Christians: Can you help me? Where in the Bible--chapter and verse, does it tell you what happens after death?

Answer 1

In Daniel 12: 1-4, Daniel talks of the end of the age where it says, "Many that sleep in the dust shall awake to everlasting life." This "sleep" is referring to the physical body sleeping, not the soul or spirit. Our spirit is the "real us." We are a spirit and have a soul (mind, will and emotions) that lives in a body. There is a cultic teaching that talks about "soul sleep" which is not scriptural. When people die, they do not enter into a state of eternal sleep, neither do they cease to exist. When we die, our body will go into the ground to decay and return to dust, but our body is not who we really are (Genesis 3:19). Our spirit, when we die, goes either to hell or to be with the Father in heaven. There is no in-between place, heavenly sleep or state of non-existence.

When we die, we will also face judgment before God. "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). The Bible speaks of death as an enemy. 1 Corinthians 15:26 says, "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." In this world we are seeing death all around us: death by old age, disease, murder, suicide, accidents, disasters, famine and war. All of these have been brought on mankind because of sin and a fallen race. Death is an evil that produces torment, fear, hatred, suffering, agony, pain, grief and heartache. There is only one way that we can overcome both death and the fear of it; that is through the One who conquered death and the grave. The death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son, has now made a way for us to also conquer death. Romans 8:37: "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."
Matthew 10:28: "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."

Aside from death in the body, the Bible also speaks of another death--spiritual death (the second death). This is the death Jesus is referring to in the above verse, and it is ultimately the death that He came to deliver us from. This death is eternal separation from God. It extends beyond our mortal bodies. It does not mean ceasing to exist, rather it means that we will exist forever in our sinful state. Though hell is a literal place of torment, the main source of its torment is the eternal separation from God. This is far more ghastly than anything we can imagine, just as heaven is more wonderful than anything we can conceive. God never created hell for mankind. It was created as a fiery prison for Satan and the fallen angels (demons). Men are going there because they have chosen to follow the devil and have rejected Christ. Matthew 25:41: "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."

Answer 2

Ecc.9:11 Matthew 4:45

Answer 3

Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

Answer 4

There are many, but these are my personal favorites.
chapters in the book of John: 3:16, 11: 25-26, and 14:1-4

Answer 5

Luke 16:19-31

Answer 6

These references are scattered about. But here are a couple:

Ecc 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Hbr 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:


Hbr 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Answer 7

Many verses but here is one.

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Answer 8

Ezekiel 18:4 http://watchtower.org/bible/eze/chapter_018.htm?bk=eze;chp=18;vs=4;citation#bk4

Psalm 146:4 http://watchtower.org/bible/ps/chapter_146.htm?bk=ps;chp=146;vs=4;citation#bk4

Ecclesiastes 9:10 http://watchtower.org/bible/ec/chapter_009.htm?bk=ec;chp=9;vs=10;citation#bk10

Genesis 3:19 http://watchtower.org/bible/ge/chapter_003.htm?bk=ps;chp=3;vs=19;citation#bk19

Answer 9

4 of the first 5 answers were excellent.

One answer was OK, but not very specific.

Pastor Art

Answer 10

bibles are free most anywhere,,, look it up.