TIME_DIMENSIONS
Nature of Death and Restoration
Death is not an end but a transition; individuals do not experience their own death but awaken in a world as real as this one, in a perfect, young body…
Related Bible passages
- Luke 20:36
Related ideas
ResurrectionDeathAfterlifeRestorationYoung BodyContinuity of Consciousness
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You don't die. You really don’t die! I will experience it if you go now and I don't go with you. I will experience your death, but you will not experience your death, because you won't even know you're dead. You are dead only to me, but not to yourself, because you are very much alive in a world just like this – just as real as this with the problems that now confront you. You may find yourself in an entirely different role as far as environment goes. But, may I tell you – you are not going to find yourself married to that one who is now your husband by proxy. You are not going to find yourself there at all. ... But those who are not resurrected are restored to life, and everyone is restored into lovely bodies – nothing imperfect. If you are blind here, you are not going to continue blind. You will see perfectly. If your limbs are missing, they will not be missing there. You will be young, not a child – young – about twenty, and perfect, but to continue the aging process. All the problems that confront you here, they are going to confront you there.
Death is not an end but a transition; individuals do not experience their own death but awaken in a world as real as this one, in a perfect, young body (around twenty), continuing their journey with their current problems, unless they have experienced resurrection.