Sin death and beyond
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SIN, DEATH AND BEYOND: M.M.NINAN<br />
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his<br />
voice <strong>and</strong> come out – those who have done good will rise to live, <strong>and</strong> those who have done<br />
evil will rise to be condemned. By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, <strong>and</strong> my<br />
judgement is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me."<br />
Daniel 12:2 "Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life,<br />
others to shame <strong>and</strong> everlasting contempt."<br />
This theory of "soul slumber" was defended by the Nestorians <strong>and</strong> Copts, <strong>and</strong> later by the<br />
Anabaptists, Socinians, <strong>and</strong> Arminians. Calvin (Inst. III, 25) holds that the final destiny is not<br />
decided till the last day.<br />
Most traditional Christians believe that <strong>death</strong> is a period of dormancy, or sleep in the body, or<br />
an Intermediate state, on Earth, or in the Bosom of Abraham, in which there is no<br />
consciousness <strong>and</strong> no Heavenly activity has yet begun...no judgment, no trip to heaven nor<br />
hell based on their interpretation of the following scriptures:<br />
(Eccl. 9:5): "The dead know not anything ... Their love, their hatred, <strong>and</strong> their envy is now<br />
perished"<br />
(Psa. 6:5): "In <strong>death</strong> there is no remembrance of thee; in the grave, who shall give thee<br />
thanks?"<br />
(Psalm 115:17): "The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence" (Isaiah<br />
38:18). "The grave cannot praise thee: <strong>death</strong> cannot celebrate thee"<br />
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