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Originally Posted by Joanna Lytton-Vasey
But Brother Mr Mayor, Sir, was Jesus not Risen when Paul talked to Him? So He was not (in human terms) dead. When we speak to Jesus, we are not speaking to the dead.
Also, regardless of anything else, the Caputo woman is only a woman. Would celestial communications channels give her calls priority?
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Thank you, Sister Joanna. Certainly Jesus had risen when Paul spoke to him. In that sense he was still alive. Those of us here at Landover Baptist will ascend to heaven and live there for eternity so we shall not die either.
However, Jesus was declared dead by the Roman government and we will be declared dead by our government. In my post I was referring to being "dead" in the popular concept of life and death rather than in the real world we of the faith experience.