Here's a thread based on Brett's FB post, bringing it here. My own views to summarize:
Those in Paradise and and Hades before Judgment are conscious, examples:
PARADISE
HADES
Those in the Lake of Fire after Judgment are unconscious and not living at all, example:
ANNIHILATION
Those in Paradise and and Hades before Judgment are conscious, examples:
PARADISE
Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
1 Peter 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient (NOTE HERE I BELIEVE REST OF THIS VERSE IS ANOTHER IDEA AND DOES NOT INDICATE THAT SPIRITS ARE ONLY FROM THE AGE OF NOAH)
1 Peter 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient (NOTE HERE I BELIEVE REST OF THIS VERSE IS ANOTHER IDEA AND DOES NOT INDICATE THAT SPIRITS ARE ONLY FROM THE AGE OF NOAH)
ANNIHILATION
Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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