What Happens When You Die?If you were a Greek, 200 years before Christ, you would have been taught:
– The soul of man is eternal and never dies.
-There is one Father of the gods and many lesser gods.
-The gods battle each other for the souls of men, who will serve them for eternity.
-You should patronize and worship the god you prefer to serve.
-If chosen your soul can live with the gods for eternity.
-If you are rejected your soul becomes the eternal property of Hades, the god of the underworld.
If you were a Roman in the days of Christ, you would have been taught:
-The soul of man is eternal and never dies.
-There is one Father of the gods and many lesser gods
-The gods patronize and serve mankind to gain souls to live with them for eternity.
-If chosen your soul can live with the gods for eternity.
-If you are rejected your soul becomes the eternal property of Pluto, the god of the underworld
What does Modern Christianity teach?
-The soul of man is eternal and never dies.
-There is one Father god and many saints (little gods).
-The saints watch over (patronize) us.
-If chosen your soul ascends to live with the saints for eternity.
-If rejected your soul becomes the eternal property of Satan, the god of the underworld.
What does the Bible scripture teach ?
-The soul/life of man is nothing (naked) without the body. (II Cor 5)
-There is only one Father Creator who created a family for himself to share his love.
-The life/soul sleeps until it is re-united with its physical body after the resurrection.
-Eternal life on a wonderful new physical world, living with our Creator, is the gift that is free to believers who trust in him.
-If you reject the free gift your body and soul will perish (cease to exist).
-Satan and the other fallen angels will suffer for eternity in a pit of fire.
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The Bible actually tells us very clearly what happens. Its not a secret. The Hebrew word “sheol” is translated as “hell” in English. (Hades is the Greek god of the un-chosen)
We all go to “Hell”…the place of the dead, where our soul sleeps and waits for our resurrected body.
The word “sheol” is used in the Bible and means “grave”.
Some sleeping souls experience “my rest”, others sleep in a nightmarish torment until resurrection.
(its not the underworld of the Greek god Hades)
The Bible says your soul sleeps until it is re-united with your resurrected body. And then you will stand before your maker for judgement.
- Believers (old and new testament) will be raised and rewarded with eternal life at the physical return of our Messiah.
- The un-believers and unknowing will wait until the final judgment…to be sorted out by their true hearts. Some will be saved and many rejected.
Interestingly that is contrary to most religions of the world today. It is very likely that the truth about the resurrection of the dead is avoided at your church because it conflicts with the ancient beliefs of “instant” judgment at death. Instant judgment at death makes the resurrection null and void.
There is only one belief on this planet that puts all future hope in the promise of a king who is returning, will raise us from the dead with perfect human physical bodies, will rule forever, forgive us for our humanity, hold us in his arms, and give us more than we could possibly desire.
Most religions of the world would have you believe that Satan was telling the truth, “you don’t really die, you will become like God”. Almost all modern day so-called “Christian” churches teach exactly what Satan said. They teach that the soul is eternal and never dies, and all souls go to exist in one of the spirit worlds forever.
Go to any church and ask if we sleep when we die. Are we judged at death or at the resurrection? Do non-believers get the gift of eternal life too…but in Hades? They probably won’t give you a straight answer because they reject the facts and it doesn’t pay. They will feed you many phariceutical ideas to keep you drugged and confused.
But the Bible tells us a different truth. Those believers living at Christ’s return (on a cloud) will join his risen believers as witnesses to the nations during the 1000 year reign of Christ on this earth. After the 1000 year reign of Christ the corrupt earth will pass away. Every person from the beginning of time will be raised alive (body and soul) to face the judge. After that a person will either live forever or perish forever. John 3:16
Jesus said that, as the Christ, he will have the authority to decide who gets eternal life and who gets eternal death (gone forever).
He will judge mankind by their hearts, and by their deeds. Paradise is waiting for those who have followed his commandments…Honor your creator, and treat your neighbor as you would desire to be treated. Paradise is for you.
Hell is simply the English word for Sheol which simply means “the grave”. Telling someone to “go to hell” means..basically….”wish you were dead”. There is no place of eternal suffering for non-believers described in the Bible. All who die..you too… go the place of the dead. Some will know God’s Rest, many will not. After judgement the lost will be burned alive in the pit of fire, and will perish forever knowing they missed the chance for eternal life…that will be the ultimate punishment.
What purpose would it serve for our Creator to witness and gloat over the eternal suffering of lost souls burning in torment for eternity. Its not in even in his character.
Mankind was not created as an eternal being. That’s the gift. Angels were created as eternal beings. The everlasting place of torment is reserved for beings created to be eternal that opposed the Creator…namely: Satan, his demons, and the beast and false prophet (the demonic organizations). (Rev 19:20, and 20:10)
Does your church teach you that death is just a transformation. That immediately at death some souls go to live in one of the heavens (clouds, stars, spirit city) and some souls go to live in the underworld? Well, virtually every religious belief, that ever existed, teaches that when a person dies the soul (life essence/consciousness) is instantly transformed, and death is just a state of change (Satan said, “you don’t really die…”). Greco-Roman mythology taught that at death the eternal soul either ascends to live with the gods, or descends to the darkness, fire, and despair of the Underworld realm of the god Hades. Hey, that’s exactly what the Modern Christianity teaches today.
How come Modern Christianity teaches exactly the same view that when we leave this life we are immediately transported to one of the spirit worlds? Today’s Christianity teaches that there are two spiritual realms where the soul will spend eternity, and it happens instantly when we die. One is the glorious spiritual realm of God and Angels (a very separate place they call Heaven), the other is the spiritual underworld of eternal suffering, fire, and darkness with Satan and Demons they call Hell (Hades). Its old Greco-Roman mythology cloaked in the blood of the Lamb.
The physical resurrection of your body re-joined with your soul, to stand in judgement before the Messiah, just doesn’t work for them. Most churches today avoid this issue or talk their way around it. How many sermons have you heard that play both sides of the fence, or just claim “its not for us to know” its a “mystery”?
In most modern day churches Heaven/Paradise is described as a far away spiritual place, where the conscious life/soul of humans goes in spiritual bodies (whatever that means) and become like Jesus (God…just like Satan said). They describe it as a spiritual city that has spiritual ivory buildings, golden roads, crystal rivers, and other feel-good things, and the spiritual throne of God is there. There is no work, only singing and praising forever. All the best people are there and more are coming all the time. Some churches teach that these ancestor spirits can even effect the lives of people on earth (who needs God?). Some churches teach that the conscious life/soul of animals also go to the afterlife. They see no purpose in the resurrection of the dead because everyone is judged instantly when they die.
You’re probably thinking that it would be good for the modern Church to back this up with scripture. Did you know that there is actually a passage in the Bible that says this is what happens? This is the foundation of all their teachings.
Absolutely. It is true. An high Angel from the realm of God said that it will be so. He said, “You will not actually die but you will be instantly transformed into the likeness of God”.
I’m not going to tell you where to find it, you will have to read it yourself.
(Hint: Genesis 3)
Did you find it? Are you really sure now that you can believe what your church is teaching you?
Scripture clearly teaches that we should seek to do the right things always…righteousness.
And we should focus all our hearts on our Father Creator…who loves us more than we can imagine.
Scripture clearly teaches that we cannot become like our Creator…he became like us.
How much of what your church teaches is pure pagan theology cloaked in the Blood of the Lamb. The Modern Christian Church is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. You will hear all the ways we are to lead godly lives…so we can live with the gods. And then you will be fed with phariceutical teachings and be lead into idolatrous practices like ‘alter calls’ (bowing before men), and bowing down to the Cross (a man made thing). You will also be deceived by false teachings of financial gain and worldly glory.
You may even be led to believe that there is a “get-out-of-tribulation-free” card called the “Rapture” (what a gimmick).
But you will not be told of the true sacrifices you may have to make, or the true reward for those who endure to the end.
The Bible clearly teaches that man was made for the earth and was never promised access to the spiritual realm of Yahweh and Angels.
Jesus said numerous times that it is a place we cannot go. He said that no man has ascended to The Father…except himself. John 3:13
It doesn’t matter how much you twist the words of scripture, the false teachings just don’t add up.
This world we now live in is corrupted but Christ is preparing a new one for us, and will come again to take us there with him.
Two of the most misquoted verses in the Bible are:
1) Jesus to the thief, “I assure you, today you shall be with me in paradise”. The thief asked that he be remembered when Jesus inherited his kingdom. (his earthly kingdom…hello).
The true reply of Jesus was, “I assure you this day that you will be with me in that paradise”. There is no comma in the original Hebrew. It was added to promote Roman mythology. Three days later Jesus told Mary that he had not yet ascended to the Father when she clung to him in the garden after his resurrection.
2) Paul’s statement, “to be apart from the body is to be with the Lord”. Instead of quoting false scripture you should read it yourself.
What Paul really said was that we would rather be separated from this sinful physical body and have our originally intended perfect physical body in the Kingdom of God/Paradise with our Messiah. The soul is naked without the body.
Question: Is it possible to be alive and not conscious?
Answer: Of course. Sometimes live people are unconscious for years before they wake up.
Question; Is it possible to be lifeless (dead) and totally awake?
Answer: Not according to the Bible. Unless you believe the lie.
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Every time you go to sleep you slip from conscious awareness into unconsciousness. Ever have a bad night with restlessness and weird dreams? Many times it seems so real when we dream. We can’t run fast enough, or we’re falling, or its so dry, or we re-live terrible events.
Does being alive mean you are always awake? No.
Why is it hard to understand that when our lights go out (we die) that we can be unconscious. Do you actually think that when life leaves our body we wake up?
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Do you think all the talk in the Bible about ‘God’s rest’ is just confusing babble? Do you think all the headstones in the old cemeteries that say “Rest In Peace” were placed there by unbelievers? Why don’t modern day “Christians” believe that anymore? Because they don’t seek the truth anymore. They don’t study scripture for answers. They don’t question their leaders. They are sheep being led to the slaughter.
Can you imagine closing your eyes (your dead) and the next thing you know is that you are awake and in the presence of the Messiah, the judge? We will not be aware of anything until day comes.
That is how the Bible says it will be, but it will be after Christ returns. The Bible says the dead will be raised at the end (last trumpet). The dead bodies will be raised alive and awake, body and soul.
The Bible makes is clear that there is a period between physical death and the resurrection that is a restful waiting time for the believers, and a tormenting nightmare dream world for the unbelievers. Read Luke 16: 19-31, the parable about the Rich Man and Lazarus. Both were dead. The rich man was in torment, but Lazarus was sleeping peacefully in the Bosom of Abraham (the care of God). Remember that this is a parable and the characters are not real. It was understandable to them.
What you are really faced with in today’s churches is the influence of Roman mythology. It was incorporated into the Roman Catholic Church and western civilization is embracing it as the new revelation from God. Many souls are being lost. Most of these souls are today’s church leaders who continue to knowingly lead God’s children away from the truth. Why? Because it sells.
In the Bible ‘Death’ really means death (no life). Death also means separation from Yahweh (no communication or personal relationship). For those who are finally judged to perish there will be separation forever from the one who is true love (the second death). There will weeping and gnashing of teeth as they are led to be burned alive… and perish once and for all.
The fact that the Bible doesn’t teach that people go to the spirit world when they die may comes as a surprise to some people, but the Bible never makes a secret about what happens at death:
- “Dust you are and to dust you will return” (Genesis 3:19) (Moses)
- “When you (God) take away their breath (Life), they die and return to the dust.” (Psalm 104:29) (David)
- “All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return” (Ecclesiastes 3:19) (Solomon)
It is possible to try and evade the truth of these and similar passages by arguing that they only describe the death of the body and that somehow the conscious mind lives on, but the Bible just as clearly rules this out:
- “No one remembers you (God) when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave?” (Psalm 6:5)
- “The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing” (Ecclesiastes 9:5)
- “In the grave, where you are going, there is neither working, nor planning, nor knowledge nor wisdom.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
- “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him” (John 11:11)
- “For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either…then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost” (1 Co 15:16-18)
- “Brothers we do not want to you to be ignorant about those who have fallen asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men who have no hope” (1 Th 4:13,16)
Like it or not, in the Bible, just as birth means birth, death means death. Everyone agrees that before God made Adam from the earth man did not exist, the Bible says that, in the same way, after man returns to the earth he will again cease to exist:
- “Dust you are and to dust you will return” (Genesis 3:19)
- “the dead know nothing” (Ecclesiastes 9:5).
In Jesus’ parable of Lazarus and the Rich man we learn that there is restful sleep for the righteous and a nightmare sleep for the wicked. That is our comfort in death…that our beloved are resting in peace because they lived unselfishly and for the hope of the promised land. We can be assured that their bodies will be raised on the last day, and they are not lost and forgotten. They will stand in resurrected physical bodies before the Christ and receive their just reward, at his second coming.
Ultimately it is the Messiah (not your Pope or Pastor) that will decide who enters the Kingdom Of God. Read Matt 7:21-23 and Matt 25:31-44. We don’t know if our loved ones are resting in peace or torment. It is not our place to claim that anyone is saved or condemned. That is for Yahweh to decide. He truly knows our hearts.
Many church leaders like to put themselves in the place of God Almighty and declare salvation for some and condemnation for others.Your pastor might say something like, “our beloved is in heaven with Jesus now”. Maybe he should read his bible someday.
They will be judged for that arrogance. The goats will be on the left side… (Matt: 7 & 25)
When you die you will be asleep until Christ returns to save Judah and become King of this World for 1000 years. Believers will be raised and rewarded with eternal life and will govern the earth with Christ.
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