I'm an 8 year veteran with a degree (I tell all not to make this mistake) and my wife as well. We can't find work since being part of a lay off last September. We have applied to over 100 companies and denied before interview on all but two. I was stood up for an interview twice by the same company and then denied when I applied again.
These are the things against us: White, Christian, Patriots, Unvaxxed.
There are many in worse positions than we are but would really be thankful for prayers on our behalf. Thank you all very much and God bless you!
I appreciate your point of view here. I have read several opinions in books where they discuss both ideas and I feel there is more evidence of my stated view. Even the verses you cite seem to describe my point of view here. It clearly states that those who know Christ and have passed are "asleep" and will be raised up when he returns and their bodies will be restored while those who are still alive will have our bodies changed as well to an immortal form. Are you saying that the spirit goes to heaven immediately but then has to return to the grave to get the physical dust and reassemble the bones and such? I read that just as it states. We die and we are asleep. Judgment happens later at the return include non-believers. Are you saying non-believers spirit goes to hell rather than asleep to wait for judgment day? If we die and our souls goes to heaven right away then non-believers must go to hell right away. Do they get released at the judgment day and stand before God for judgment and then return to hell?
Your approach is essentially a literal interpretation of scripture associated with dispensationalism. This is a fairly recent school of thought that was made popular by the Scofield bible in the early 20th century. It promoted the idea of the rapture and the final Judgement Day for everyone based on the Book of Revelation.
I don't take a literal approach to the language in the Bible. Jesus spoke in parables, so much of the language is symbolic. We call Him the Lamb of God, but He was not really a lamb. I don't follow the dispensationalist interpretation of the Book of Revelation and the rapture, tribulation, etc in a literal sense. When our souls leave the body, they enter the spiritual realm and stand before God for judgement at that time.