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	<title>Comments on: What is heaven? N.T. Wright has the answer.</title>
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	<description>Which is your way?</description>
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		<title>By: Brandon Malave</title>
		<link>http://www.3waystolive.com/2008/02/what-is-heaven-nt-wright-has-the-answer.html#comment-293</link>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Malave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is what NT Wright believes

Wright definitely does not advocate soul sleep. He thinks that the intermediate state is some sort of restful, conscious existence in the presence of the Lord (hence the use of 'paradise' as a description which wouldn't make much sense in terms of soul sleep), until the day of resurrection when we will be re-embodied.

To quote from Surprised by Hope: "all the Christian dead are in substantially the same state, that of restful happiness. Though this is sometimes described as 'sleep', we shouldn't take this to mean that it is a state of unconsciousness. Had Paul thought that, I very much doubt that he would have described life immediately after death as 'being with Christ, which is far better'. Rather, 'sleep' here means that the body is 'asleep' in the sense of 'dead', while the real person - however we want to describe him or her - continues.

... it is a state in which the dead are held firmly within the conscious love of God and the conscious presence of Jesus Christ, while they await that day. There is no reason why this state should not be called 'heaven', though we must note once more how interesting it is that the New Testament routinely doesn't call it that, and uses the word 'heaven' in other ways." pp.183-184

Explicitly, Wright states that "the Christian dead are conscious" (p. 185). This is from the section in the book on ‘Paradise’, pp. 183-187</description>
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<p>Wright definitely does not advocate soul sleep. He thinks that the intermediate state is some sort of restful, conscious existence in the presence of the Lord (hence the use of &#8216;paradise&#8217; as a description which wouldn&#8217;t make much sense in terms of soul sleep), until the day of resurrection when we will be re-embodied.</p>
<p>To quote from Surprised by Hope: &#8220;all the Christian dead are in substantially the same state, that of restful happiness. Though this is sometimes described as &#8217;sleep&#8217;, we shouldn&#8217;t take this to mean that it is a state of unconsciousness. Had Paul thought that, I very much doubt that he would have described life immediately after death as &#8216;being with Christ, which is far better&#8217;. Rather, &#8217;sleep&#8217; here means that the body is &#8216;asleep&#8217; in the sense of &#8216;dead&#8217;, while the real person - however we want to describe him or her - continues.</p>
<p>&#8230; it is a state in which the dead are held firmly within the conscious love of God and the conscious presence of Jesus Christ, while they await that day. There is no reason why this state should not be called &#8216;heaven&#8217;, though we must note once more how interesting it is that the New Testament routinely doesn&#8217;t call it that, and uses the word &#8216;heaven&#8217; in other ways.&#8221; pp.183-184</p>
<p>Explicitly, Wright states that &#8220;the Christian dead are conscious&#8221; (p. 185). This is from the section in the book on ‘Paradise’, pp. 183-187</p>
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		<title>By: Vitali</title>
		<link>http://www.3waystolive.com/2008/02/what-is-heaven-nt-wright-has-the-answer.html#comment-105</link>
		<dc:creator>Vitali</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, the common interpretation is that paradise Jesus mentions on the cross is the intermediate place.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Bible provides little information on what this state is. Compared to our bodily existence, it is like sleeping. The believers will be with God. I guess the reason why there is so little information is that ultimately it's not that important, compared to our final bodily resurrection in the New Heaven and the New Earth.</description>
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<p>The Bible provides little information on what this state is. Compared to our bodily existence, it is like sleeping. The believers will be with God. I guess the reason why there is so little information is that ultimately it&#8217;s not that important, compared to our final bodily resurrection in the New Heaven and the New Earth.</p>
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		<title>By: Chen Huaizhi</title>
		<link>http://www.3waystolive.com/2008/02/what-is-heaven-nt-wright-has-the-answer.html#comment-103</link>
		<dc:creator>Chen Huaizhi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>:-) right! its the intermediate state i wonder about. 7th day adventist teach "soul sleep" i.e. you "sleep" till the resurrection from the dead, but Jesus, looking to the repentant thief on the cross said, "TODAY, you will be with me in paradise".. what is this paradise ? a holding area in prep for the resurrection ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>:-) right! its the intermediate state i wonder about. 7th day adventist teach &#8220;soul sleep&#8221; i.e. you &#8220;sleep&#8221; till the resurrection from the dead, but Jesus, looking to the repentant thief on the cross said, &#8220;TODAY, you will be with me in paradise&#8221;.. what is this paradise ? a holding area in prep for the resurrection ?</p>
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		<title>By: The Hedonese</title>
		<link>http://www.3waystolive.com/2008/02/what-is-heaven-nt-wright-has-the-answer.html#comment-102</link>
		<dc:creator>The Hedonese</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>:) Wright has got that right! The bodily resurrection is the christian hope, not a disembodied ethereal existence</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>:) Wright has got that right! The bodily resurrection is the christian hope, not a disembodied ethereal existence</p>
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