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Originally Posted by OBW
You don't have to have the details of what happens after death to refute reincarnation. "It is appointed unto man once to die; after that the judgment." (somewhat paraphrased) The problem is that verses do not prove anything to someone who does not believe. And if someone thinks they believe in Christ and the scripture, that one verse should set them straight if they thought otherwise. If not, I'm not sure what to say.
Once again, you throw out a somewhat extreme example and assert that you need to be able to teach them about what happens when they die. It seems that the only clear word is that you die, then face judgment (one way or the other). Much of any "teaching" on other things in between is sort of speculative.
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Why is 1 verse in Hebrews more clear than the verse in Phil where Paul says that when he dies he will be with Christ? Why is that one verse more clear than what the Lord says to Nicodemus that his knows about the things of earth and the heaven? Or the verses describing where Jesus went after being crucified? Or the verse where Jesus says He hasn't ascended to the father yet? Or the verses Jesus shared about Lazarus in the bosom of Abraham? Or the verse where Jesus told the thief he would be with him that day in Paradise? Of the verse that says "the dead in Christ will rise first".
Who makes you the arbiter of which verses are clear and which aren't, and which are worth being interested in and which aren't?