Be Found Naked

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Paul wrote a curious comment in one of his letters to the Christians at Corinth that goes like this:

"We know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven; inasmuch as we, having put it on, shall not be found naked. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." (2Cor 5:1-4)

How is it that the death of a Christian's body puts them at risk of being caught out in the open like a hermit crab without its shell?

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It doesn't. Continue reading. We can be confident that being away from our body is to be at home with the Lord. When a Christian dies, we will be at home in Heaven with the Jesus the very next moment.

2 Corinthians 5 is one of the most discussed passages in the Bible.

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Paul wrote a curious comment in one of his letters to the Christians at Corinth that goes like this:

"We know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven; inasmuch as we, having put it on, shall not be found naked. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." (2Cor 5:1-4)

How is it that the death of a Christian's body puts them at risk of being caught out in the open like a hermit crab without its shell?

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Paul wrote a curious comment in one of his letters to the Christians at Corinth that goes like this:

"We know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven; inasmuch as we, having put it on, shall not be found naked. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." (2Cor 5:1-4)

How is it that the death of a Christian's body puts them at risk of being caught out in the open like a hermit crab without its shell?

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It has to be with what garment you put on. When a Christian dies they will come to the wedding of Jesus and the new Jerusalem. And they better have on the right wedding garments.

[Mat 22:11-14
11 "But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.
12 "So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.
13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
14 "For many are called, but few [are] chosen."

[Eph 6:11-17
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

 

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Paul wrote a curious comment in one of his letters to the Christians at Corinth that goes like this:

"We know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven; inasmuch as we, having put it on, shall not be found naked. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." (2Cor 5:1-4)

How is it that the death of a Christian's body puts them at risk of being caught out in the open like a hermit crab without its shell?

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Paul's talking about those born of God in this lifetime, not when we naturally die but when we die to self in this life when we lay down our lives and live by the will of God. It's about losing our lives for Christs sake, when this earthly tabernacle is torn down, our old life is gone and we are then the temple made without hands, being built by the hand of God, changed and brought from death to life by the power of the Spirit through Christ, and we then become a living stone.

Being clothed upon from heaven is being covered by God, filling our hearts with his word and love, making manifest the life of Christ through us thus we won't be found naked, because we will be covered, overcoming our sins and have God's word in our mouths and the life of Christ in and through us, and instead of being naked like those in the world, we are covered and bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit in our lives. We are the mortal swallowed up by life, this mortal must put on immortality, that's us being mortal having the Holy Spirit within our hearts who is immortal, making the life of Christ manifest in us. And we start decreasing as the life of Christ increases as we live by the will of God. This mortality is swallowed up be life as this mortal has put on immortality as we are being brought from darkness to light, from death to life in this lifetime as we walk in the Spirit and bare witness to the truth.

 

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Re: Be Found Naked

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I encounter people quite often on internet forums who sincerely believe that human existence is entirely physical. But Paul speaks of the physical aspect as merely a residence rather than an existence.

I have no clue what a disembodied human looks like; but I suspect from passages like Heb 12:23 and 1Pet 3:19-20 that my eyes cannot see them with any more ease than they can see radio waves.

But I also suspect, from Luke 16:19-31, that though my eyes are unable to see disembodied humans; they themselves are somehow visible to each other.
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Re: Be Found Naked

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According to Matt 10:28, the body and the soul are perishable. However; though the body is perishable by any means, the soul is perishable only by divine means; i.e. the deaths of body and soul aren't necessarily simultaneous, viz: the soul lives on until such a time as God decides to give it either a thumb up or a thumb down.

Well; according to John 5:24, Christ's believing followers all have eternal life; which is an indestructible kind of life. Therefore the souls of his believing followers easily survive the death of their bodies.

What's the status of those eternal souls now? Well; for sure they are disembodied due to the fact that none of the dead bodies of Christ's believing followers have been resurrected yet because according to 1Thess 4:13-18, they will be resurrected all at once rather than individually.
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