Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 22 57. Q. What comfort does “the resurrection of the body” give you? A. That after this life my soul shall be immediately taken up to Christ, its Head, and that this flesh of mine, raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul, and be conformed …

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Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 17 45. Q. What benefit do we receive from “the resurrection” of Christ? A. First, by his resurrection he has overcome death that he might make us share in the righteousness which he has obtained for us through his death. Second, we too are now raised by his power to …

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The current convention of describing those who die as having passed away provides a less confronting way of dealing with death. Christians have seemingly lost the biblical distinction by which we instead could simply say that believers who die have fallen asleep. Perhaps through a desire to avoid any impression of the doctrine of soul …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 52 Chapter 33 – Of the Last Judgment I. God has appointed a day, wherein he will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father. In which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged; but …

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