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1 | what happens when we die | Bible general Archive 4 | gobigorange | 239568 | ||
We will be judged on how we live the Christian life. Hebrews 5:8–9. According to the thief on the cross, Our soul will be in paradise awaiting the final resurrection. | ||||||
2 | what happens when we die | Bible general Archive 4 | Movingon | 241058 | ||
In the Old Testament the Hebrew word Sheol identifies the retaining place of the spirit and soul of the deceased as when the Lord spoke of the rich man and Lazerus (Lk. 16:19-31). In Zech. 9:11 the Lord said of Israel’s New Covenant and those saved and preserved in Sheol: “…because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.” That pit was described by the Lord in Lk. 16:19-31. The waterless pit was Sheol in the lower regions of the earth where Abraham and all who trusted God before the cross were preserved until their sins were paid for (Lk. 16:19-31). If I may be permitted to remind Doc, God said He would set His people free of Sheol. Which raises the question, if they did not go to heaven, where die they go? Paul speaks of their very deliverance when after the Lord’s death He descended into Sheol (Hades in Greek) and when He ascended and took those who had been prisoners until payment for their sins was accomplished. When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." (Now this, "He ascended"--what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He Himself gave some [to be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ (Eph. 4:8-12). According to Paul the Lord Jesus Christ is going to bring from heaven those whose soul and spirit were taken out of Hades. He then took them up to heaven with the Him at His Ascension. At the rapture He comes to resurrect their physical bodies to be joined with their soul and spirit from heaven. Then together those yet living at that time will also be changed and taken to heaven with those who will be changed to have a glorious body the same as the Lord Himself yet living at that time. “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words” (1 Thess. 4:13-18). Following are other passages showing soul’s in heaven. Ephesians 3:14-15 states, "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named." “So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord” (2 Cor. 5:6-8). “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held…”(Rev. (6:9). “Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed” (Rev. 6:11). "Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?" And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” (Rev. 7:13-14). In His grace Movingon |
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