immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them.” This states, first, that the soul of a believer returns to God (see Luke 23:43; Eccl. 12:7). The Confession continues: “The souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies” (see Heb. 12:23; 2 Cor. 5:1, 6, 8; Phil. 1:23; Acts 3:21; Eph. 4:10). Is death an extinction of being? The answer
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