There is no soul sleep of the righteous. Only the damned sleep in their graves. Those that have died in Christ now reside in heaven.
The spiritual bodies of the righteous will result from the joining of their heavenly natures with their resurrected bodies at the second coming of Christ at the final judgment.
Those that are damned will awake from their sleep to be judged and join Satan in their separation from God in Hell.
How do I know where I will end up?
If you adopt a Calvinist approach to the Scriptures, the answer is quite satisfying. God's elect were chosen before the world began, and the elect will be gathered by God. The elect will not be able to resist God's grace.
In short, the whole notion of John 3:16 only applies to those God has foreordained to be saved. This means that Christ did not come to save everyone, only the elect chosen by God on whom he decided to have mercy. The five principles of Calvinism are easily remembered by the acronym, TULIP: Total depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, Perseverance of the saints.
So how does one know if he or she is one of the elect? We don't! Instead we are urged to keep God's commandments, live righteous lives seeking to please God, and pray continuously that His mercy falls upon us as one of His elect.
Some may say that a Calvinistic theology is unfair. But the counter to this is that God will have mercy on whom He will have mercy. That is His right as the Creator of everything. "Shall the pot say to the potter, why have you made me thus?"
2007-02-20 08:50:13
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answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6
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Acts 2:27-31; Where was David when Christ Jesus was resurrected?
John 3:13-17; How many had gone to heaven when the KJV Bible 1611 published, and
circulating in the world 303 YEARS TO WW1, to let people of the end times know that at the last day John 6:39,40,44; Jesus would raise them up to be with him, John 14:3; HOW WAS IT THAT JESUS HAD TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR THEM AND WHEN WOULD HE DO IT?
1Cor.15:22-28,51-53;
The heavenly first, for the new heavens and the earthly for the new earth.
Rev.20:1-6,12,13 [ No Satan 1000 years ];
The heavenly first for the new heavens are with Jesus to resurrect the earth for the new earth.
Eph.2:7; 3:21; The world with Jesus is without end. John 3:16; 2Pet.3:13; All made new.Rev.21:1-5 [ All made new ]; 8 [ the second death ]; Rev.20:7-10 [ end 1000 years final cleansing ]; All perfect pass into the kingdom paradise of God Rev.2:7;
2007-02-20 09:01:06
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answered by jeni 7
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Death is inevitable. The thief on the cross knew when his would occur, but we can not predict our own. After his death, the crucified criminal went to live in paradise with Jesus. Some of us will also live eternally in God's presence. But others will experience everlasting torment, forever separated from Him.
If we receive Jesus as our Savior, our penalty for sin is paid. We are adopted into God's family, and Heaven is our eternal home. If we reject Jesus, we remain alienated from the Lord and under condemnation for our sin. We are destined to experience eternal judgment. God won't accept any of man's excuses because there is no acceptable defense for unbelief. (Acts 4:12)
2007-02-20 13:11:34
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answered by Freedom 7
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A concept in all of those is a comforter for countless human beings. those ideals are made up by using fact of an apprehension of dying. they do no longer desire to settle for the actuality that once you die, you die. you're lifeless, easy as that. there is not any supernatural afterlife waiting or each and every person. and a few have confidence in ghosts is with the help of the fact in some unspecified time sooner or later of their lives, they bypass by using specific activities that they are in a position to't clarify. So, they think of success and Ghosts play a element in some human beings's lives. success is in basic terms in easy terms a count number of condition and project wherein we've not got any administration over. And as for Ghosts... they exist in human beings's minds by using fact they each and every so often won't be in a position to enable bypass of a individual they as quickly as held expensive. As for the videos you spot that are "according to a real tale" like the Exorcist, the tale could be real in a feeling. yet what human beings believed to be devil possessing the youngster, the youngster in basic terms has accomplished some kind of abuse, whether it become drugs, intercourse, potential, notwithstanding. Or she wasn't raised suitable. you will no longer see that for the duration of the movie, by using fact the actuality hurts. The teller of the tale CAN lie, you already know. and by using faith, they are keen to settle for a lie incredibly than the actuality. no longer too a lot of human beings can settle for that a sprint woman can slump to that time, whether it HAS got here approximately until eventually now, so why could this be any distinctive? I advise, if devil is the king of all Devils, why might he waste time possessing one little woman? Why no longer the whole international if he's gonna make human beings depressing? and of direction, once you're lifeless, your physique stops functioning. It does not leave off a non secular entity or something like that. Your physique decomposes like all different animal carcass in the international. it is called organic Evolution. And in the experience that your strategies won't be in a position to function, you won't be in a position to become conscious of something! it is not conceivable. era.
2016-09-29 09:33:41
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answered by gloyd 3
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I beleive that I don't have to wait until I die...
that life reflects the kind of world that I am creating for myself.
As for an after life - I can only speculate.... it's honestly an unanswerable question and anyone who pretends otherwise is being manipulative on some level.
2007-02-20 08:56:14
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answered by rabble rouser 6
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We will be Judged by the Messiah (JESUS) at the time HIS FATHER has chosen, the Judgment. Then we will be sent to Heaven or to Hell. That time is known only by the FATHER. That time will come as a "Theif in the Night". Have a great evening.
Eds
2007-02-20 08:50:28
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answered by Eds 7
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I hope to goto Heaven... I certainly cannot believe that all the crap we have to go through on this world results in nothing after death... What would be the point? Why would you do anything to better yourself on earth when the end result is just THE END... I think that there just has to be something after death..
2007-02-20 08:51:54
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answered by Anonymous
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tink: As a Christian, I have come to see, that when I die, I go directly into the grave. Since death [sleep] is a temporary state, I will await for the return of Jesus Christ to the earth and I will at that time, be made alive to meet Him [Jesus] . Nothing too complicated about that ! Yes; when you die, you are dead , as you have observed !!!
2007-02-20 09:03:10
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answered by guraqt2me 7
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No you are pulled out of the room your in, by faceless bodies
pulled down a long corridor, that grows ever darker, kicking and screaming your dragged, kicked and punched, and knocked to the ground, which smells of iron, the faceless demons now RIP
the flesh from your bones, your cries for help, are mocked by the demons, you realize you are in hell, and the smell of iron,
in the air, is the smell of your own blood.and you cry out JESUS,
JESUS ,JESUS, but it's too late!
And that's what happens when you die!
2007-02-20 09:01:14
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answered by Anonymous
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I believe there is no hell. That is a man made term to instill fear and control the weak minded.
I do believe that most souls cross over. I believe that our souls live many lives in an effort to educate ourselves. There are dark souls who do not cross over, they go right back in-utero.
2007-02-20 08:51:45
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answered by Anonymous
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