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Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord: Biblical, Theological, and Rational Arguments against Purgatory

By Thomas J. Gentry

Book information

Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Year
2019
ISBN
9781532654589, 9781532654565, 9781532654572
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
704 kB (720457 bytes)
Pages
96\0
Time added
2022-12-20 16:35:57
Religion / Christian Living; Religion / Christian

Description

What happens when Christians die? Some conclude that purgatory-a place of final purging and purification-is what awaits most believers after death in order to prepare for them to eventually fully enjoy God in heaven. But is purgatory what the Bible teaches? What are the theological implications of purgatory? Is purgatory, as some claim, a rational conclusion based on human freedom and moral transformation? In this introductory consideration to the topic of what Christians experience after death, it will be argued that there are clear biblical, theological, and rational reasons to reject any teaching of purgatory. Rather than anticipating a time of future purgation, the joyful expectation of every Christian is that, at the moment of death, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

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