Subject: What happens immediatly after you die? |
Bible Note: Greetings Edwin! I pray that you do not find the responses to your post adversarial. I am sure they were not intended in that manner at all my friend. It is just that the doctrine of 'soul sleep' does not appear to have Scriptural foundation, so when you appeared to be advocating it, the position was challenged. As to your question, the answer could be one of three things. First of all, Samuel could have simply been saying that Saul and his sons would be with him in death, without reference to any specific place but simply speaking of the state of death. Secondly, Samuel could have been referring to the grave. Finally, he could have been referring to Abraham's bosom or paradise. You brought this topic up the other day so I know that you are familiar with this place. Scripturally speaking, it appears to have been a place where the Saints went prior to the death and resurrection of Christ. However, paradise is not heaven. Saul, Samuel, the other Old Testament saints, and the thief on the cross did not go to heaven until after the death and resurrection of Christ. Now, Scripture tells us that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (2 Cor. 5:8). Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |