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Jesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.


The Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.
The account of Lazarus also teaches us that the resurrection is a reality, not a mere myth. Jesus raised Lazarus in front of a crowd of eyewitnesses. Even the religious leaders, who hated Jesus, did not deny this miracle.

Think about this too: If Lazarus had been in heaven for those four days, would he not have said something about it? And if he had been in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back to earth from that wonderful place? Of course not!

Yet, many people say that we have a soul, and they say that the soul lives on after the body dies. They say that Lazarus’ soul was alive somewhere. But the Bible does not say that. It says that God made the first man Adam “a living soul.” Gen. 2:7, Adam was a soul. The Bible also says that when Adam sinned, he died. He became a “dead soul,” and he returned to the dust from which he had been made. The Bible also says that all Adam’s offspring inherited sin and death too.

The Scriptural teaching of the resurrection, however, is not compatible with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. If an immortal soul survived death, no one would need to be resurrected, or brought back to life. Indeed, Martha expressed no thought about an immortal soul that was living on elsewhere after death. She did not believe that Lazarus had already gone to some spirit realm to continue his existence. On the contrary, she showed her faith in God’s purpose to reverse the effects of death. She said: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” Likewise, Lazarus himself related no experiences of some afterlife. There was nothing to report.

Clearly, according to the Bible, the soul dies and the remedy for death is the resurrection. You enjoy the best sleep ever, until Jesus resurrects you, sometime in the future.

2007-08-24 16:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by BJ 7 · 0 0

genuinely definite. however the comparable is genuine for many different theories or legends or myths approximately the place people got here from. i want to propose waiting for the evidence. the considerable message of Genesis a million interior the Bible is that God created. It does not relatively attempt to grant a scientific, or consistent with possibility a historic, clarification of how. The Bible does not rule out evolutionary methods because of the fact the mechanism for the form of the physique of the human animal. everybody with any historic past in technological know-how will evaluate the evidence to establish what it says. the two important, they'll evaluate what the evidence does not say, or what there is no longer sufficient evidence to declare. with regards to the perfect source of existence and the universe, technological know-how could admit it does not be attentive to. And if some sacred writing claims to respond to this, evaluate the two the credibility of that rfile, and the translation of that rfile. evaluate God growing to be the universe merely as an expression of His creativity, as an artist creates a portray or a sculpture. I evaluate that greater credible than an alien visit, notably because you may then evaluate the place the extraterrestrial beings got here from and how they got here into existence.

2016-12-16 04:47:15 · answer #2 · answered by gandarilla 4 · 0 0

None of the above. After our mortal death, and at the will of the Father and of the Son, we all will be resurrected with our original, but perfected bodies and the spirit in which never dies.

Afterward comes the judgment by Christ and then the consignment to eternal life or eternal damnation.

2007-08-24 15:41:28 · answer #3 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 1 1

Yes, I do believe we live on, in some other form, but I'm not sure how it all works. I tend to think we accumulate understanding and knowledge, talents and friends and enemies, and that we're evolving souls. I believe in karma and that whatever you reap you sow, either now, or whenever, and that all that really matters in the end is that we keep trying.

2007-08-24 15:35:41 · answer #4 · answered by Meow 5 · 1 1

It depends on how you lived this life! Most likely we will have another human life...But if you're a bad person and treat people mean, you could come back as something else.

2007-08-24 15:44:47 · answer #5 · answered by Thunderrolls 4 · 1 2

i believe those two "option" can happen but only one in a time. you can be anything after you die, depends a lot on your state of mind when you are dying and the rest on your karma.

2007-08-24 17:41:45 · answer #6 · answered by guni 2 · 0 0

Do you believe in karma. Good karma helps determine your next life, while bad karma may set you back a species or two. You are already human so you are in control of your own destiny.

2007-08-24 15:49:19 · answer #7 · answered by nevetS 1 · 1 1

No, I will die only in an earthly sense. My body will release my spirit and my spirit will wait in a "sleep" state untill God and Christ come back to earth to take all of us believers to heaven.

2007-08-24 15:27:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 2

When I die I am going to feed a colony of worms because that is the end.

2007-08-24 15:36:00 · answer #9 · answered by atheist 6 · 1 1

When I die I can only come forward, not back.

2007-08-24 15:26:36 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0 1

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