How do we know if we are going to heaven or hell or if there is a heaven and hell?

Question

I mean jesus said that there is a heaven and he does not lie but what if a historian wrote that down for fiction and got the facts wrong. For example some religons like Hinduism believe that if u were nice in your life to other people you will be born in a better position in your next life.
I heard that hell is a place where you feel seperation from god. And if i am born in a misrable life is it because in my previous life i did bad things.
Please answer this question for me please i need help on this.
COuld it be that when we die its like sleeping without dreams and being unconcious forever.

Answer 1

The bible says that when you die that you are dead and know nothing Eccl.9:5. As for heaven, God never promised Adam and Eve a gateway into heaven. They were suppose to live forever in a paradise on earth. God's plan has not changed. The bible says that only 144,000 thousand will go to heaven and they will rule as priest and Kings. Ever wonder what they are going to rule over and be Priest and Kings to? The bible goes on to say that there was a great multitude dressed in white with palm branches in their hands, these are the ones that will remain on earth. There is NO second chance, you do not get reincarnated, until you get your life right. The Bible plainly tells us that when we die, we die until Jesus comes back. There is no Hell of eternal suffering. Hell is just your grave. The lake of fire is what one will be cast into, if they refuse to believe. This is your second death!.It is a separation from God....FOREVER!!!! You will never ever cease to exist again and you are wiped from God's memory.

Answer 2

It could be no one knows. But there are things that we are only beginning to understand. The universe may have as many as 26 dimensions, and only 4 we can see. We now think there are hundreds of universes, collecting along super strings, that perhaps black holes gather so much gravity they punch to another universe. Who knows what could happen to our energy.

Yes, Hinduism believes you are re-incarnated, but at the end, once you achieve good enough karma, you become one with the universe and the cycle stops.

If you have a crappy life then most likely, a hindu would say you were bad in the last life.

Judaism doesn't have hell, Christianity does. Christianity believes in hell as eternal punishment, Judaism believes hell lasts for up to 12 months, and you watch you life from a 3rd person perspective and your suffering is to see the people you hurt.

The big thing is to be the best person you can and do live productively, and have faith.

Answer 3

Religion is all a very HUMAN invention. Most folks are afraid of being alone in the universe. Churches, dogmas, and creeds are means of mind control and money making. NO ONE knows what of anything occurs after we die. My guess is that its just like before we were born, and we won't know anything. Everything believed in by Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims, etc is just theory. Nothing can be proved. Just do the best you can with what you've been given and please don't worry about reincarnation or eternal punishment. Presumably a force strong enough to create the universe would be smart enough to understand how human minds work, and therefore would not consign humans to an eternal hell. Actually, that idea came from the ancient Greeks.

Answer 4

You asked:
"Could it be that when we die its like sleeping without dreams and being unconcious forever? "

Yes! However, the Bible speaks of resurrection. Therre are many conflicting ideas about this, as you have noted. You will find that there is truly a wealth of Bible-based information on each of the subjects you've mentioned, within the following articles .,.
(Yes, I have carefully read them myself.)

Is There Life After Death?
- Do You Have an Immortal Spirit?
- - What Is the Spirit?
- - "To Dust You Will Return"
- - The Spirit "Returns to the True God"
- - A Sure Hope!
http://watchtower.org/e/20010715/article_01.htm

Should You Be Afraid of Death? :
- What Is Your View of Death?
- - Baffled, or Alienated by Death?
- - A Subject to Ponder
- A Closer Look at Some Myths About Death
- - Myth 1: Death is the natural end of life.
- - Myth 2: God takes people in death to be with him.
- - Myth 3: God takes little children to become angels.
- - Myth 4: Some people are tormented after death.
- - Myth 5: Death means the permanent end of our existence.
- - Common Myths vs What Scriptures Say
- - Be Free From Fear
http://watchtower.org/e/20020601/article_01.htm

What REALLY Is Hell?
http://watchtower.org/e/20020715/article_02.htm
Should You Believe in Reincarnation?http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1997/5/15/article_01.htm

The Hereafter--WHERE Will It Be?:
- Earth Just a Testing Ground?
- Eternal Happiness---In Heaven or on Earth?
http://watchtower.org/e/20001001/article_01.htm

Restoration to Life
- Why is everlasting life on earth possible and certain? http://www.watchtower.org/library/lmn/index.htm?article=article_09.htm

“The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth”---HOW?
- God's Eternal Purpose for the Earth
- A God Who Has Not Changed
> How to Share in the Promised Inheritance
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20041001/article_02.htm

I'd like to encorage you to look up each of the Scriptures in your own Bible, to compare with the on-line, linked Scriptures ...

"Make sure of all things; hold fast to what is fine!" 1 Th 5:21

Answer 5

The life is what you make yourself. If you allow it to go in it's own way, it will fall somewhere and cause misery. All are not so lucky to live a happy life leaving it in it's own way. You can say that there is no one in this world without facing the obstacles of negative forces. They always awaits to everyone and everywhere. If you do not plan, if you do not take precautionary measures, you may lose your own luckiest life. You can see people living a happy life even in poverty. They set their minds in that way. The contented mind make them to live a happy life with what they have. They enjoy what they got and feel happy when others enjoy with what they didn't or cannot get. Human beings are ruled by spirits. Spirits possess people according to the mental state of the human beings. This is an all time phenomena occurring in all humans. Human beings are always under the influence of spirits.

Answer 6

The Bible says that the way to the Father is thru the Son. Christians interpret this means that accepting Jesus as Savior is the way to the Father. Hell was designed for the fallen angels

Answer 7

Then you need to decide if God is powerful enough to deliver the his words and message to you. Jesus is that message!!

The aftrerlife for the wicked is described as many things; darkness, weeping of gnashing of teeth, fire and brimstone, lake of fire.

Instead of planning on hell and gauging how bad its going to do, plan on Heaven and gause what you can do for God in this life!

Answer 8

You'll find out when you get there. Until then, it's all just speculation, and kind of pointless too.

Forget about the end, do something with the middle, or to quote Lister of Smeg," Your born and then you die, it's that stuff in the middle that's important."

Answer 9

we have to understand that jesus speaks of ressurection in john 6:38-40 ressurecting them on the last day..not right away.....and people who die in hell or grave in ecclesiates 9:10 says there is no knowledge or work meaning they are dead or non existent......there are people who will go to heaven but only the selected 144 thousand to rule with christ in heaven (revelation 5:9-10) and revelation 14:1 speaks of that number and revelation 14:3 speaks of them as being brought from the earth..........meaning they were from earth ...and will be with jesus in heaven for a wonderful priviledge of ruling the paradise earth in the future...so the question is..........what about the earth?....there will be people living on earth as god originally purpose in the garden of eden that our first parents lost(genesis 1:28)...psalms 37:10 and 29 says.........there will be people living on earth forever after satan is destroyed..........even jesus own words speaks of those living in heaven in (matthew 5:3)...Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need, since the kingdom of the heavens belongs to them....and those living on earth (matthew 5:5)>>Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth......................he gave a clear distinction on who will inherit the earth and those going to heaven.......if u have more questions email me at [e-mail]

Answer 10

Born of the Spirit is the only way to know for sure.

HELL IN KJV
One Hebrew word “sheol” is rendered hell. Definition; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), grave, hell, pit. Three Greek words are rendered hell; geenna, hades, and tartaroo. Definition of geenna; a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: - hell. Definition of hades; properly unseen, that is, “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: - grave, hell. Definition of tartaroo; (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment: - cast down to hell. Tartaroo is used only one place II Pet.2:4.
Christ teaching the Pharisees in Luke 16:19-31 shows us a separation from God is truly what hell is. The “water” is symbolic for God’s Spirit and love. The word “tormented” means distressed in the Greek, not torture. The “fire” is symbolic for the shame and desire not to be separated from God.
So all who die the first death of the flesh return to God Ecc.12:6-7, but on which side of the gulf do they end up?
Hell is not eternal but is done away with in Rev.20:14-15, called both the second death and lake of fire. This second death is non-existence, for death and hell and those not written in the book of life. This second death or lake of fire is like fat drippings that fall into the fire. Just a poof of smoke into non-existence.
Psa.37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
In my mind what’s worse yet is no memory of you, no tears will be shed for you like you never existed.
Rev.21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
So hell is a separation from God and is not eternal torture or burning. Eventually hell will be done away with or passed away and also some souls. Like fat drippings in the fire, a poof of smoke into non-existence, the second death.