One: Why is the state of the dead so essential?
---Because this is an area that the devil will increasingly use to deceive people and lead them away from God.
Two: Do those who are alive at the second coming need to be sinless before they are changed in the twinkling of an eye?
---No! Romans 3:10, 1 John 1:8
---Only through Jesus death on the cross and his shed blood can we become sinless. In other words, if we accept his sacrifice we are sinless in his eyes.
Three: Were those who were “translated’ sinless beforehand? (Enoch, Moses, etc…)
---Only through Christ blood on the cross. Although, Christ had not died yet, his death covered their sins in advance. If Jesus had sinned and not been able to die for all, they would have had to come back. I bet I know who they were rooting for. =)
Four: Rahab seems to be mentioned in a positive light when she hid the spies. It seems that when she was mentioned in a negative way in scripture passages: Psalm 89:10, 87:4, Isaiah 30:7. Why is this?
---These two Rahab’s are different, not the same. The Rahab in Joshua 2 is rachab (for a woman), and the Rahab in Psalm 87:10 and other places, is spelled rahah.
---rahah, translated Rahab in English, is employed several times in the Old Testament to designate an evil power, as well as a particular country. It is also translated to storm or assault, or to be proud or arrogant.
---rachab, also translated Rahab in English, is the Rahab that helped the spies.
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