The Return of The Lord, Part 4 (#898)

The Return of The Lord, Part 4 (#898)
Today we’re going to continue our series on the Return of the Lord.  Last time we got part way through the “difficult verses,” the verses where if you wanted to and you exaggerated a little bit you could say that you could prove the dead are alive.  But so far we’ve found in none of those verses that is really the case.  Today we’ll cover three more of these verses; they are a little involved, but I think you’ll find them interesting.  We’ll start in Luke chapter 20… Now the thing to keep in mind is as we’ve seen in other verses it is very clearly stated that that dead are not alive, that their bodies have turned to dust, and they have no consciousness until sometime in the future.  So we are starting from a basis where there are very, very clear verses; the verses we’re going to look at today are a little vague and you really have to push it even the way it reads in the King James to read that the dead are alive now, but then we find that when we get into the details we see that it doesn’t say that at all.  So Luke 20:27 is the first verse we’ll look at today…
Taught by Bruce Mahone 20160521.  All rights reserved.
Verse Listing and Notes
Some Difficult Verses, cont.

Luke 20:27-38           He is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him (vs. 38) [Context: at the resurrection. Vs. 37 – now: but. Cf. Romans 4:17]
Luke 23:43                 Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise [Hebrew idiom – I say unto you this day thou shalt (sometime in the future) be with me in paradise. cf. Deut. 4:26, 39, 40; 5:1; 6:6; 7:11; 8:1, 11, 19, etc.]
Heb. 11:5                   Enoch was translated that he should not see death [translated – conveyed to another place.  cf. Ps. 89:48; Luke 2:25-32 (same Greek words as Heb. 11:5); John 8:59; Acts 8:39-40; Heb. 11:13]
Teaching
898- The Return of The Lord – Part 4

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