what happens to you when you die?

Answer 1

I'm not sure but it seems very beautiful.

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 2

You sleep in the grave awaiting the resurrection back to life.

Job 14:12-15
Isaiah 26:19
Daniel 12:2
John 5:28, 29
John 11:11-14 & 24-26
Acts 24:15
Revelation 20:13, 14

Not even an immortal soul remains alive in the meantime, for we are souls as stated in Genesis 2:7.

"The soul that sins shall die." - Ezekiel 18:4, 20

There is no concious existence at that time, according to such passages as Ecclesiastes 9:5-10 and Psalm 146:4.

Answer 3

I am convinced there is life after death for one reason: Jesus Christ died and was placed in a tomb—and two days later came back to life.

Think about it a moment: What would it take to prove to us that there is life after death? The answer is clear: Someone would have to die, and then come back to life again. It wouldn't be enough for them to have a so-called "near-death" experience; their death would have to be real. And it wouldn't be enough for only one or two people to see them; it would require many witnesses.

But has this ever happened? Yes—when Jesus Christ rose from the grave! His death was real; hard-bitten Roman guards made sure He was dead before they took Him down from the cross. And His resurrection was real also, because hundreds saw Him during the next forty days. Paul, writing over 25 years later, noted that "he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living" (1 Corinthians 15:6).

How could this happen? It happened because Jesus Christ was not just another man. He was God's only Son, sent from heaven to save us from our sins. Only He could say, "I am the resurrection and the life. ... Whoever lives and believes in me will never die" (John 11:25-26). This can be your hope, by giving your life to Christ today.
Let me assure you that the Bible teaches the life we live after we die will be real—just as real as this life, if not more so. We won't be in a state of dreamlike consciousness, but we will fully exist in body, mind and soul.

The pattern for this is Jesus Himself. When Jesus died on the cross and was laid in a tomb, His physical body was completely and absolutely dead. But He came back to life by the power of God—and when He did, He had a different type of body, without the limitations it once had. His resurrected body wasn't an illusion; it was a glorious and immortal body that was just as real as His earthly body had been.

And someday, if we know Christ, we too will be given new bodies—bodies like Christ's resurrected body. The Bible says, "So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable" (1 Corinthians 15:42). Our bodies in heaven will be real, and so will our whole existence. Only in this way will we be able to serve God.

But the real question is this: Are you ready for that day? Do you know—really know—that if you were to die tonight, you would go to be with Christ in heaven forever? You can know, by confessing your sins and your need of Christ, and trusting Him alone for your salvation. Salvation is real—and it can be yours by putting your faith and trust in Jesus Christ today.

Answer 4

I'm not sure if my answer will satisfy your needs.
Every person goes through the same process.
Your body stops functioning.
Your spirit returns to God/ Jehovah, it's owner.
Your body sleeps in the grave until Resurrection.
At Resurrection (General) One of Jesus agents awakens you to new life and instructs you in what to do that you will refrain from sinning. With this knowledge you continue until judgment, at which time a determination is made if a reward, you might live forever.
If you failed to live up to your teachings, you could disappear forever.

Answer 5

Wow, the universal question strikes again.

I don't know what happens to consciousness, but your body simply rots. If anyone can prove anything different, I'm all ears.

P.S.- Nothing in the bible counts as proof.

Answer 6

Your cognition, your sense of 'self' ceases to exist entirely.

In the short term, any lingering metabolic or neurological energy dissipates in the form of heat, until the body is in entropic balance with the environment (as per the Zeroth Law of the Theory of Thermodynamics).

In the long term, you rot (as per the Second Law of the Theory of Thermodynamics).

Answer 7

The atoms and molecules that formed your body are returned to the environment and become other living organisms, or fall as rain, or get incorporated into rocks, or whatever. That's it really.

Answer 8

depends on your faith. i believe we all 'sleep' before judgement day when everyone will rise again in the spirit form and get judged. after judgement your destination is chosen. either heaven or hell. heaven would be a paradise, and hell would NOT be a burning inferno but rather a everlasting sleep. you'll be non-existant so to speak.

Answer 9

We were all born to die.
I have my own fantasies to deal with death.
I will be cremated, so, no creepy crawlys, will enjoy my body.
Ashes to ashes--------dust to dust.
When your dead, your dead.
Religion tries to control mankind.

Answer 10

"After death comes judgement"
We will be judged by the gospel of Jesus. If your name is written in the book of life you will go to heaven, if not hell. This is the truth.
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