my daughter died...?

Question

my daughter died at college crossing the road after getting out of class,she had a heart beat for 10 miniutes and jesus took her home.
my question is she in paradise or heaven,she was born again with a relationship with christ,she dosent have a body rite?so is she in spirit form till the rapture,i know its hard to get a handle on where she really is and what form...thanks....

Answer 1

"For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten." (Ecclesiastes 9:5 NKJV)

She is just resting in her grave and waiting for Jesus to come back.

"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 Thessalonians 4:16 - 18 NKJV)

On that day, you will be reunited if you keep the faith strong.

Answer 2

Hello friend,
My hearts' deepest sympathy goes out to you at this senseless and terrible loss. I pray that the God of all comforts, comfort you and give your soul peace and rest and resolution in this hour of sorrow.

Friend, you mentioned that she was Born Again and in relationship with Christ. That is your greatest comfort. At some point, she gave her heart and life to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of her faith, according to what you said.

If, or since that's true, (and only God knows those who are His),
she is indeed Home now. While I do not presume to speak for God, nor am I able to know where folks go when they die, I have read His Book and know the certainty IT gives regarding death.

Now to the more complex part of your question.
At death, the spirit of a child of God, goes immediately into His Presence. 2 Cor.5:6-8. That's where her spirit is now. Her precious body lies in the ground until that Day when Jesus comes as described in 1 Thes. 4:13-18.

It will be at that time, that He will descend from Heaven, bringing with Him all of His children who have gone Home to Him.
Their earthly bodies will come out of the graves and be changed.
Then in the air, all those children will receive immortal glorified bodies. See 1 The. 4:14-16 and Daniel 12:3, 1 Cor.15:35-44 and then 1 Cor. 15:51,52.

Please please read these passages. They are not long, and you'll learn so very much!
After they've received their Heavenly bodies, we too who are alive and remain at His coming will also rise to meet Him in the air and be changed ourselves and also receive our Heavenly bodies.
And so will we ever be with the Lord.

There is more that happens after what I've described, but that's a different question.
Friend, take comfort that your precious daughter is Home now with the Lord, if she gave her heart to Him while here in this life.
We also have the same hope and assurance if we do the same.

God Bless you friend,
2 Tim. 2:7

Answer 3

First, let me tell you how sorry I am for your loss. But she was a born again believer. I recently heard a point of view that caused me to go straightway to my scriptures to determine what is true about where we are when we die. I am sure you know that the apostle wrote: To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

We have so many teachings in the church about paradise. Remember---Christ promised the thief on the cross that he would be with Christ that day in Paradise. The place where God's people were waiting for Christ.

We know that on that first morning when Christ rose from the dead----He appeared to Mary and told her not to touch Him because He had not yet ascended to His Father.

After 40 days Jesus ascended. So if we are to be present with the Lord that would mean that since He now sits at the right hand of the Father she is with Him---waiting for the rest of us.

Answer 4

I am deeply sorry for your loss .......... To answer your question paradise is heaven and your daughter is there if she was as you said born again. To be absent from the body is to be present with the LORD. Your daughter is in heaven in spirit form this earthly body has no place in heaven. GOD Bless You. I will pray for you and your family to have peace and understanding.

Answer 5

I'm very sorry for your loss I too have lost a child. I know that they are in heaven with other loved ones and waiting for us to come home
she is a spirit the body is only good here .
I take great comfort in knowing my child is on the other side happy and watching over us here.
I don't believe her being born again has any thing to do with going home to be with god.

Answer 6

I'm sorry for the loss of your daughter. My daughter also died. I believe they are in paradise. Jesus said to the thief on the cross, 'tonight you will be with me in paradise'.
I don't know if they have a body, doubtful since their body was buried.
But she is safe with Jesus; what a comfort.
We will get new bodies when Jesus returns for us.

Answer 7

Everyone wants to go on pilgrimage to the island — whether Buddhist, Hindu, Christian or Muslim.

Equally, it attracts those with no persuasion at all, for Sri Lanka's eclectic spiritual heritage makes it one of the few remaining places where animism, religious mythology, history and folklore twine to present an intriguing, yet charming kaleidoscopic view of our common spiritual evolution.

Adam's Peak rises majestically in the south of the Central Highlands, not far from the town of Ratnapura.

A large footprint on a rock on the top of the mountain is venerated — depending on what you like to believe — as Buddha's Sri Pada, as Nataraja's cosmic dance step, as Adam's footprint when he entered the Garden of Eden (or when he was sent here as the next best place to live in when he had to leave the biblical Garden of Eden), or as Saint Thomas the Apostle's imprint.

Indigenous tribes called it Butterfly Mountain, and the Sinhalese refer to it as Samanalakanda or abode of the deity Samana. In Sri Lanka briefly, there was no time to make the pilgrimage.

Dudley Fernando, our guide, quipped: "The one who climbs Adam's Peak and witnesses the glorious sunrise, catching the peak's shadow fall on the clouds is a fortunate and wise person.

But the one who returns for a second experience... is a fool!" Why, because the peak has to be reached on foot, a steep climb up the mountainside and several steps, a tiring exercise for even the fit and the determined.

That's what pilgrimages are all about — the journey, rather than the destination, is what counts, the hardship and hurdles adding value to an experience that propels one to reflect and retrospect, opening doors to understanding the principle of universal oneness and harmony.

It could be why the mountain is also known as the climb to heaven, or Svargarohanam. Pan now to the Ramayana, the Hindu epic that narrates the story of Rama, Prince of Ayodhya and the vanquishing of Lanka's demon-king Ravana.

Half-hidden in a glade of Ashoka trees, a small but ornate temple overlooks a gurgling stream in the hills of Sita Eliya, part of the tea country of Nuwara Eliya.

The spot is believed to be one among the seven secluded places where Ravana confined Sita after he abducted her from her home-in-exile in the Dandakaranya forest.

There's another world out there in Kandy, only a few kilometres away, the top pilgrimage destination for Buddhists the world over. This is where the sacred tooth of the Buddha is preserved and idolised, at the Dalada Maligawa or Tooth Temple that overlooks the pretty Kandy Lake.

Devotees make lotus flower and incense stick offerings to the accompaniment of loud drumbeats and playing of pipes.

Towards the north, at the Dambulla caves not far from Anuradhapura with its beautiful secular and religious idols and paintings including those of the Buddha and his disciples — invocations to the Buddha are preceded by an elaborate Hindu ritual puja offered to Vishnu the protector, conducted by a Hindu priest.

Frangipani or temple flowers, lotus and lilies adorned the wooden planks placed in front of the Vishnu and Buddha idols respectively. As we stepped out into the sun, the Hindu-Buddhist incantations became faint. The cool breeze that greeted us as we descended the hill lifted our spirits a little higher...

Answer 8

I believe she is with Jesus in Heaven. Her soul and spirit is there. One day when Jesus comes back the dead in Christ will rise first. She will recieve her heavenly body then us that remain will meet Jesus and those that have gone before us in the air and we will be together with Jesus forever.
Right now your daughter is doing good with Jesus .. no more pain. Rejoicing before the throne of Jesus.

Answer 9

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. I can tell you that the departing soul is awake, aware of what is happening and very eager to make this transition. It is not a moment of fear or indecision. It is a far more loving and peacful transition than you could ever imagim. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 10

I am very sorry for your loss.
As a mother who lost 2 daughters I have to believe they are in Heaven. That is what gets me through every day.