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Philippians 1:20-26

• Common struggle between going to be with Christ or being like Christ here
• Self-centered salvation

2 Corinthians 5:6-8

• Recap on Paul's metaphors for the current and resurrection bodies
• Away from the Lord now, with the Lord then

Acts 23:8-9 & 12:15

• Sadducees = no resurrection
• Angel = spirit = intermediate state of bodiless existence

Luke 16:19-31

• The Rich Man & Lazarus is a parable
• Focus of parable is wealth (not the afterlife)
• Problems with literal reading
• Abraham's side and Hades

Living the kingdom now - inflicting hell or bringing heaven to earth