What happens to dead in Christ, What about unsaved dead people?

Question

1st Thessalonians 4:14-17, explains what happens when one dies. verse 16 talks about the dead in Christ shall rise first, verse 17,then we which are alive...meet the Lord in the air:...

Answer 1

You're asking some real deep questions here.

Thess 4:14-17
14 For if our faith is that Jesus died and rose again, so, too, those who have fallen asleep [in death] through Jesus God will bring with him. 15 For this is what we tell YOU by Jehovah’s word, that we the living who survive to the presence of the Lord shall in no way precede those who have fallen asleep [in death]; 16 because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet, and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first. 17 Afterward we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we shall always be with [the] Lord.

Paul said death is like sleep (vs 15)

Acts 24:15 and I have hope toward God, which hope these [men] themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

(righteous = believers; unrighteous = non believers all of these are in the common grave of mankind (hades))

Concerning the righteous (with an earthly hope Ps 37:9-11 and the unrighteous: (such as those who lived prior to Christ)

Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. But another scroll was opened; it is the scroll of life. And the dead were judged out of those things written in the scrolls according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up those dead in it, and death and Ha´des gave up those dead in them, and they were judged individually according to their deeds. 14 And death and Ha´des were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire

So all those dead and in Hades are resurrected and are judged. Judged for past deeds?

No, Rom 6:23 For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

So those who have died have paid the price, so the judging is based on what they do during the 1000 year reign of Christ.

(Note those who die by God's judgement don't go to hades, but to the lake of fire, which has no hope of a resurrection.


Righteous ones with the heavenly hope are
Those faithful at Christ's presence who at death don't have to wait in sleep. verses 16, 17

Which is another deep subject.

I hope this helps

Answer 2

The "dead in Christ" are the ones (along with alive believers) that will be raptured upon Christ's return. The unsaved dead remain in the grave until after the end of the Millenial Kingdom, at which point, all of us will be gathered to the Great White Throne judgment and be judged accordingly and sent to our reward/punishment.

Answer 3

1 Thes. 4:14-17 is a reference to the Rapture. At that time, Jesus will resurrect the bodies of all those who died as a believer. These resurrected bodies will go to "the clouds" (Heaven) and be reunited with their spirits, which have been there since they died.

Those of us who are alive at the time will also be "caught up" to the clouds.

The spirits of the unrighteous dead are judged immediately upon death and sent to Hell (Hebrews 9:27 and Luke 16:22).

After Jesus returns to the earth and reigns for 1,000 years, the bodies of the unrighteous dead will be resurrected, reunited with their spirits, judged, and thrown into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:11-15).

I hope this helps. Peace.

Answer 4

And God has also commanded that the heavens and the earth will be consumed by fire on the day of judgment, when ungodly people will perish. But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so he is giving more time for everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and everything in them will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be exposed to judgment. Since everything around us is going to melt away, what holy, godly lives you should be living!
You should look forward to that day and hurry it along--the day when God will set the heavens on fire and the elements will melt away in the flames. But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world where everyone is right with God.
2nd Peter 3:7-13

Answer 5

Yes the dead in Christ rise first, we which are alive, means those still alive who have been saved will rise to meet Christ in the air. The unsaved sadly go to.... h - e- double hockey sticks. I don't mean it as a joke cuz its not..i just really hate saying it.

Answer 6

The Lost remain in Hell, and their Bodies in the Grave until The Great White Throne Judgment. Then they will be Resurrected, and stand before The Father, and be Judged. After this, they will be cast into the Lake of Fire, Prepared for Satan, and his Angles.

Answer 7

The dead in Christ go to Paradise,a place of rest, their they wait until the day of the Lord to come and get them, the dead outside of Christ ,,will be buried in the ground and go directly in to torment ,,there they will stay until the day of judgment, then they will be brought up to stand in front of GOD ALMIGHTY TO hear the charges against them, then they will be cast down into the lake of fire, there they will be for ALL eternity.

Answer 8

The dead are dead.
No matter whether you are "saved" or not, putrefaction is the final marker for death, the final confirmation that life has departed. It is the gradual disintegration of the body into gases, liquids and salts by both bacterial activity and enzymes from our bodies. This process begins even as the cells in the body begin to die, but is usually not visible for at least several hours after death. The onset of putrefaction is determined by a variety of factors including atmospheric temperature, moisture and humidity (all of which affect microbial growth), age and pre-existing infection.

The mortal fear of hordes of worms descending upon one's body after burial is vivid and perhaps traumatic - but completely unfounded. In no way do worms enter the death scene at all, unless the corpse is buried directly in the soil, or the coffin falls apart in time. In fact, the final handlers of the body are those that have been with the person all his life - micro-organisms. It is perhaps by an ironic twist of nature that the first things to welcome a person into the world are also the last to see him go.

In life, humans cohabit with micro-organisms - those within the body and without. When blood circulation in the body ceases, the immune system slowly breaks down, as its components stagnate and die off one by one. Without the immune system to keep them in check, bacteria14 within the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract leave their habitats, penetrate the mucosal layers and rapidly invade the tissues. They are joined by other micro-organisms from the environment. There they will release enzymes that will break up the tissue into smaller, simpler components. Ruptured cells in the corpse release their own battery of enzymes, which collaborate with the microbes to slowly disintegrate the dead matter.

Sometimes flies and occasionally beetles will lay eggs on the corpse before interment. These eggs will hatch into maggots and larvae, which will subsequently feed upon the dead flesh. However, unlike the bacteria, these insect young require oxygen, and are buried alive with the corpse.

THE ONLY THING THAT WILL RISE WILL BE A LITTLE *PUFF* OF METHANE.

Answer 9

There is such thing as those who lived by the law of God and died before Jesus was born and then crucified for our sins, fall under that law they obeyed. IF they lived by the law, but knew not not the law, the law then applies to them and await Jesus return. But for those who have access to the Law and have heard the law of God and consiously and willingly refuse God's law, they will go to hell.

There are people who never had access to God's word, but knew someone greater than they was in control, and they lived perhaps a more rightous life than those who know the law and deliberately break God's law. Those who never heard God's law, but unknowingly up held it and, did nothing to hurt others, and lived as God intended them to, out of feeling there was somone greater than they who they might have to answer to, will be going to heaven.

Answer 10

Actually 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians contradict each other. Yet more proof that the bible was written by men.