Hope - Week 8, "The New Testament Hope"

A Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist perspective on the Sabbath School lesson.

www.bdsda.com

Email us at bdsdalit@gmail.com for comments and literature requests.

According to 1 Corinthians 15:16-19, 32; 1 Thessalonians 14:13-18; John 6:39-40; Genesis 3:19, among others, our hope is in the resurrection. Without it we can have no hope for those who have fallen asleep. If humanity possessed an immaterial spirit that continued to exist after death, these words would make no sense, as a resurrection would not be necessary in order to be with the Lord, because they would already be with the Lord, albeit without their physical bodies. And yet, that is what most of the professed Christian world believes.

The Hebrew perspective that Jesus and the apostles plainly promoted is thatreality is purely materialistic - not including any belief in immateriality, which is the same as non-physicality. With all that said, it's easy to affirm certain truths while not fully understanding their implications. This often leads to holding two contrary views at the same time without even realizing it.

Case in  point, the lesson from week 6 took a position against the idea that all reality is **only** material. That lesson said that materialism means there is no God and no supernatural realm of existence, which means that from the lesson's perspective, God is obviously not material, but instead is an immaterial spirit, and by the same line of reasoning holds that the lesson believes in an immaterial realm of existence as well.

But think about how strange this idea is, especially in light of the resurrection being our only hope of a future existence. Like, where is the physical Jesus going to take us, his purely physical, bodily, redeemed followers? To an immaterial realm of existence? And where is that? Everywhere? Nowhere? Where are we going to stand? Are we just going to float around for eternity? And then we're supposedly going to worship an immaterial God in this immaterial realm? Will we be the only material things in this immaterial realm besides Jesus?

In this study, we go through many statements from the early SDAs, to show that spoke very plainly in their writings against the idea of an immaterial God and an immaterial realm of existence.

For further study: 

"Materialism: Our Forgotten Foundation," by Trent Wilde:

http://www.bdsda.com/materialism-our-forgotten-foundation-2/

See also the studies on our "Resurrection" tag cloud at this link:

http://www.bdsda.com/tag/resurrection/

Sabbath School Q4 2022: On Death, Dying, and the Future Hope - Week 8, "The New Testament Hope"

A Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist perspective on the Sabbath School lesson.

www.bdsda.com

Email us at bdsdalit@gmail.com for comments and literature requests.

"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" I John 5:12. The intent of this study is to show that man does not possess immortality, only God does.  Download study guide #12 at www.RadioBibleStudy.life.