Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 15:24

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According to Luke, the father is very happy because his son, who was gone for a long time, has come back home safe and sound. It’s like when you lose your favorite toy and then find it again, and you feel so joyful and relieved.

Luke 15:24: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

Explains that the dead know nothing, contradicting the idea of being "alive again."

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Job 14:12

Suggests the dead do not rise until after the heavens are no more, contradicting immediate revival.

Job 14:12: So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Contradiction with Isaiah 26:14

States the dead shall not live, which contradicts the prodigal son's metaphorical revival.

Isaiah 26:14: [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

Contradiction with Matthew 8:22

Implies that the dead should bury their own dead, suggesting metaphorical death persists.

Matthew 8:22: But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Contradiction with John 5:28-29

Indicates resurrection occurs only at the end time, conflicting with the idea of being "alive again" now.

John 5:28-29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
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