I am the God of Abraham. Exodus 3:6. I AM, not I WAS [Zamenhof, in his translation from the Hebrew Masoretic text translates "am" in the present continuous tense.] Jesus teaches that the spirit survives death, and that there is no "time of sleep" between death and the raising of the new body (1 Corinthians 15:44). Compare his account of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31).

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Old Testament