[betty boop]

Neither Paul nor the Pharisees (nor the Saducees) were very clear (or appeared to be very interested) in what happened between death and our rebirth with our resurrection bodies. (In fact, we have almost no information about what Jesus did between the crucifixion and the resurrection.)

Dear ModelBreaker, reflecting further on your last post, I think the question you actually proposed may have been: Is there continuity of personal consciousness between death and resurrection? But you already answered your own question, when you said: "In fact, we have almost no information about what Jesus did between the crucifixion and the resurrection."

To me, this is the real problem of the "God of the gaps." Because we cannot know what Jesus experienced in this interval, there is no possible way for us humans ever to explain what happens to us when we are in similar circumstances; that is "in the tomb."

The Good News Is: Our Lord rose and returned to us in a glorified body, and He was perfectly "conscious." He was Himself — Son of God, Logos, Alpha and Omega. That is, the "tomb experience" did not defeat Him.

And we are made in His image and reflection....

All thanks and praise be unto God!

[Quix]

COLTON

IN

HEAVEN IS REAL

Has a lot worth considering on the topic.

[Elsie]

Because we cannot know what Jesus experienced in this interval, there is no possible way for us humans ever to explain what happens to us when we are in similar circumstances; that is "in the tomb."

AMEN!

But, we humans, like Nature, abhor a vacuum, so we do our darnedest to fill in them pesky gaps with something - ANYTHING!

[mdmathis6]

The fact that Moses was seen alive with Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration says volumes!