Chapter Two: The Intermediate State (5)

Prof. Engelsma is professor emeritus of Dogmatics and Old Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Previous articles in this series: Vol. 81, February 1, 2004, p. 210; Vol. 82, November 1, 2005, p. 64; February 15, 2006, p. 225; September 1, 2006, p. 465. In previous articles, I have set forth and defended the Reformed doctrine of the intermediate state of elect believers. At the moment of death and by means of death, which Christ has made the servant of our salvation, God separates the...