2007-08-18 17:18:56 · 22 answers · asked by rich a 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My family members will miss me.
Some Y/A members will miss me too, but some 'loving' christians wish I'd be in hell by then.
2007-08-18 17:26:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I die? My body goes to the grave..my spirit goes to the Lord...
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8). ...
"The dead in Christ" refers to those Christians who died prior to the coming of the Lord. "We which are alive and remain" refers to those Christians who are still alive at the coming of the Lord. Those who are dead will be resurrected with a new body. Those who are still alive will be "changed" so that they too have a new body. All (both the "dead in Christ" AND "we which are alive and remain") will then "be caught up together...to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (Read 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18).
2007-08-19 00:27:41 · answer #2 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no soul sleep (psychopannychia) of the righteous. The moment we die, we face the judgment of God (Hebrews 9:27).
Until the time of the final resurrection at the Second Coming, the righteous will be in Heaven/Paradise, (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:4) and the non-believers in Hell/Hades (Revelation 1:18; 20:13-14).
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)
Those that are damned will ultimately 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,
Those that have died in Christ now reside in heaven as spiritual beings. 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 Hell as described above.
Those who have died in Christ will not remain in heaven as a soul without a body. At God’s appointed time, there will be a final resurrection where the spirit will be unified with the resurrected body at the second coming of Christ at the final judgment. From Phil. 3:20-21, and 1 John 3:2, we know that our glorified bodies will be like that of Christ. We will not be deity like He is, but we will have the same qualities of His resurrection body. Our heavenly bodies will be our glorified earthly bodies. Christ’s body that died on the cross was the same one that was resurrected. His glorified body was able to travel through walls, appear suddenly, and ascend to heaven. From 1 Corinthians 15:39-40, 42b-43, we learn that our heavenly bodies will possess flesh that is of a different variety than our earthly ones. Our new bodies will be bodies of flesh, but as different from our earthly bodies as humans are from animals.
What about loved ones in the afterlife? Although Matthew 22:30 indicates that earthly relationships like marriage will not be the same in heaven - we will definitely recognize those we knew on earth.
The story of Lazarus and the rich man, in Luke 16:20, shows we will still retain our identity and relationships in heaven. The rich man still remembered his siblings - and Lazarus, whom he knew on earth.
In conclusion, like a seed, the body of the righteous will be sown or buried and then one day be raised up to life. It is buried in death, decay, weakness, and dishonor. When it is resurrected, it will be changed in every way. It is raised up imperishable, glorious, powerful, and spiritual. We will then have eternal, permanent, and perfected bodies.
2007-08-19 05:09:27 · answer #3 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a waiting place or wander in the form of a spirit until judgment day. Then Heaven or hell.
2007-08-19 00:36:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cease breathing. Then, your soul passes to the other side, if it is permissible by the powers that be. Of course, this part depends upon you.
2007-08-19 00:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by Soul Shaper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were good, you go to Cleveland, but eventually you get to leave; if you were bad, you go to Cleveland - but no matter how far or how long you drive - you're STILL in Cleveland.
2007-08-19 00:26:56 · answer #6 · answered by Sim - plicimus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe my soul goes to the Answers.yahoo.com search engine, where I'll see the hundreds of times this damn question has come up.
2007-08-19 00:25:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
your soul departs from the body and you find out what is next after that but i think we have souls
i hope so anyway
2007-08-19 00:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by evilindyka77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your soul will go to its destiny, either Heaven or Hell
the judgment is later, there are two deaths
2007-08-19 00:36:38 · answer #9 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like a lit candle in the Wind You lights out.
2007-08-19 00:24:00 · answer #10 · answered by conundrum 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋