2006-12-29 07:19:02 · 15 answers · asked by Jasmine 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I will try to answer this by asnwering a few questions:
What happens when a person dies?
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." Ecclesiastes 12:7.
Answer: The body turns to dust again, and the spirit goes back to God, who gave it. The spirit of every person who dies--whether righteous or wicked--returns to God at death.
What is the "spirit" that returns to God at death?
"The body without the spirit ["breath," see margin] is dead." James 2:26. "The spirit of God ["the breath which God gave him," see margin] is in my nostrils." Job 27:3.
Answer: The spirit that returns to God at death is the breath of life. Nowhere in all of God's book does the "spirit" have any life, wisdom, or feeling after a person dies. It is the "breath of life" and nothing more.
What is a "soul"?
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7.
Answer: A soul is a living being. A soul is always a combination of two things: body plus breath. A soul cannot exist unless body and breath are combined. God's Word teaches that we are souls.
Do good people go to heaven when they die?
"All that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth." John 5:28, 29. "David ... is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day." "For David is not ascended into the heavens." Acts 2:29, 34. "If I wait, the grave is mine house." Job 17:13.
Answer: No, people do not go either to heaven or hell at death. They go to their graves to await the resurrection day.
But can't the dead communicate with the living, and aren't they aware of what the living are doing?
"So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." "His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them." Job 14:12, 21. "Neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun." Ecclesiastes 9:6.
Answer: No, the dead cannot contact the living, nor do they know what the living are doing. They are dead. Their thoughts have perished (Psalms 146:4).
The Bible Says
After death a person: returns to dust (Psalms 104:29), knows nothing (Ecclesiastes 9:5), possesses no mental powers (Psalms 146:4), has nothing to do with anything on earth (Ecclesiastes 9:6), does not live (2 Kings 20:1), waits in the grave (Job 17:13), and continues not (Job 14:1, 2).
Satan's Invention
We learned in questions 11 and 12 that Satan invented the teaching that the dead are alive. Reincarnation, channeling, communication with spirits, spirit worship, and the "undying soul" are all inventions of Satan, with one aim--to convince people that when you die you are not really dead. When people believe that the dead are alive, "spirits of devils, working miracles" (Revelation 16:14) and posing as spirits of the dead will be able to deceive and lead them astray virtually 100 percent of the time (Matthew 24:24).
2006-12-29 07:27:02 · answer #1 · answered by jackbarrowiii 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The body dies and rots. The soul and spirit go somewhere until united again with a new body, which goes to Heaven or Hell.
2006-12-29 15:22:35 · answer #2 · answered by RB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our bodies decompose. Our souls wait (in purgatory, according to Catholic belief). When God comes to judge us, the body will be resurrected and united with it's soul. God will judge, at that time, who is admitted to heaven and who will not be admitted.
PS: I'm Catholic
2006-12-29 15:31:44 · answer #3 · answered by Donald C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ecosystem of various organisms (bacteria, etc.) in your body continue to live and consume your remains. The cells of your flesh and organs break down due to a lack of the oxygen and nutrients necessary to sustain the chemical reactions that made up your life.
2006-12-29 15:41:05 · answer #4 · answered by MSpalding 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your soul is your body. When Adam was created, he became a living soul (person) --Genesis 2:7
And death is likened to beng asleep. When Jesus' friend Lazarus died, Jesus told his disciples that he was going to wake him up from sleeping---This is the account found at John 11:11-14---"He said these things, and after this he said to them: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep.” Therefore the disciples said to him: “Lord, if he has gone to rest, he will get well.” Jesus had spoken, however, about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep. At that time, therefore, Jesus said to them outspokenly: “Lazarus has died."
All who fall asleep in death have the wonderful hope of the resurrection, which Jesus will perform in the near future.
2006-12-29 15:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by Micah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our bodies decay and return to dust. Our soul goes to God.
2006-12-29 15:22:24 · answer #6 · answered by Mary W 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your body goes back to the earth, umm... rotts. Your soul depending on how you believe goes elsewhere.
2006-12-29 15:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by cindy j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing your body rots and the only soul you have is on the bottom of your shoes.
2006-12-29 15:23:02 · answer #8 · answered by hdf69 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
your soul immediately faces Jesus Christ, and your body will eventually turn back to dust
2006-12-29 15:37:14 · answer #9 · answered by How does a cat purr? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body decomposes or goes up in smoke in a crematorium.
2006-12-29 15:22:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋