When we die, aren't we just in a deep sleep until GOD call's us home?

Answer 1

"This day thou shalt be with me in paradise" doesn't sound like a deep sleep to me.

Answer 2

Different religions believe different things. Yes, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that when you die you are in a deep sleep. Your soul doesn't go to heaven or hell. Your just sleeping waiting for GOD to call you home.

Answer 3

I believe the Bible tells us we enter into judgment immediately upon death and are sent to eternity from there:

" 'But the other criminal rebuked him. 'Don't you fear God,' he said, 'since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.' Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.' Jesus answered him, 'I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.' "
- Luke 23:40-43

Note that Jesus tells him "today" - when they die. So from this I have to believe that judgment and eternity are answered immediately. When there is a restructuring at the last judgment, there may be another time when the final judgment occurs. I don't understand why, but then again that's in Revelation and I find that book nearly impossible to decipher s far.

Answer 4

WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT DEATH

Jesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.—1 Corinthians 15:6.


The Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.—John 11:11.
The account of Lazarus also teaches us that the resurrection is a reality, not a mere myth. Jesus raised Lazarus in front of a crowd of eyewitnesses. Even the religious leaders, who hated Jesus, did not deny this miracle.

Think about this too: If Lazarus had been in heaven for those four days, would he not have said something about it?— And if he had been in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back to earth from that wonderful place?— Of course not!

Yet, many people say that we have a soul, and they say that the soul lives on after the body dies. They say that Lazarus’ soul was alive somewhere. But the Bible does not say that. It says that God made the first man Adam “a living soul.” Gen. 2:7, Adam was a soul. The Bible also says that when Adam sinned, he died. He became a “dead soul,” and he returned to the dust from which he had been made. The Bible also says that all Adam’s offspring inherited sin and death too.

The Scriptural teaching of the resurrection, however, is not compatible with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. If an immortal soul survived death, no one would need to be resurrected, or brought back to life. Indeed, Martha expressed no thought about an immortal soul that was living on elsewhere after death. She did not believe that Lazarus had already gone to some spirit realm to continue his existence. On the contrary, she showed her faith in God’s purpose to reverse the effects of death. She said: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” (John 11:23, 24) Likewise, Lazarus himself related no experiences of some afterlife. There was nothing to report.

Clearly, according to the Bible, the soul dies and the remedy for death is the resurrection. You enjoy the best sleep ever, until Jesus resurrects you, sometime in the future.

Answer 5

I think as soon as the soul leaves the body, we are wherever we are going, and then on the White Throne Judgement day, we will all have to answer for our sin. I pray that the blood of Christ covers mine. Our church, a Southern Baptist, says that God cannot see through the blood that Jesus shed to cover our sins.

Answer 6

No, if we are Christians, our spirit is instantly with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6-9 "Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 We live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it."

Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

Answer 7

No, and I believe this is JW doctrine. There isn't a soul sleep, we're more alive after leaving the physical world than we ever were here in the physical world.

Answer 8

the bible says absent from the body present with the lord. There is alot of controversy over this..Some believe that when we die it is our bodies that are separated from our soul and that it is our soul that is united wit the Lord. WhenJesus returns it will be our bodies that will be lifted into heaven. I believe that when we die my soul will be united with Christ.

Answer 9

no...the Bible tells us that to be absent from the Body is to be present with the Lord....so to me that means as soon as I pass from this world to the next I am in His presence......

Answer 10

yes home being earth