When will believers who have died receive resurrected bodies?
Believers who have died are in paradise in the presence of God in soul and spirit, not bodily. They are waiting for the resurrection day. They cannot receive a resurrected body until that resurrection day, which has not yet happened.
Les explains that Paul tells believers not to be ignorant about those who have died, or are asleep in Jesus. The qualification for being in this number is believing the Gospel. Those who have died as believers are in paradise in God’s presence in soul and spirit, not bodily. They are waiting for the resurrection day. Les disagrees with those who think loved ones are already walking streets of gold. They are in glory and paradise, but they cannot have a resurrected body until the resurrection day, which has not yet happened.
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Where are believers who have died before the resurrection?
Believers who have died are presently in paradise and in God's presence in their soul and spirit, not in resurrected bodies.