WAITING

M. M. NINAN
stars for ever and ever. 4 But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time
of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”
If they were to be resurrected the dead should be somewhere still living. It means there is life
after life after life. It is not a single stage life after life
Not like this
But this is a two stage future life.
The purpose of the intermediate stage is either rest or a period of purification. The cycle of
day and night analogy will indicate a period of sleep and rejuvenation for a more mature adult
life. This also assumes that during the intermediate period, the personality (soul) remain in
tact as a unit without dissolution. This would mean the immortality of the soul of man with a
continuity in memory and personality. Resurrection also implies a Judgment which decides the
new body. This was the belief of the Pharisees.
Some did consider annihilation for the unrighteous based entirely on the character of the loving
God. We have no scriptural revelation for that conclusion.
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