Do Christians go immediately to heaven when they die?
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- What happens to a Christian at the moment of death? From one of our Ask R.C. events, R.C. Sproul examines what it means for the souls of believers to be “away from the body and at home with the Lord” (2 Cor. 5:8).
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I’m so thankful to find this short but helpful clip. I am a stage 4 cancer fighter and just had a very bad pet scan. I am secure in knowing I will be with Christ sooner than later my sadness is for my husband and children. 4 amazing kids who need their mom. I am praying for a miracle but if I don’t get it I will rest knowing God will take care of them.
Christ Bless You and Your Family 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@Corey Lambrecht hello! Thank you for checking on me. I’m still here still fighting. I’ve been in a lot of pain so I’m thinking my new chemo has stopped working. I do a PET scan early December. Thank you SO much for your prayers!! Praying God blesses you for your faithfulness.
Prayers going up for you ❤️❤️❤️
Rest very assure sister ❤️ the Bible says Jesus prays for us. And He will certainly pray for your husband and children.
@@leanosmamma2194 Continuing to hold you up in prayer. It is a wonderful blessing and assurance knowing you know who Jesus is. Blessings to you and your family as you continue your journey towards healing.
Didn’t think about my mortality until I turned 18. For some reason it hit me, one day I’m going to die. Makes me even more motivated to live close to God
I got that on 11
I wish we have something to make us immortal
@@jaykylehd20 christians do, gentiles dont😎
@@sarahhanrahan1708 thou shalt not brag
Same here. Amen
Amen. I can hardly wait to be with the Lord forever and leave this sinful place. This world and my flesh. Praise God!!! Thank You Jesus!!! 🙏✝️❤️ 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
Hey Now why would you say that my friend Rachel was being food by saying these words
Realpro101 what else is unforgivable
@_knx_z, the unpardonable/unforgivable sin or “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit” is mentioned in Mark 3:22-30 and Matthew 12:22-32. Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter” (Mark 3:28), but then He gives one exception: “Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin” (verse 29).
God has provided for our salvation in His Son (John 3:16). Forgiveness is found exclusively in Jesus (John 14:6). To reject the only Savior is to be left with no means of salvation; to reject the only pardon is, obviously, unpardonable.
@_knx_z, also no suicide can’t be forgiven because once a person dies by killing themself they’re already dead in their sins just like anybody else who hasn’t repented and dies without the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. One can only be forgiven while they are still alive and have the breath of life in them. Suicide is not the “unpardonable sin” the only unpardonable sin is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.
John 8:24
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
Acts 3:19
Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.
Isaiah 55:6
Only 144000 Jehovah's Witnesses go to heaven
Recently I lost a very close person to me, my father tho not biological, my friend my mentor and everything you can think of. My heart is really aching beyond words. I'm just from burial today and since we've laid him to rest and he was a believer in Christ, I know he's dancing with angles in heaven. Rest in peace Tony Woods. Your legacy "it is the people around me that inspire me. WONDERFUL PEOPLE that deserve a life of dignity" will remain forever and you will always be in my heart. Rest in eternal Peace. Amen.
Prayers for you and your family man, God bless you
Sorry for your loss Jesus Christ told the thief on the cross you will be in my father's house tonight yes our souls go straight to heaven these people who tell you different I think they're just have not read the Bible
I have searched for the answer to this question and he answers it directly and to the point, THANK YOU ❤
Love this. Well put, short, sweet & to the point. Praise be to God for He is the almighty. And all the glory goes to Him
amen brotha
I see a lot of comments on here about being in a hurry to see the Lord. It seems to me like you may be suicidal, let’s not be in that much of a hurry! Jesus said we are to remain busy at His work until He returns. You have work to do, no clocking out or retiring early!
Some of us find bearing our crosses a little more difficult than others. I probably won't hurry things along, but as somebody with neurological impairments, mental health problems and chronic insomnia on top of it, finding my rest in Christ sounds so wonderful to me.
lol I was thought that years ago thinking departing would be better. Now I am more appreciated being alive and sharing it with others.
More to do to advance Kingdom of GOD.
@@buckmajor Fair play to you. I'm coming up on decade no. 2 of dealing with unpleasant, chronic health problems. I'd love to get past them ... I have a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, having found a specialist in my condition. I hope I can say the same as you in the not too distant future.
Hey stupid you don't even know hwo Mohamed is
Can someone help me understand a concept in scripture? I'm curious. After death theres heaven and hell correct? But then why in Corinthians does it say the dead no nothing? Is there a third place where our souls go? Why is it nothing I was under the impression we go up or down. So to speak. Is my question a question of ignorance. If so please correct me. I would really like to know what this statement means. Any answer would mean a gre ad t deal to me. Thank you. And god bless
This is so timely! Our women’s bible study group is diving into this topic this week as we continue our study of Revelation. We are in chapter 20 and many of these questions have come up. What a blessing to have Dr. Sprouls commentary!
Marybeth McGee, sounds like you guys have a great bible study. I love the book of Revelation. May you all be blessed in Jesus Name, Amen. 🙏✝️❤️📖
@David Miles can you explain a bit and what have you learned?
@David Miles you have been blessed by the vision and not many have this privilege to get this from God. Yes, its all about community and to spread the love God has for everybody through Jesus Christ. Even though you visit heaven, our brains cant comprehend 100% how its there, and cant wait to see you there. Be strong in the Lord. God bless you :)
@David Miles no need, its enough we know hell exist, I dont want to go there or even think how its there.
David Miles The book of proverbs rhetorically asks, in a string of verses about things only God has done, “Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended?” the answer is nobody. stop
You explained that really well. Very clear and concise. Thank you♡
Thank you so much for helping me understand. God Bless.
I thought so that is exactly what I originally thought.
GOD Bless you sir.
Anyone born again has already been made alive and never die. We have already been made a new creation. Sproul is cluless.
Thank you for answering that question
Jesus's to the thief on the cross today you will be with me in paradise?
But Jesus did not go to heaven after He was crucified
Thank you for this video😊
Yes.
"Absent from the body, present with the Lord."
Amen
You should read 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
@@SheepofChrist818 yes, their bodies will be made perfect in new bodies before those who are still living when Christ return are caught up
@@kelseybutler1991 It doesn’t say that. It says the dead in Christ will raise first and the living will be caught up with them to meet the Lord in the air.
@@SheepofChrist818 yes the dead bodies of those who believe so they can have new bodies to meet with their spirits in heaven
The Bible does not say that. Better re-read 2 Corin. 5:8 KJV.
Thank you Lord Jesus!
I encourage anyone who wants to know more about the soul and our intermediate state to study the Hebrew word "nephesh" in the Old Testament which is the word translated to "soul" in English. What is most often taught about this subject is linked to Greek philosophy rather than what is in scripture.
Love you R.C. Sproul.
According to Paul in 1 Thes 4 : 13 - 17 we do not go to heaven immediately after we die
Thank you for your channel
Thanks for sharing biblical truth. 😊
How can you say that when he didn't explain anything using the Bible? His theory goes against Rev. 21:3, 4. It makes no sense. Read that in any Bible because that is God's promise for the earth, not heaven because a ressurection on earth is promised John 5:28, 29).
Before I saw this video, I was confused because I didn't understand how we go to God after death and yet rise from the grave at the 2nd coming of Christ. Now I understand this thanks to this video. Many thanks to the creator of this video.
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Sproul is absolutely right. Very clear and concise. Based on the "whole counsel of God".
How is that possible since he didn't use the Bible to explain?
No he is not correct. He never opened a Bible.
2 Corinthians 2:14 "But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere."🙏. Let God’s Peace and Grace be with you (To The Reader). Praise God always. Amen🙏🙌.
I love that man...RIP man of God!!!
The Hebrew word for Soul is Nephesh and if you study that word you realize that the body and soul are one and not separate. Many times that our souls are immortal but the Bible doesn't teach that, it was only some Greek philosophers who made that up and was adopted into church tradition. When we are resurrected, only those in Christ are sustained by him to live eternally, those without Christ are destroyed both body and soul.
Ok but where r the dead that don’t have Christ right now ?
You’re missing the third piece in your comment - body, soul, and spirit.
@@lornajean7286 they're in the grave ( Sheol or hell) in the unconscious state of death. I'm afraid most people confuse hell with the lake of fire which is symbolic of total annihilation. Death and hell shall be cast into the lake of fire and if I'm caught in death without Christ I will be totally annihilated forever as if I had never existed. No such thing as eternal torture for the wicked because the wicked has not put on immortality so they are only mortal beings or souls.
@@lornajean7286 their in the grave (Sheol hell) . The scripture says Jesus was in hell the grave, Sheol. But he was resurrected on the third day from the grave.
@@username00009 the spirit is the breath of life, it has nothing to do with the life or soul, it is the breath from God that keeps our soul or life alive, when the spirit or breath of life departs our bodies we are then in the unconscious state of death and our soul or life is in the grave( Sheol or hell).
Not our body but given a new body in Christ. In a twinkle of the eye! Imagine, death then paradise! Although, judgement first....I pray our Savior comes soon!
Wait, but that's different to what he's saying
i want to thank the the man who made the video i was so scared but now im less scared
We have to change our attitude regarding death. Children of God have nothing to fear, even death. God has good plans for us, and after death, we get to go to the place where He has prepared for us. We know that even when we die, we shall live again, then we'll see death no more.
If we’re already in heaven then who’s getting resurrected? This theory requires a second step that’s clearly contrived!
I believe we come back to earth and get a glorified earthly body at the second coming in 1 Thes 4:17. In heaven, we have a heavenly body (1 Cor 15:40). We will never be without a body (2 Cor 5:1-10) in heaven or on earth. At the pre-trib rapture (Luke 17) I don't see a resurrection (Luke 17:37). We don't disappear. There is a flash of light and dead bodies. Our spirit/soul is taken to heaven where we get a heavenly body. There is only one (earthly) resurrection (John 11:24, 6:39-54, Rev 20:4-6).
Your soul directly in God's presence your resurrected body when Our King Jesus come back
@@onetakendotnet WRONG WRONG WRONG !!! you are leaning to your own understanding which is WRONG !
@Corey Lambrecht : yes. And in the NT where Jesus said “David sleeps in the dust with his fathers”, I believe that also. So, what do you think this phrase means, “ And there will be a great shout, and the dead in-Christ shall rise first, then the living.”
@@aridian7787 Your spirit in Heaven will be reunited with your Glorified resurrected body.
Thank you!
My 7 Year old son is always asking me this question,where do I go when I die??
I told him our soul goes to heaven.
Our souls go back to Yahuwah. However, there is absolutely no consciousness.
@@JW-rn5eeHow then would the thief on the cross have experienced paradise that night, as Jesus promised him?
Dude, none of us know. I choose to think that God will take care of it all and we need to relax into that.
From my understanding when we die, we'll be waiting in sheol/hades (realm of the dead) either in Torrments or Paradise. Once everyone gets their heavenly bodies, we'll meet God at either the Judgement seat for our rewards or the Great White throne of Judgment
By any chance are you a JW? Because my mother in law is one and she told me this. She said “because the wages of sin is death”, but i told her if you continue the verse it says “but the free gift of god is ETERNAL LIFE in Jesus Christ our lord” . If you are a true believe in Christ then you don’t die because we have eternal life, we just get repositioned to heaven with Christ.
@@JohnSmith-sk8ub im not a JW. I dont believe Jesus is Luciter's brother >.
This is certainly my understanding as well, when I take the whole Bible into account on this subject.
How did u come to that conclusion? Because when Jesus was crucified he told the other men he will now be in paradise w him.
1 Corinthians 15 reads like souls will rest until the resurrection then will raise to be with Jesus
We must all strive for that holiness without which no one shall see the Lord, ( Hebrews 12:14), for we shall each be held accountable for every careless word we have uttered on judgment day, and we shall each be judged as we have judged others, ( Matthew 12:36, Luke 6:37,38), for after death some shall suffer loss and be saved only as through fire, ( 1 Corinthians 3:15), where the spirits of the just are made perfect, ( Hebrews 12:23,24). Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is True food and Blood True drink
I choose Jesus Christ as my lord and saviour amen lord
Where in the Bible is the verse about our disembodied souls going straight to this intermediate state upon death? I can't find it anywhere.
---Ezekiel 18:20 ---The soul that sins shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
---What does the Bible say about soul that sins shall die?
---Matthew 10:28 ---28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
---Ecclesiastes 9:5 ---5 For the living know that they will die , but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten.
---Ezekiel 18:20 ---20 The one who sins is the one who will die . The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
---God formed the soul out of the dust then breathed the spirit of life to make the soul live!
How was Elijah and Moses seen on the mount.transfiguration if it were only the soul waiting to be resurrected?
Ty
it's simple , the Lord said to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.
Right
It was Paul who said this, not Jesus. (2Corinthians 5:8)
@@onekittyhawk63 correct!
you’re missing the point fo the verse, that’s not what paul wrote at all, he’s expressing to his wish to be with christ, which requires shedding of his mortal life
One verse, there are also still plenty of verses that talk about our souls being in Sheol or The Grave until the 2nd coming. And how everyone will be made perfect at the same time.
Just like Sprouls soul is now in heaven.
@@Shindler39 uhhh no!so u don't even know if Sproul is a born again / actual Christian and ue listening to his sermons??!!
MR.Lloyd many beleive that when a person dies he or she goes to heaven.But this is not what the bible teaches. 1. Read about the creation of adam the bible says that God formed man out of the dust of the ground.2He then breath into mans nostrils the BREATH OF LIFE and then man became a LIVING SOUL.WE have to understand that until GOD BREATH THE BREATH OF LIFE INTO ADAM ALL HE WAS WHAT WE CALL A DEAD SOUL.THERE WAS NO LIFE IN HIM WITHOUT GODS BREATH.THINK FOR A MOMENT WHAT DO YOU AND I BOTH NEED IN ORDER TO LIVE.AIR IF IWOULD CUT OFF YOUR SUPPLY OF AIR YOU WOULD DIE. SO WHEN A PERSON DIES THE BREATH OF LIFE WHICH GOD GIVES AND MAKES MAN A LIVING SOUL IS THEN TAKEN BACK.MANY ASK WHERE DOES THE BREATH GOES WHEN A PERSON DIES.THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE BREATH OF A PERSON WEITHER THEY WERE GOOD OR BAD IN THIS LIFE GOES BACK TO G0D FROM WHICH IT CAME.MANY TEACH OF AN UNDYING SOUL THE BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH THIIS. FILL FREE ANYONE THAT SEES MY POST TO PLEASE CONTACT ME.SALVATION IS TO PRECIOUS TO JUST TRUST YOUR TEACHING TO JUST ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY.BE BLESSED IN THE LORD.ELDER STANLEY TILLARD.1 254 523 5722.
@@carolyntillard9967 R.C Sproul was a Presbyterian, i am a reformed baptist. Both of our confessions categorically deny soul sleep / the destruction of the soul. Feel free to look them up, they have actual bible verse references for why we believe in what we believe. Unlike your rant above which has zero bible references other than your commentary to the creation narrative in genesis. Read the proverbs and learn wisdom friend.
The soul goes back to God but consciousness is totally absent. See Acts 2:34.
If we enter this state, but at the time of death our thoughts are not pure would this have any ramifications on how the jesus would make his decision? In other words, If The Jesus can know my thoughts, thewn please let him now show me a sign./ AMEN
just curious, what were his sources on why he says this? i really need to know please help!?!?
are you still there brother? do u still need explaining?
But what about "the dead in Christ shall be caught up with Him in the air?"
Everyday I think will I go to heaven even though I sin but i love god and jesus im a believer and pray to him will I make it?
Ask the Lord to free you of your sins. We all sin and will continue but pray to him to help you bc tbh none of us can just turn away from it with his help! We have to ask him to be our strength. The Lord says those who love me keep my commandments so just try your best to keep them and the closer you get to him the less you will do the things that hurts him!🥰 overall just make sure you have a relationship with him and you should be good! I’m not expert and I cannot tell you if you are saved but I’ll pray for you!🥰God bless
The Bible says For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: [9] Not of works, lest any man should boast. [10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them
By grace we are saved. From sin, death and the grave. We will all die physically, but biblically a spiritual death is total separation from God which is in hell which will eventually be thrown into the lake of fire. Jesus came down and lived a perfect life and died for you and me so we could still have a chance to get to heaven although we are not deserving! He became sin on the cross! God turned his back on his own son to give us redemption. Please check out this link!
We are saved by grace and by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. If you haven't already, pray this simple prayer: Dear Jesus, I'm a sinner and I need my sins forgiven. I ask you Jesus to come in to my heart and life and forgive me of my sins. I surrender my life to you. I receive your gift of salvation. It's nothing I have done or will do that will get me into heaven. I receive you Jesus as my Savior. In Jesus name amen.
@@kristinmckinney8435 I’m so sorry friend but no where in the Bible does Jesus say pray this prayer and you’re saved, i recommended watching
Paul washer “Who is Jesus of Nazareth”
I have no righteousness no hope besides what Christ did for me on Calvary, if Jesus is not strong enough then I will go to hell because I will not put my trust or hope on to anything else
I’m not completely comfortable disagreeing with Dr. Sproul (since I’m just some dude and he’s Dr. Sproul 😅) but we can’t be in the presence of God in Heaven until we’ve been judged, and we won’t be judged until the resurrection.
I’m not saying that we don’t go someplace very nice while we wait - Jesus and the thief on the cross went to Paradise (paradiso, distinct from Heaven proper) to ‘preach to the souls that were in prison’ - but Heaven and being in the presence of the God, Biblically stainin speaking, seems to be reserved to after final Judgement.
Respectful rebuttals are very welcome. 😁
so my question is, its said when we die our spirit's for straight to heaven, so then people who did not accept Jesus in their lives to be saved..they also go to heaven 🤔?
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I really appreciate Sprouls and how God used him to guide me back into the Bible and a renewed relationship with Christ. However it is unfortunate that he starts out this video talking about classical Christian theology and not what the Bible teaches. The only text he refers to is Philippians 1:23 where Paul states that he would rather be with the Lord than to be here in the flesh. I can relate with Paul as I too would rather be with the Lord and escape the pain and suffering here on earth. The Bible states that “the dead know nothing” Ecclesiastes 9:5. In 1 Corinthians 15:52 Paul mentions the last trumpet in connection to the dead being raised. In Revelation we find the last trumpet in Revelation 11:15, and in verse 18 it states, “and the time has come for the dead to be judged.” This is a judgement of the wicked and the righteous. If the spirit of man went up to heaven the moment he died then judgment would have to occur the moment he died but the Bible does not teach that. For a clearer picture of death and resurrection look at 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17. Also consider Jesus did not ascend to his Father during the three days he was in the tomb John 20:17. Neither did Lazarus’s spirit ascend to heaven during the four days he was dead in the tomb. Scripture does not support the belief that the spirit goes up to Heaven the moment you die. What Scripture supports is that death is like sleep. You go to sleep/or die and “in the twinkling of an eye” or what seems like no time at all you raise up, either to the resurrection resulting in life or the resurrection resulting in condemnation (see John 5:28,29). The intermediate state is like sleep.
dru sauza Spot on my man !!!
I'm trying to learn. why did christ tell the thief on the cross that today he would be with Him in paradise?
Where does it say that in the old testament.
Based on Scripture, when a person dies, they sleep in death in the grave until called forth from it by Jesus Christ at the first or second resurrection (Ecclesiastes 9, John 5 & 11, 1 Thessalonians 4, Revelation 20).
I'm confused he saying we're going to get our same exact bodies back won't they be decayed?
Yes
Jesus Christ said to the thief on the cross you will be in my father's house tonight
Im a bit confused. If our bodies disenegrate in the grave, and all that is left is skeleton, how can this become our New glorified body when God raises us from the grave on the day of Judgement. Also, what happens to people who are cremated?
Hello sister.
Great question. And Paul adresses exactly that same question in 1 cor 15:35-58.
Read that and you will get your answer.
Gods peace be with you.
Magic
Dude come on he is God almighty he created everything so why would think the creator is limited to what he can do...Our Lord is mighty and powerful
@@patriciaandjudgey1442
In other words, magic
@@gregorsamsa1364 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 um no
Those who are born from above, we never die. The soul is our carnal flesh. Once its crucified, it no longer exists. The new man has already arisen within us. The new creation.
That is not Bible. The body and the soul both die.
The Bible never says it's instant or that the soul travels separately from the body or that anyone goes to heaven or "hell" at all that I can tell.
We die and only exist in God's memory until the resurrections where he remakes us, then judgement, then we go to the lake of fire or the new holy city on the new earth where God will live also. That's it.
The question that I have for people with this view is that discredit what Jesus said and John chapter 14 he clearly says I’m going to prepare a place for you and then he tells them I will come back and receive you so if you die and immediately go to heaven where is Jesus coming back to receive
So our souls go to be with god and our spirit
Can someone help me understand a concept in scripture? I'm curious. After death theres heaven and hell correct? But then why in ecclesiastes 9:5 does it say the dead no nothing? Is there a third place where our souls go? Why is it nothing I was under the impression we go up or down. So to speak. Is my question a question of ignorance. If so please correct me. I would really like to know what this statement means. Any answer would mean a gre ad t deal to me. Thank you. And god bless
I want to know too. I'm a little confused.
When you die, you dont know what continues on on earth, your dead, you know nothing! Until the return of Christ
Well im.scared I love God and jesus
I just want to do things right for jesus
It is hard because so much is around me but my goal is to one day be able to praise God an jesus christ
Keep praying and asking Jesus to come inside your heart. Repent daily and love others. I know it can be hard, but resist the ways of the devil and live of the fruits of the spirit Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law." If you continue to live for God , you will continue to feel his presence and know that you are going to heaven and spread the gospel to others about how good Jesus is and that He dies on the cross for our sins. I find that when I dont feel like reading the Word, I should read it because we shouldn't operate off of our feelings, but rather God's instruction. Sometimes you don't have to read an entire chapter. Sometimes it can just be a scripture. But make sure you are communicating with our Father daily because God gets all the glory and He wants us to experience His love and blessings. GOD BLESS YOUU!!!❤️❤️❤️
But when my god say any Question Christian will never care
Ecclesiastes 9 (Pay attn. to the SUN )
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
(This tells us that all we have is gone except forthe spirit, breath of life. This is our SIMM chip. It holds all our info, what we have seen, done, smelled, tasted, family and friends & sins. God holds it.)
Exactly what the Orthodox Church teaches as well
Teaches what? The Greek lie of an immortal soul?
@@JW-rn5ee
Nope
That our souls get a foretaste of Paradise or Hell (depends if you're saved or not)
I’m god comes back while we’re alive will we go to judgement day and how?
No disembodied souls. We are dead until the resurrection, which will seem immediate after we take our last breath. Paul knew that time was not a factor in the scriptures mentioned here. For example, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Simply means that Paul's next awareness is with Christ. Same with us. If we are already consciously with Christ in heaven, why would be care about a new body? What's the point if I'm already with Christ? We need to stop using time as a reference.
Always confused by this, why do people think there is a supernatural world?
In 2022 do people really thing that gods/fairies/devils&pixies exist?
Thanks
the soul returns to God and we become unconscious untill the rapture and second coming where we will be judged
The spirit/breath of life returns to God. We don't have a soul, we are a soul, a living soul when both body and spirit/ breath of life are together.
The Bible is clear , we all stay in the grave till Jesus comings at the 2nd coming . The whole person stays in the grave . The soul isn't separate from the body . See gen 2:7 . The soul isn't eternal by nature , we receive eternal life at the 2nd coming , see 1 corinthians 15:51-53
Where in the Bible does it say our souls go to heaven? Alternatively if a soul doesn’t go to heaven, where does it go?
Well, it doesn't say souls go to heaven. The bible teaches that the soul and body are one, from dust you are and to dust you return, and once you die you are conscience of nothing. There is no part of you that lives on. However, the memory of you is safe with God and rather then a misty spiritual part of ourselves living on, the Bible says there will be a resurrection. The same way Jesus resurrected people back to life, not in spirit, not in some other version of themselves, but he resurrected Lazarus back just as he was, and as his family and friends remembered him.
John 11:25 " Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life.The one who exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life;"
Jesus when he was first on earth resurrected the dead, and he did many things which was only a small example of what he will do again on a much larger scale in the very near future.
Interesting, he didnt said we "go to sleep" as some brothers say. Still in counsciousness, but without bodies, until the final ressurrection.
When Lazarus died, Jesus said that _he_ was asleep.
But what about judgment day? Have the people that have died already been judged ?
What do you mean by judgement day? Post the scripture you are referring to. Are you speaking about the Great White Throne judgement?
NO
According to Hebrew thought, the soul is synonymous with the person. It is not a separate part of the person that can be detached like is portrayed in pagan mythology. It doesn't survive death. A person dies, their body goes to Sheol, or the grave, and the person is later resurrected to new life with a body suited for immortality. If the soul survives death and goes immediately to heaven and can exist in heaven independently as is so often taught, why does it need to be reunited to the body, any body, later on? Death as the enemy and resurrection as the hope of believer have no meaning if any part of man survives death. The immortal soul idea comes from Egyptian and Greek pagan thought and is part of the Lie, not the Truth.
Sproul's position, while common, certainly is not Hebrew thought. It is more Greco-Roman in philosophy. Hebrew thinking throughout the OT presents the body and soul/spirit as a unified whole.
👋New to Christianity here. What do you think about the testimonies of people seeing Heaven and Hell?
Jeremy McGuire - Well understood, and well said, Jeremy. This truth is rooted in the very carefully crafted creation-of-Man statement found in Gen 2:7- SO [thus, in this manner] God created Man of
•the dust of the earth (physical)
and breathed into his nostrils
•the breath [spirit] of LIFE (spiritual)
and [THUS!” Man became a living SOUL.
Men do not “have” souls; men ARE souls. And “soul” means ‘person.” Therefore, a man, a person, is a spirit-animated body, called in Scripture a “soul.” The term “disembodied soul” is an oxymoron.
The language "disembodied soul" may be a little misleading, but the new testament teaching is clear: we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. That day the thief was with God in paradise. Martyred saints, before the resurrection, groan for vengeance. Staying means plentiful work but going means gain, not the grave. We have may have a great cloud of active witnesses. He is a God of the living, not the dead. The patriarchs were at the transfiguration, not in the earth awaiting physical ressurrection (though they certainly await it).
Whatever Hebrew thought was, our understanding of our intermediate dwelling cannot be temporary annihilation, not now that Christ has come.
What about Lazarus as soon as He died went to Abraham bosom. Meaning the presence of God
Do Christians literally believe heaven is in the sky above the clouds,if not then where is it's physical locality?Is it like the song,a place on Earth!I'm not a Christian or religious in any way,I don't know if there is an afterlife or not,or its purely wishful thinking,though there is a part of me that hopes I will see my mum again,who I miss so much and the rest of my family.
Bible verses to support?
i will say this now “i do NOT fear death” i just fear how will i decease. will it be in my sleep? will i die slowly? will i get the plug pulled? only god knows and i know i will meet him. we all will. it’s not if, it’s when. AMEN
I really like this explanation
Did enoch’s body died or was it in glorified body when he caught up to heaven?
Glorified
@@eddiesblacksmithingkjv9185 Genesis 5:24 doesn’t say that Enoch went to Heaven at that time. It just says he was taken. "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven" (John 3:13). So at the time of Jesus life on earth no human had ever entered into Heaven.
Enoch did not die, or experience death
The answer to the Question is NO according to the Bible.
Right. Another entitlement of American thinking
Heb 9:27-28
(v.27) Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, (v.28) so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
The Bible is clear (v.27) after man dies, judgment, meaning he either goes to heaven or to hell. And on the next verse (v.28), the destiny of man after death is connected to the one-time sacrifice of Christ. So for a Christian to question verse 27 is to question verse 28, which speaks of the one-time sacrificial work of salvation of Christ.
So to those asking this question, how dare you question the wonderful work of salvation of the Lord! Read your Bible, believe in Christ not on mere men.
Arne Cruz Thank you for the wisdom God has given you.
Got it completely wrong, but at least he didn't completely misquote the verse like everyone else does.
What about judgement day... ?? Christians get judged before they can be in the presence of Jesus. What about people that are Hindu ?
If that is true than why is there a day of judgement at the second coming.
To destroy the wicked and unbelieving
Have you imagined when you die that its just over? Nothing afterwards? How said is that thought. If that were true this world would be total chaos
Matthew 24 (Pay attn: to the Sun)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
This is very dark and disturbing fallacy in modern Christianity that many have fallen victim. When a persons dies, saved or unsaved, he or she is buried and placed in the ground. That's it. The believer does not go to heaven and the unbeliever does not go hell. A soul is another term for person. The soul/body resurrection occurs at the second coming, not at death. There is not disembodiment that comes together. The punishment for those that teach and preach lies and deceive is great.
The soul is the enternal part of you. It does not sleep. The body/earthly vessel is the one that goes into the ground and is sleep. Without the soul and spirit (God's breath) the body is dead.
If nothing happens to the soul after the body stops working (death), then Hell and Heaven don't exist. And if Hell and Heaven don't exist than that would make the Bible false cause Jesus spoke multiple times about Hell. Even in the book of Revelation it says Death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. Which obviously means Hell is a place.
The soul gets immediatley judged when you die. It's appointed to man to die once and then the judgement. Everyone will die atleast once. If you're dying twice that means you weren't born again. The second death is the Lake of Fire. Permanent seperation from God. Not annihilation as some like to teach. No such thing as a sprit being destroyed. It's called the second death cause there is no more hope. Forever being seperated from God is death. Cause God is life.
This teaching by "modern Christianity" is correct cause it's biblical .
@@ygkr6437please use Scripture to back up what you say, we won't be judged until Jesus returns, see 2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall JUDGE the quick and the DEAD at HIS APPEARING. So at this point in time NO ONE has been judged because the second coming has not yet happened.
Next look at 1 Thessaloniansans. 5:3 And the very God of Peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole SPIRIT and SOUL and BODY be preserved blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus referred to the dead as sleeping: Luke 8:39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? The damsel is not DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH. Also see Mark 3:39 and when Lazarus was dead Jesus referred to him as sleeping. John 11:11-14
Where is the patriarch David? Is he in Heaven? Acts 2:29-35 clearly tells us that he has not yet ascended to heaven. Acts 2:14 For David is not yet ascended into Heaven ----
Please don't believe me but believe the Bible. You can believe anything you want but you can't change the truth. I was also thought that as soon as you die you go directly to Heaven but I learned that was a lie and there are many more lies being preached from the pulpit that directly affects your salvation. May God bless you and please believe the Bible.
What does THE BIBLE say as to where the patriarch David is? Acts 2:29-35 look it up. Verse 34 says: For David is NOT ascended into the heavens ----
@@jimyoung5188 agree. David is in the ground
Since when soul has religion ?
Are there Christians heaven/hell only dedicated to Christians ?
What about about others ?e.g atheist
It’s not dedicated to Christians it’s for Everyman doesn’t matter if you’re a Christian if you die without accepting Jesus Christ hell has its mouth open for you.
@@jt890 awww and you’re godman ?
Who’s preaching others on accept this accept that!! First look yourself in mirror and then preach others!
There is hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. My mom died a week ago and we have comfort in our hearts because we know that my mother is in heaven with Jesus Christ. She may be absent in her physical body but present with our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
Are souls and spirit the same?
No your soul is your emotions and feelings, your spirt what will go to heaven.
@@joselopez6306 we will have consciousness in heaven right? Like we can see breathe and think right? I was thinking yes
@@anthonythomas5648
Yes, we will be spirits in heaven. However, we will still be us and remember our memories. The bible also mentions that we can feel emotions in heaven, and also we will be able to recognize people in heaven because we will still have our memories. Moreover, we will be able to meet new people in heaven too. Also, after their rapture, those in heaven will receive glorified bodies, so in a way, and will be resurrected like Christ was.
God Bless!
@@joselopez6306 Wrong we will have bodies like we do now but they will be perfect and incorruptible, we wont be ghost flboating on clouds, please read your bible
@@patriciaandjudgey1442 that is after the rapture, so you are wrong,
The Bible clearly teaches that the child of God immediately goes to Heaven upon death.
Where in the Bible do you read this?
@@douw004 II Corinthians 5:8, for example.
Bible says no man has acended to heaven accept Yahshua
No offense but I do not think this is correct information. Biblically it says when the Lord returns he will raise those who have died, then those that are living & we will meet him in the clouds. If we’re already in heaven, how is he raising us?
What about Daniel 12:2???? “
What about 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
@@iamlethibe that as well!
When we die our body will turn to dust and back to the ground and our spirit will go to God, (Ecclesiastes 12:7). When Stephen was getting killed, he said in Acts 7:56 that he saw the Heavens opening and saw the Son of Man (Jesus) sitting at the right hand of God the Father. Jesus is in Heaven. And then Acts 7:59 it says: And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Acts 7:59 NKJV. He was telling Jesus to receive his spirit to go into Heaven. And in the Bible it says: We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
II Corinthians 5:8 NKJV. Our spirit will be away from the body and with the LORD, and will be present with the LORD. The LORD is in Heaven, and will be conscious. When the second coming event happens then God will put us in a new glorified body. The old body will pass away. And be with Jesus.
He quoted 2 Cor 5:8. Absence in the body is present with the Lord. This is future scenario not that moment. Paul had never been to heaven and nobody except maybe Enoch and Elijah.. etc.
2 Corinthians 5:9-11
New King James Version
The Judgment Seat of Christ
9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
Even he butchers that verse. It says "to be absent from the body and present with the Lord." "And," not "is to be."
I believe you'll have a type of body before the glorified body. Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been. Revelation 6:11.
therefore unconscious in heaven?
John 6:47
✴ _Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life._ And when do they receive that eternal life? At the resurrection of the dead; the all-the-way, 100% dead, dead.