What happens to us when we die?????

Question

Do our spirit's really either go to Heavan or Hell??? Should we look forward to death or do we have something to fear and be afraid of??? For me this is a very serious question and for me it is also just as serious as asking the who is God question!!

Answer 1

Body is reduced to a matter which is de composed into atoms. The soul enters into a new body after a gap of time depending on the deeds and misdeeds during this life.

Answer 2

That depends on heavily what you believe. No one will be able to knowingly answer you. NO ONE. This is simply because no one has died and been able to come back to tell you about it. The answer you're seeking also depends on what you think remains behind when you die. I personally think that nothing "goes on" to another realm or place, such as a spirit or soul. My soul is my personality. My spirit is my character. My body is my mind and consciousness. Without my mind, I can't live. So it's reasonable to think that when I die (my body and mind) that they really do not "go" anywhere at all; they simply cease to exist. To have a go at your idea and "heaven" and "hell", I believe it's fiction that has been passed down through story-telling to make people feel better about the sorry excuse they have for a life here on earth.

I just thought of a really good example. Go to a lamp or lightswitch in your home. Turn it on. This is to resemble you (mind, body, spirit, soul, whatever.) Now turn it off ( you die). Where did the light go? Go? It really didn't "go" anywhere, it simply stopped existing.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

First, let’s look at the real meaning behind the word “spirit”. The original Hebrew word is “ruach”, and the Greek is “pneuma”. These words to not refer to an entity unto itself, but the animating force of a living, breathing creature.

To illustrate:
When you unplug a radio, does the electricity that was running it go anywhere? No, it’s simply gone. Neither does our spirit go anywhere. It simply stops animating our body, making us dead.

The word soul (since I know that’ll be your next question), is “nephesh” in Hebrew, and “psykhe” in Greek. Again, these words do not refer to a spirit creature inside us. The words refer to the entire creature itself. Genesis 2:7 says: “And Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul.” It doesn’t say he came to HAVE a living soul, but that he came to BE a living soul. In numerous other places in the Bible, animals are spoken of as being souls also. To back this up further, Ezekiel 18:4 says: “Look! All the souls—to me they belong. As the soul of the father so likewise the soul of the son—to me they belong. The soul that is sinning—it itself will die” This shows that souls (or creatures) die. Traditional doctrine says that the soul is immortal, but this clearly says otherwise.

As far as hell goes, the teaching of a fiery hell was borrowed by apostate Christianity from the Babylonians and Egyptians, both of which taught the existence of a fiery, tormenting netherworld. This was done to try to scare their followers into doing or believing anything they taught, regardless or whether or not it is from the Bible.

Look at it this way:
If you had a stubbornly rebellious child who wouldn’t listen to you, would you hold their hand on a hot stove to punish them? No, of course not. Anyone who would should have their children taken away. We know from the Bible that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). He would never torment someone for eternity (which is a really long time) for the sins of just 70 years. Religions who teach about fiery hell have much to answer for before God.

Answer 4

Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10 shows that when we die we are conscious of nothing. If you look at the account of Jesus reserructing Lazarus in John 11, you will see that Jesus compared death to sleep. If you read Acts 2:31, when Jesus died he spent 3 days in the grave before being resurrected to a spirit life. Read John 5:28,29 where Jesus showed the resurrection where all graves would be emptied was future. The Bible does not teach about a burning hell.
If God had planned to punish the wicked in a place of fiery torment, don't you think he would have told Adam and Eve that was going to be their punishment? He didn't, he told them that if they disobeyed, that death was to be their punishment - back to dust - or non-existence, with no hope of a resurrection.

Answer 5

Dear Shaine,
I can only share with you what is said in the Bible.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 says the dead are conscious of nothing at all.
Therefore, even if there was a fire in hell (but there isn't) the dead would not be aware of it.
It could lick their bones and they would be conscious of nothing at all.
That includes the soul. It dies, according to Ezekial 18:4.
It makes sense when considering the words of Jesus about Lazarus.
In John chapter 11, Jesus compares death to sleep.
The dead are simply sleeping, unaware of anything.
There is nothing to fear or be afraid of ....unless you're afraid of going to sleep.
We don't get burned up and we don't go to heaven.
We wait for when the resurrection starts.
That's what Jesus did with Lazarus.
God wants this planet to be a paradise, from one end to the other.
His will shall be done.
When the earth is a paradise, our dead loved ones will be re-made (resurrected) and be given the opportunity to live on an earthly paradise.
Have a peak at Psalms 37:29.

Answer 6

According to God's Word, the Bible, when a person dies, the spirit is unconscious, inactive, unaware of its place, surrounding, or condition -- without thought. The body is reabsorbed into the earth, and God keeps the spirit (which is the collection of our being, character, knowledge and memories) until it is time to be resurrected to life again.

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

“For in death there is no remembrance of You [God]; In the grave who will give You thanks?” (Psalms 6:5)

“The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go down into silence.” (Psalms 115:17)

“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit [erroneously called the 'soul'] shall return unto God who gave it.” (Ecclesiastes 12:7)

Jesus referred to the first death as sleep (John 11:11-14), because from sleep, one can be roused again; from true death (the second death -- Revelation 21:8), there is no coming back. The second death, which those who refuse to live a godly life must suffer, is permanent, with no chance of a resurrection -- the spirit is destroyed (Matthew 10:28).

But when Jesus returns to reign over the earth, those in Christ will be resurrected to eternal spiritual life, and reign with him.

Those who are not true followers of Christ will not be resurrected until the 1000 year reign of Christ is at its end. They will be resurrected to a second, temporary, physical life -- at which time they will be judged. At the end of that short period of judgment, they will either be given eternal, spiritual life with God and those of the first resurrection, or they will be cast into the Lake of Fire and suffer the second death.

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John 11:11-14 -- These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.

Revelation 20:14 -- Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 21:8 -- But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

Matthew 10:28 -- "Do not fear those who kill the body but are powerless to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who can destroy both soul and body in Gei-Hinnom." {Note: Gei-Hinnom is a physical place on earth, near Jerusalem, that was a garbage dump, where criminals were thrown and burned. Jesus used it as a symbol of the second death, the Lake of Fire.}

Answer 7

After death there is nothing. It makes no difference whether you believe in God or not... once dead all that's left is decomposing meat.

Both atheists and christians die in the certainty of what lies ahead... the difference is that while the atheist knows that this life is the only chance he has and makes the most of it, Christians spend half their lives worshipping a non-existent God in the hope of an afterlife that doesn't exist.

Answer 8

By our spirit you mean the bit of electrical energy that escapes from our bodies after death. When brain waves cease to function. You then go into the ground or are burnt to a crisp. Your choice. Forget heaven and hell, they don't exist. Except in the minds and hopes of christians.
Accept it. You are worm food.

Answer 9

There is no soul sleep of the righteous. The bible clearly says:
2Co 5:8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. (ESV Translation)

Only the damned sleep in their graves.
1Co 15:51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

Those that have died in Christ now reside in heaven. Since Christ, the second person of the Godhead, has always existed, the elect of God have been known to Him before Christ actually walked the earth. So anyone who has died since the world began exists in heaven or in the grave as described above.

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.
2Th 1:9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Answer 10

Everyone will either go to Heaven or Hell. If we accept God's gift of eternal life with Him and follow Jesus as Christians we will go to Heaven when we die. If not, then it's Hell.

We can't do anything to earn life in Heaven once we die. The standards for recieveing eternal life in Heaven is perfection. None of us are perfect (For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23). But God loved us so much, that He sent Jesus to earth to live a life of perfection and die on the cross as the sacrifice that paid the debt for us all to have the chance to enter Heaven. All we have to do is believe and accept it.

Answer 11

As we have a lot of choices here on earth there is only two choices what comes to eternity: hell and heaven. It might not be fun or fair if you think that you can have more options, but that does not change things a bit. God is God no matter what you think of Him. But what is the good thing that you get to choose. You have your free will, God respects your choice. God wants you with Him but you do not have to if you do not want to.: )

It is God's promise that you will find Him when you truly seek Him. He is near..or otherwise you moved. : )