Christians? which is true?

Question

When we die, do we go to the Lord straight away, or does this happen after judgement day. When it says the dead will be raised to life?

Answer 1

First of all let's forget what other's believe to be true. The majority are wrong. We need to get the full truth about this subject from the Bible and the Bible alone. There are about 66 texts in the Bible that tell us that death is referred to as asleep. There is not one text that says we have a spirit or soul seperate from the body. There is so much Biblical info and I am sorry I don't have time to go through it all. If you are really wanted to know the true answer the best thing to do is search the Bible for yourself. Because it doesn't matter what anyone else says, not even myself. It only matters what God says in His Holy Word. I will tell you breifly.
When we die we go to the grave. We remain there until the second coming of Christ. Then the dead who are in Christ are raised first and along with the righteous living are taken up into heaven at that time. That's it in a nutshell. I'll list some texts that you can look up for yourself.

Genesis 2:7, Psalm 104:29-30 talks about our soul as being our breath not as something seperate from the body.
Body + Breath = Soul

Ezekiel 18:4
Ecclesiastes 12:7 don't confuse this text most people do the returning spirit to God is only refering to the breath. Remember God breathed into Adam and he became a living soul. Same thing, breath or soul returns to God not a conscious entity.
Deuteronomy 31;16
2 Samuel 7:12
1 Kings 1:21
Daniel 12:2
Matthew 9:24
John 11:11
2 Peter 3:4

There are many many more.
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

There are several ways people are brought into the presence of God:

When a believer dies, she will come directly into the presence of Jesus (Phil. 1:23, Rev. 6:9-11).

When the Rapture of the church occurs, believers will come into the presence of Jesus without dying first (1 Thes. 4:16-17).

When the other dead people are raised up on Judgment Day, they will face God (Rev. 20:11-15). At that point, those who names are nor found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire.

Some people say there is no sense of time after death. But Rev. 6:9-11 has dead people talking to God asking when their deaths will be avenged. Then God tells them"that they should rest a little while longer." This tells me that they are aware of time. This also tells me that there is no soul sleep, for they know what is occurring on earth, and they have the presence of mind to ask questions. They even have bodies, for robes are given to them to wear. They also remember what happened on earth, for they are asking when their deaths will be avenged.

There are many false ideas out there regarding death, but the Bible clears up many of these issues pretty clearly. The most important thing is that all of us will be brought into judgment, but through the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit we can labor for God so we can come to him with a good testimony.

Will Jesus say to you, "Well done, good and faithful servant" or "You wicked lazy servant"? (see Matt. 25:23, 26).

Answer 3

There is a debate within Christiandom that goes along the lines of what you are talking about.

Most Protestants that I talk to believe that you go to heaven and be with God. The verses are:
2 Corinthians 5
8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

This combined with the promise of Jesus to be walking in Paradise with one of those who were crucified with him.

The other side of the arguement is using these verses:
John 6:39
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
John 6:40
For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

I want to believe that typical Protestant way, but I see evidence that it will be the grave first. But I'm not really sure of either one. I do believe that Jesus has me one way or the other.

Answer 4

For the true christians, and I say true christians because many people profess to be a christian but really arent..and yes God is the judge and He knows those who are His....so for those of us who are true christians, its like paul said, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. There is no soul sleep..the body becomes dormant and decays but we know that one day our soul and spirit will once again be reuinted with our earthly body which will of course be a glorified body like the body of Jesus' is

Answer 5

I believe that we go straight to the Lord, What is meant by raising the dead in my opinion is the spiritually dead. Take care and may God bless you spiritually.

Answer 6

There is judgement after death,when you go to heaven ,i think that is what they called life after death(with the Lord)in heaven.

v(^^)v peace!

Answer 7

To be absent from this body is to be present with the Lord

Answer 8

I am Catholic, and Catholics believe that when you die you immediately see God, are judged right then, and go to heaven, hell or purgatory depending upon what you have chosen in life. There is no waiting period. Then, when Christ returns to Earth in glory He will judge all of creation at once, both those that died and those that are still living.

The reason that there is no waiting is because there is no past, present, and future for God. They are all the same thing. So, when we die, we leave the constricts of time, and there is no waiting, because waiting implies time.

God Bless!

Answer 9

After you die there is no time. Time ceases to exist in the afterlife. You only know of eternity.

Answer 10

Jesus told the theif on the cross that he would be with Him in paradase "Today". I think once you are dead your spirit leaves time and space. Too much to get into in this site but if you are interested in discussing this with me just shoot me an email.