Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all variously describe a resurrection of the dead, usually a resurrection of all people to face God on Judgment Day. Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra, Zartosht). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Look up Resurrection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section should be merged with End times and Last judgment The Last Judgement - Tympanum sculpture at the Abbey Church of Ste-Foy, Conques-en-Rouergue, France In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgement is the ethical-judicial trial, judgement, and punishment/reward of individual humans (assignment to heaven...

Resurrection of the dead in Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism includes a prophecy that the dead will be raised and judged at the end of time^[1]. The world will be purified and all creation will be reconciled to Ahura Mazda^[2]. It is dubious whether this doctrine formed a part of Zoroaster's original teachings. Ahura Mazda () is the Avestan language name for a divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the one uncreated Creator, hence God. ...

Resurrection of the dead in Judaism

Main article: Jewish eschatology

Orthodox Judaism holds that belief in the Resurrection of the Dead is one of the cardinal principles of the Jewish faith. The Pharisees believed in a literal resurrection of the body^[3]. A famous Jewish halakhic-legal authority, Maimonides, set down thirteen main principles of the Jewish faith according to Orthodox Judaism which have ever since been printed in all Rabbinic prayer books. Resurrection is the thirteenth principle: To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonised in the Talmudic texts (Oral Torah) and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the followers of the Vilna Gaon, see Perushim. ... Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halakhot and Halachah with pronunciation emphasis on the third syllable, kha), is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law as well as customs and traditions. ... Commonly used image indicating one artists conception of Maimonidess appearance Maimonides (March 30, 1135 or 1138–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages. ... There are a number of basic Jewish principles of faith that were formulated by medieval rabbinic authorities. ... For the town in Italy, see Rabbi, Italy. ... A siddur (Hebrew: סידור; plural siddurim) is a Jewish prayer book over the world, containing a set order of daily prayers. ...

"I believe with complete (perfect) faith, that there will be techiat hameitim - revival of the dead, whenever it will be God's, blessed be He, will (desire) to arise and do so. May (God's) Name be blessed, and may His remembrance arise, forever and ever."

According to the Jewish Encyclopedia article on Resurrection, the topic may be discussed in Job 14:13-15, 19:25-26, Isa 26:19, Dan 12:1-4 and is argued in more detail in extra-canonical books like Enoch, Jubilees, Apocalypse of Baruch, 2 Esdras, and the Maccabees. The Jewish Encyclopedia was an encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Book of Jubilees expands and reworks material found in Genesis to Exodus 15. ... The Apocalypse of Baruch is a Jewish apocryphal or pseudepigraphical text written in the late 1st century CE, after the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 CE, which seemed to the author to signify the imminent end of the world (the apocalypse). ... In the Septuagint and for Eastern Orthodox Christians, 2 Esdras refers to the combination of Ezra and Nehemiah. ... The Books of the Maccabees are deuterocanonical books giving the history of the Maccabees, a Jewish family who rebelled against the Seleucid dynasty and founded the Hasmonean Kingdom in Israel in the 2nd and 1st century BC: 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees 3 Maccabees 4 Maccabees Category: ...

Resurrection of the dead in Christianity

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See also: Christian eschatology

Most denominations of Christian theology teach the concept of eternal life after death, provided through the atonement of Christ, thus it is generally believed that when a person's body dies, the soul is separated from the body and continues to exist forever. The term resurrection of the dead is generally used to refer to the idea that the dead bodies of all or some of humanity will be reformed and rejoined with the soul at the end of the world. This phrase is included at the end of the Nicene Creed. The Apostles' Creed explicitly ends with an affirmation of belief in "the resurrection of the body". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      In Christian theology, Christian eschatology is the... Immortality is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite or indeterminate length of time. ... For other uses, see Atonement (disambiguation). ... // In the three Abrahamic Religions (Islam, Judaism, and Christianity), the End Times are depicted as a time of tribulation that precede the predicted coming of a Messiah figure. ... Icon depicting the Holy Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea holding the Nicene Creed. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      The Apostles...

Those who hold it applies to all mankind also call it the General Resurrection, on the grounds that it involves mankind in general.

Various Christian sects disagree on the exact nature of the resurrection.

Since Christianity was born out of Jewish praxis and worldview, it is worthwhile to point out that Christianity's doctrine of resurrection appears to be merely an extension of the classic biblical Jewish belief. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

While the Christian doctrine of resurrection conforms to biblical Jewish belief, there is, however, a minority point of view, held by certain Jewish mystics and others, which asserts that those Jewish beliefs are, in and of themselves, in contradiction of the Revelation and Doctrine of the resurrection as taught by Isaiah (Isaiah 8:16 and 26:19), Daniel (12:1 and 13) and Malachi (3:23-24), in which the resurrection was understood as being a Doctrine of 'Rebirth'. This however may be only a reflection of the anti-belief in resurrection held by some.

Jesus himself, in this matter, appears to have been in general agreement with the biblical doctrinal position held by the Pharisees, as illustrated by his response to a question regarding marriage at the resurrection (Matthew 22:23-32, Mark 12:18-27 and Luke 20:27-40).

If the minority viewpoint on the doctrine of the resurrection is correct, the fundamental conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees may have been over the interpretation of the resurrection as a Doctrine of 'Rebirth'. According to this viewpoint, the Pharisees misinterpreted it as the doctrine of a physical raising of a dead body from the grave, while the Sadducees denied the resurrection altogether.

Most Christian churches continue to uphold this belief: that there will be a general resurrection of the dead at "the end of time", as prophesied by Paul when he said, "...he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world..." (Acts 17:31 KJV) and "...there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust." (Acts 24:15 KJV). Most also teach that it is only as a result of the atoning work of Christ, by grace through faith, that people are spared eternal punishment as judgment for their sins. Many religious faiths teach that the end of the world will occur at some point in the future. ... For other uses, see Atonement (disambiguation). ...

Early Christianity reflects the Pharisaic view of the resurrection of flesh, rather than that of the Sadducees who believed in no afterlife.

There is also a minority point of view, held by the Gnostic writers of the Nag Hammadi Codices, that Jesus taught the resurrection as a Doctrine of 'Rebirth'; in which case Paul, the Pharisee, is understood as having contradicted the Teaching of Jesus on the resurrection. Paul's doctrine then established the basis of orthodox Christian theology. St. ... The Pharisees (from the Hebrew perushim, from parash, meaning to separate) were, depending on the time, a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 BCE–70 CE). ...

Many of the early Church Fathers cited the Old Testament examples listed in the Judaism section above as either foreshadowing Jesus's resurrection, or foreshadowing or prophesying a future resurrection of all the dead. The Nicene Creed concludes that Christians "look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come." Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh to refer to its canon, which corresponds to the Protestant Old Testament. ... Icon depicting the Holy Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea holding the Nicene Creed. ...

New Testament teachings

According to the New Testament, Jesus argued with the Sadducees over the doctrine of the resurrection (Strong's G386). These passages are Mark 12:18-27, Matthew 22:23-33, Luke 20:27–40. See also Mark 12. The Gospel of John also contains teachings about the resurrection of the dead (5:25-29, 6:39-59). This article is about the Christian scriptures. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... The sect of the Sadducees - possibly from Hebrew Tsdoki צדוקי [], whence Zadokites or other variants - was founded in the 2nd century BCE, possibly as a political party, and ceased to exist sometime after the 1st century CE. The Hebrew name, Tsdoki, indicates their claim that they are the followers of the... This article is on the biblical chapter. ... For other uses, see Gospel of John (disambiguation). ...

The Sign of Jonah (Matthew 12:38-42, 16:1-4, Luke 11:29-32, cf. Mark 8:11-13) may be about the resurrection of the dead at the Last judgement. For example, from the Scholars Version translation of Matthew 12:38-42: "...At judgment time, the citizens of Ninevah will come back to life along with this generation ... At judgment time, the queen of the south will be brought back to life along with this generation ..." Image:Michelangelo - Fresco of the Last Judgment. ...

The resurrection of the righteous is mentioned at Luke 14:14.

There is much discussion among Christians on whether the soul or the spirit goes directly to Heaven upon death. The healing of Jairus's (a ruler of the synagogue) daughter in Luke 8:40-55 sheds some light that is often ignored: "Stop wailing," Jesus said. "She is not dead but asleep." They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. But he took her by the hand and said, "My child, get up!" Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Luke 8:52-55

The resurrection at the last day is mentioned at John 11:24-25.

In Acts of the Apostles, the Apostles and Paul of Tarsus argued in support of the doctrine: 4:2, 17:32, 23:6-8, 24:15, 24:21. The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ... Alternate meaning: See Apostle (Mormonism) The Christian Apostles were Jewish men chosen from among the disciples, who were sent forth (as indicated by the Greek word απόστολος apostolos= messenger), by Jesus to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles, across the... Paul of Tarsus (b. ...

In 1 Corinthians 15:13 Paul argues: "If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised."

2 Timothy 2:18 warns of some: "who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some."

Additional cites are Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 15:12-13; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 2 Corinthians 5:1-2; Philippians 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:12-16; 2 Timothy 2:11; Hebrews 6:2.

Different beliefs concerning the timing

• Simultaneous both of the just and the unjust
• The just are resurrected before the unjust
• Only the just are resurrected
• Timed with the Rapture

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Different beliefs on the method

• the qualities of the resurrected body will be different from those of the body laid in the grave
• but its identity will nevertheless be preserved; it will still be the same body which rises again

Different beliefs on the end state of resurrected person

• only spiritual, a body adapted to the use of the soul in its glorified state, and to all the conditions of the heavenly state
• physical and spiritual resurrection
• glorious, incorruptible, and powerful
• like unto the glorified body of Jesus, based on the power and gift of His atonement

According to the Catholic Catechism, spiritual beings that have been restored to glorified bodies will have the following basic qualities: This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... For other uses, see Atonement (disambiguation). ...

1. Impassibility (immortal / painless) – immunity from death and pain
2. Subtility (permeability) – freedom from restraint by matter (just as Jesus was able to pass through closed doors)
3. Agility – obedience to spirit with relation to movement and space (the ability to move through space and time with the speed of thought)
4. Clarity – resplendent beauty of the soul manifested in the body (as when Jesus was transfigured on Mount Tabor) ^[4]

Resurrection of the dead as the sole afterlife

Several churches, such as the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and theologians of different traditions such as N. T. Wright or L. Ray Smith, dismiss the idea of the immortality of a non-physical soul as a vestige of Neoplatonism, and other pagan traditions of spirit/body dualism. In this school of thought, the dead remain dead (and do not immediately progress to a Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory) until a spiritual or physical resurrection of the dead occurs at the end of time. Some groups, Christadelphians in particular consider that it is at this time of resurrection that the judgment will take place. One of the main themes in the Phaedo is the idea that the soul is immortal. Socrates offers four arguments for the soul's immortality: The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated Adventist[1]) Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as the Sabbath. ... Christadelphians (From the Greek Brothers in Christ) are a Christian denomination which developed in the United Kingdom and North America in the 19th century. ... Tom (N.T.) Wright, Bishop of Durham Tom (N.T.) Wright is the Bishop of Durham of the Anglican Church and a leading British New Testament scholar. ... Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD, founded by Plotinus and based on the teachings of Plato and earlier Platonists. ... Pagan may refer to: A believer in Paganism or Neopaganism Bagan, a city in Myanmar also known as Pagan Pagan (album), the 6th album by Celtic metal band Cruachan Pagan Island, of the Northern Mariana Islands Pagan Lorn, a metal band from Luxembourg, Europe (1994-1998) Pagans Mind, is... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Heaven (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Hell (disambiguation). ... Illustration for Dantes Purgatorio (18), by Gustave Doré, an imaginative picturing of Purgatory. ... Christadelphians (From the Greek Brothers in Christ) are a Christian denomination which developed in the United Kingdom and North America in the 19th century. ... In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Judgement Day is the ethical-judicial trial, judgment, and punishment/reward of individual humans (assignment to heaven or to hell) by a divine tribunal at the end of time, following the destruction of humans present earthly existence. ...

Modern de-emphasis in Christianity

Early church fathers defended the resurrection of the dead against the pagan belief that the immortal soul went to heaven immediately after death^[5]. Currently, however, it is a popular Christian belief that the souls of the righteous do go straight to heaven^[6][7].

At the close of the medieval period, the modern era brought a shift in Christian thinking from an emphasis on the resurrection of the body back to the immortality of the soul. ^[8] This theological and philosophical shift was a result of zeitgeist, or the historical reaction, particularly to the renaissance and later to the enlightenment. Dartigues has observed that especially “from the 17th to the 19th century, the language of popular piety no longer evoked the resurrection of the soul but everlasting life. Although theological textbooks still mentioned resurrection, they dealt with it as a speculative question more than as an existential problem.”^[9] Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... This article is about the German word. ... This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ... 18th century philosophy redirects here. ...

This theological shift was supported not by any scripture, but largely by the popular religion of the age of enlightenment, deism. Deism was known as the religion of nature. It allowed for a superior being, such as the philosophical first cause, but denied any significant personal or relational interaction with this god figure. There were many types of deism “ranging from Christian deism to militant anti-Christian deism.”^[10] Deism, which was largely lead by rationality and reason, could allow a belief in the immortality of the soul, but not necessarily in the resurrection of the dead. The significant American deist Ethan Allen demonstrates the fashionable thinking in his work, Reason the Only Oracle of Man (1784). In the preface, he argues that nearly every philosophical problem is beyond humanity’s understanding including the miracles of Christianity although he does allow for the immortality of an immaterial soul.^[11] In Christianity the reaction of many churches tended to become friendly with the more popular deist thinking and subsequently Christian preachers spoke less of the resurrection of the dead, and more of eternal life in heaven. 18th century philosophy redirects here. ... For other uses, see Ceremonial Deism. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | Philosophy of science | Religious Philosophy | Theology ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... For other uses, see Ethan Allen (disambiguation). ... Deism is belief in a God or first cause based on reason, rather than on faith or revelation, and thus a form of theism in opposition to fideism. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ...

This is not to say that a belief in eternal life in heaven is contradictory to belief in the resurrection of the body. Most evangelicals believe that those who die in Christ go to be with Christ in heaven (as disembodied souls). But then at the second coming of Christ, there will be a rapture of all believers, including those in Christ who have already died. ("For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17) It is at the point of "rapture" that the souls of dead believers become reunited with their bodies. Then all believers will continue to live with Christ in their glorified, yet physical bodies. They will be both body and soul, as humans were originally created. For other uses, see Second Coming (disambiguation). ...

But in modern Christianity, resurrection is in many places not mentioned much. Sometimes only heaven is spoken of as the goal of the believer. For example, the famous early 20th century American preacher Billy Sunday epitomizes the sentiment in his sermon “Heaven: A Wonderful Place; Where There is No More Death; Blessed Hope of the Christian.” In the message Sunday characteristically explained the feelings of his audience by saying “Everybody wants to go to Heaven. We are all curious. We want to know, where Heaven is, how it looks, who are there, what they wear, and how to get there!” Sunday speaks of many aspects of the afterlife such as the nice weather and eternal health, although there is no mention of the resurrection of the dead. He ends with an illustration about a man who dies and goes to heaven exclaiming “Home, home at last!” as if he had arrived at the end of his eschatological journey. ^[12] Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Billy Sunday William Ashley Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was an American athlete and religious figure who, after being a popular outfielder in baseballs National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      A sermon is an oration by... For other uses, see Afterlife (disambiguation). ...

The emphasis on the immortality of the soul in heaven instead of the resurrection of the dead continues largely in the 21st century through popular charismatic and evangelical preaching. For example, The popular website www.believeinjesus.org begin a presentation of the Christian gospel with the statement “There is no inquiry that can rival the importance of the question, ‘How do I get to heaven?’”[1] Jesus is often spoken of as “the way to heaven” and personal eschatology is generally seen in terms of whether or not a person gets into heaven when they die, rather than how they will fare at the eschatological resurrection of the dead. However, there are a good number of theologians, such as Thomas Oden, and popular Christian writers, such as Randy Alcorn and N.T. Wright who have defended the primacy of the resurrection in Christian faith. 20XX redirects here. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Gospel, from the Old English good tidings is a calque of Greek () used in the New Testament (see Etymology below). ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Tom (N.T.) Wright, Bishop of Durham Tom (N.T.) Wright is the Bishop of Durham of the Anglican Church and a leading British New Testament scholar. ...

Resurrection of the Dead in Islam

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Yawm al-Qīyāmah (Arabic: literally: Day of the Resurrection) is the Last Judgement in Islam. ...

References

1. ^ Zoroastrianism at Religious Tolerance
2. ^ Zoroastrianism & Christianity
3. ^ Pecorino, Philip (2001). Section 3. The Resurrection of the Body. Philosophy of Religion. Dr. Philip A. Pecorino. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
4. ^ The Catholic Catechism by Father John A. Hardon, p. 265
5. ^ Do Souls Go To Heaven?
6. ^ Hereafter
7. ^ ill We Be Reunited with Children Who Have Died?
8. ^ Encyclopedia of Christian Theology Vol. 3, “Resurrection of the Dead” by Andre Dartigues, ed. by Jean-Yves Lacoste (New York: Routledge, 2005), 1381.
9. ^ Ibid., 1382.
10. ^ The Encyclopedia of Unbelief, Vol. 1, A-K, “Deism,” Edited by Gordon Stein (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1985), 134.
11. ^ Ibid.
12. ^ Billy Sunday “Heaven: A Wonderful Place; Where There is No More Death; Blessed Hope of the Christian” A Sermon reprinted in The Sword of the Lord Vol. 71, no. 21 Oct 7, 2005. p. 1, 20-21.

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See also

• Reincarnation
• Intermediate state
• Preterism

One of the main themes in the Phaedo is the idea that the soul is immortal. Socrates offers four arguments for the soul's immortality: This article is about the theological concept. ... In Christian theology, the intermediate state refers to a persons existence between their death and resurrection. ... Preterism is a variant of Christian eschatology which holds that some or all of the biblical prophecies concerning the Last Days (or End Times) refer to events which actually happened in the first century after Christs birth. ...

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia: General Resurrection
• Jewish Encyclopedia: Resurrection