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The Intermediate State
I am sure many of you are fired up when you see the topic this morning and think to yourself that I can’t wait to hear about this one.
Some on the other hand are like what interstate is he talking about?
Is it I44 or I55?
Others just now joined us in the conversation and are saying what happened on the interstate.
No this morning we are talking about the Intermediate state.
You say What is that?
Good that is why you are here this morning to learn about the intermediate state.
Intermediate State.
State of the human person after death and before resurrection.
We are speaking of the bodily death and the bodily resurrection.
What happens to the person between these times?
It is easy for us to believe in the bodily death because the current death rate is 100%.
Even if you are struggling with something physically and the Lord heals you then chances are you will still die some day unless Jesus comes back first.
So we know bodily death happens.
We as Christ followers also believe in the resurrection of the dead.
One day our bodies will be resurrected and united with our souls.
Matthew
1 Corinthians
Scripture clearly teaches that there will be a bodily resurrection when Christ returns.
So this begs the question what happens at the moment of death?
The souls of believers immediately enter the presence of God.
2 Corinthians
The souls of unbelievers immediately experience the punishment of God.
Turn to Luke 16
Not everyone goes to heaven!
What about purgatory?
This is a belief in Catholicism that after death our souls go to a place to be further purified from sin prior to admission into heaven.
Souls in purgatory can be helped in the process of purification by saints on earth through their participation in:
Mass
Prayers
Giving
Good works
What does the Bible say about purgatory?
Nothing
Some church history
We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone!
Ephesians 2:
Purgatory implies that the death of Christ is not enough to cleanse us from our sins.
Christ death is sufficient to cleanse us from all our sin!
So what are Christians doing in the intermediate heaven?
Scripture does not give us a lot about this.
The purpose of the Bible is not to satisfy every curiosity we might have.
The purpose of the Bible is so we can see who God is and be made in to the image of Christ.
We do have some hints at what is happening with during this time and this forms our thinking about this.
They are worshipping
Revelation
They are watching.
They are waiting.
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They are clearly conscience
They are
They are clearly conscience
they are audibly loud.
they are audibly loud.
they are emotionally passionate.
they are emotionally passionate.
they are distinctly individual.
they are distinctly individual.
they are completely unified.
they are completely uni ed.
they are continually interceding
they are continually
they thirst for final justice.
ey thirst for nal justice.
they long for full redemption.
ey long for full redemption.
they know God’s character more deeply.
they know God’s character more deeply.
they love God’s church more fully.
ey love God’s church more fully.
they are trusting God’s promises in the present.
they are trusting God’s promises in the present.
they are anticipating God’s plan for the future.
tey are God’s plan for the future.
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