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  1. What Happens If I Die Before the Rapture? When a believer dies, his body goes in the grave and “falls asleep.”. But his soul does not sleep; his soul goes to Paradise (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; Luke 23:43). In Scripture, “falling asleep” is a softened term for the believer’s death. For instance, when Paul wrote to the ...

  2. Jan 23, 2006 · There are also at least five concrete things the Bible does say about what we should expect at the moment of death and beyond. First, believers will be taken into the presence of Christ in heaven. Christ is in heaven now (Acts 1:2; 3:21; 1 Thes 1:10; 4:16; 2 Thes 1:7), and believers will go to be with Him. Jesus said to the thief on the cross ...

  3. Sep 4, 2020 · Bible Q&A: What Happens When a Christian Dies? We know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens (2 Cor. 5:1). A Christian is a person who owns two homes. The home you are living in now is a temporary one, a “tent.”.

  4. Those Who Died in Christ. 13 But () we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who [] are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed () the rest of mankind do, who have () no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, () so also God will bring with Him () those who have fallen asleep [] through Jesus. 15 For we say this to you () by the ...

  5. Mar 4, 2024 · When you die, your spirit leaves your body and goes immediately to heaven. Second Corinthians 5:6-8 (NKJV) says, “To be absent from the body [is] to be present with the Lord.”. Hallelujah! The Apostle Paul said, in Philippians 1:23, “I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far” (NIV). And Jesus assured us in John 11:25 ...

  6. Dec 9, 2022 · God’s promises are your destiny: when you die, your soul goes immediately to the Lord. Your earthly remains are precious to God. “If the farmer knows where the corn is in the barn, then our Father knows where His precious seed is in the earth.”. And in Christ, God will raise those remains to eternal life.

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  8. The idea is that at death the soul goes into a state of suspended animation. It remains in slumber, in an unconscious state, until it is awakened at the time of the great resurrection. The soul is still alive, but it is unconscious, so that there is no consciousness of the passing of time. I think this conclusion is drawn improperly from the ...