For awhile I didn’t know for sure what is going to
happen when people die according to the Bible. I always thought
that when I died, my spirit would depart my body and I would
perhaps after spending sometime wandering on earth, be judged
according to what I did in my life by God and either receive
eternal life or be shamed and tormented in hell.
I refused to see the whole of what the Bible
teaches.
And now I’d like to share you on what I know from what
the bible teaches us. In my opinion it is important to have the
correct understanding on what would happen to us Christians after
we died.
Samuel 28:1-25, Saul talks with Samuel’s ghost,
I begin at verse 13
“Don’t be afraid, “ Saul replied. “Just tell me what you see.”
She answered, “I see a spirit rising up out of the ground.”
“What does it look like?”
“It looks like an old man
wearing a robe.”
Saul knew it was Samuel, so
he bowed down low.
“Why are you bothering me by bringing me up like
this?” Samuel asked.
Note that Samuel said that Saul has bothered him by
bringing him up(not down) suggesting that Samuel was called from
the Kingdom of death instead of heaven.
The words bothering me means that Saul has disrupted
Samuel’s sleep in the Kingdom of death.
Let me quote Luke 8:40-54 or Matthew 9:18-26 or Mark
5:21-43
It’s the story of Jesus who was begged by a man called
Jairus to come to his home because his 12 year old child was dying.
She was his only daughter.
Begin at verse 49(to make it short)
[read the bible if you want to read the whole
story]
While Jesus was speaking,
someone came from Jairus’s home and said, “Your daughter
has died! Why bother the teacher any more?”
When Jesus heard this, he
told Jairus, “Don’t worry! Have faith, and your daughter will get
well.”
Jesus went into the house,
but he didn’t let anyone else go with him, except Peter, John,
James, and the girls father and mother. Everyone was crying and
weeping for the girl. But Jesus said, “The child isn’t dead.
She’s just asleep.” The people laughed at him
because they knew she was dead.
Jesus took hold of the
girl’s hand and said, “Child, get up!” She came back to life and
got straight up. Jesus told them to give her something to eat. Her
parents were surprised, but Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone
what had happened.
Second John 11:1-43, Jesus brings Lazarus to life
I begin at verse 11-14
[read the bible to get the full story]
The he[Jesus] told them, “Our friend Lazarus is
asleep, and I’m going there to wake him up.”
They replied, “Lord, if he’s asleep, he’ll get better.” Jesus
really meant that Lazarus was dead, but they thought he was talking
only about sleep.
Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead! I’m glad that I
wasn’t there, because now you’ll have a chance to put your faith in
me. Let’s go to him.
Verse 23
Jesus told her, “Your brother will live again!”
Martha answered, “I know that he’ll be raised to life on
the last day, when all the dead are raised.”
Jesus then said, “I am the one who raises the dead to life!
Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. And
everyone who has lives because of faith in me will never really
die. Do you believe this?”
There are actually more verses from the bible that
gives us insight as to what would happen once we died. I hope what
I wrote here can serve a purpose on your life.
The Lord who is able to bring us back to life as in
Lazarus and the only daughter of Jairus is also able to raise us
and give us eternal life. Lazarus and Jairus's only daughter
would die again but whoever shares the Kingdom of God would
no longer die.
Jesus also spoke that He would raise all the people who
believe in Him on the last day so that whoever eat His flesh and
drink His blood would not die but be risen on the last day. I let
you find which verse this is ;). My hands are cramped already.
Summary:
All the dead would descend
to the Kingdom of death, a place where all the dead are gathered.
There they would lose all form of awareness, of themselves, of
time, of God and of faith. They would cease to be aware of anything
and becoming nothing. In a way this is to be likened with sleeping.
But there is one big difference that in sleep there’s always
perpetual life while in death there is no life at all.
I guess it's too late now
to say "Damn don't eat the bloody fruit!"
or asked "Why did you eat
the bloody fruit?"
Knowing and believing this, I suggest for you fellow Christians out
there to make full use of this life. Let’s not let a moment to
lose. If you work hard present them to the Lord for you shall rest
in the Kingdom of death until the Lord rises you to life, when you
do kindness present them to the Lord for you can no longer do any
kindness or after God's own heart in the Kingdom of death,
when you worship the Lord, worship Him with all
your heart for your awareness of God would cease in the Kingdom of
death. Enjoy life for you will no longer enjoy anything in the
Kingdom of death. Treasure your relationships for you will have
none in the Kingdom of death. Pursue your salvation for you can no
longer pursue it in the Kingdom of death.
May Jesus Christ our savior and our Lord rise we all
from our sleep in the end of time. May we share His kingdom and
glory to have the best of life when the Lord comes to rise us from
our perpetual death on the last day. Treasure life!
