[Elsie]

No wandering ... after the Rapture there’s a wedding abd a feast, and of course before those the Bema Judgment for rewards.

I thought we were discussing folks in heaven BEFORE the Rapture?

[MHGinTN]

Elsie, do you believe you have a body, a soul, and a spirit? If you do it would help in your reasoning if you would ponder the aspects of each. For instance:

Upon which of the three is the Seal of The Holy Spirit placed?

What is it that dissipates in the grave?

How does the spirit of a born from above Christ-ian influence the behavior mechanism (the soul) of that individual?

Since The Word tells you God will bring with Jesus those who have died in Christ, is it vital to decided if that means the spirit only is with The Lord or the spirit and the behavior mechanism with the Lord before the Rapture?

These are some of the questions I have asked of myself, and through studying The Word have found satisfactory answers to them and many, many more questions.

That my response to questions from others is not the same as yours does not mean either of us is in error. The Holy Spirit can give a perspective that is unique to the individual and the individual's life experiences, without contradicting Truth. I suspect that the many Christian denominations are due to different perspectives of the same Truth.

Having a proper understanding of The Truth found in the Bible is the best aid in discerning errors like we see in the religion of catholiciism and the foolishness of the Creflo Dollar / Joel Osteen scam artists who believe they are promoting the kingdom as they scam the naïve.