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NASB | Acts 7:59 They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 7:59 They continued stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit!" |
Bible Question: Where in Scripture does it say upon death the next second a Christian is in heaven? |
Bible Answer: Greetings Justme, At the moment of physical death, a person's spirit separates or departs from the body (2 Corinthians 5:8). When Stephen was being stoned to death in Acts 7:59, he said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" This final exclamation was almost exactly what Jesus said in Luke 23:46, "Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit." At the moment of death "the spirit returns to God who gave it" (Ecclesiastes 12:7). Verses such as these indicate that death for the believer involves his or her spirit departing from the physical body and immediately going into the presence of the Lord in heaven. Blessings to you, Makarios |