Do you go to heaven right after you die, or do you sit in a grave wating for judgement day?

Question

Just Wondering!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

According to almost all the major religions and the rituals connected with death, it is for three days the soul remains close to the dead body or the place where the death takes place or the dead body is disposed of. So, immediately after death one does not go to heaven.

Answer 2

It's obvious that when we seek answers from religion we are seeking answers to questions that we can't answer with our eyes or with a scale or test tube. The toughest and most far reaching questions are not answerable by science.

That said, when we look at religion do we get an answer that is reliable? Every religion seems to answer the question differently. The question that we each have comes up when we feel tried or tested in life, but it is a different question for everyone. You should ask yourself, not just your religion, what you believe or want to believe. Do you believe that a deceased friend or relative is on the "other side" or "in heaven" or has to wait? If you do then no one can question it, because they don't really know any more than you do. Believing ends up being more about the heart and the type of person that you want to be.

Answer 3

Well since most of us have some sin big or small, we need to be purified to enter Heaven , so God in His mercy has established that after death if one desires to enter Heaven but is not completely ready to meet the All Holy God, then a time of purifictaion is granted when the prayers of our relatives friends and church obtain for us pardon and purification.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

The perspective is different for every religion.

In christianity it is believed that the Last Judgement is the judgement by Jesus Christ of every human who has ever lived. It will take place after the resurrection of the dead and the second coming.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world...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...And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matt 25:31-34, 41, 46).

In Islam it is called Qiyamah meaning day of resurrection and it is not judged by Jesus as Jesus in Islam is a prophet, not God.
Everyone will wait in patience in their resting place for this day to come. Depending on what sort of life you lived will depend upon the place in which you wait. If you were righteous you will lie in a coffin which is almost palacial, visa-versa if you were cruel. On the day of judgement every human, muslim and non-muslim alike is arisen from their resting place and held accountable for his/her deeds and are judged by God accordingly. The exact date of Judgement is unknown but many think it is growing nearer and the signs were revealled by Prophet Muhammad pbuh. See: http://etori.tripod.com/dajjalsystem/judgement.html

I don't know much about Judaism though but I assume it is a similar belief. They all make you think a little bit...

Answer 6

Haven't you head? A little crossword book magically appears in every coffin and urn to stop people getting bored.

Answer 7

Don't know. It depends on your interpretation of the verses pertaining to this subject.

Personally, I don't think it matters, and I don't think we'll know until we die.

Answer 8

We'll have to wait in graves until Jesus comes again...

Answer 9

Good question this thing still remain a controversy among christrian

Answer 10

niether.. your dead. Face it, your DEAD you don't go anywhere. You no long think of anything, you just a body of flesh thats going to rot.