What happens at ones death for both the saved and the lost
A short summary according to the word of God
The King James Authorized Bible
1st Peter 1:13… Fix our hope on the Grace that will be brought to us, at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
We are not to put our hope in or on anything in this dying world, which will pass away.
The word of God states that we are to put our trust and faith in only him and fix our hope completely on that future Grace when we are fully consummated to him, when we enter the presence of the Lord and meet him face to face.
God is preparing the saved for Heaven to be in his presence that where he is we may be also John 14 We are in a continuous state of refining our spiritual conditioning although immediately saved once we trust his finished completed sacrifice at Calvary. Salvation is not a process it is instantaneous, although our perfection in his word continues to grow and develop.
God is also preparing a place for us so we can receive full Grace in that Heavenly place when we receive his full Grace by rewarding his faithful with his eternal perfection.
When a true Christian dies, he is immediately [in his spirit] taken to a place of comfort and security waiting for the time, of his resurrection and transformation, performed and provided by, none other than Jesus Christ.
Our Salvation is based on his Grace by the acts of the following Justification , meaning the time when we believed , we are justified, present tense. We were also exposed to his Grace by our conversion, by accepting the gospel of Salvation as well. And we are sanctified at the same time , separating ourselves spiritually from the ungodly world, while Gods grace is performing his life changing attributes perfecting our spiritual conditioning.
The same Grace that was applied to the above is added to our redemption and regeneration, by the renewing of our minds as well, even though we are sinful yet his Grace remains his active force and unmerited favor.
But it is our Glorification which is the final act of his Grace.
God right now is in the process of getting ready that place in which he is preparing for his church , his body of believers, the true believers, who worship him in truth and spirit as mentioned in John 14.
What brings this about… death we have to die to get this , as Paul said oh death where is thy sting and victory …. It has been removed for those who believe on his death burial and resurrection, including his return. Simply put, death has Lost its sting , liken to a Bee who has lost its stinger. Jesu Christ conquered death by his death at Calvary. Therefore the sting of death .. which is sin is removed.
We may have a reasonable fear in which we may die , none of us wants a excruciating or painful death. Nonetheless we enter into this Glorification through death. Wages of sin is death, so we are all guilty.
We all died as Adam physically and spiritually, but in Christ Jesus, we are made alive.
What happens when we die is simple, the body stays here, maybe at the morgue or some other location, crematorium reduced to ashes or whatever method one has chosen, including buried in the ground.
We do know one thing the body stays here, it is mortal, corruptible and it will decay.
The soul however goes on into eternity, why because the soul is eternal.
Every Soul God has ever created , he created for all eternity
There is no such thing as righteous or unrighteous, saved or unsaved person, going out of existence, once God creates a soul that soul goes on for eternity either in his heavenly abode or the abode of hell and the lake of fire.
This is true even of the angels, fallen ones to the lake of fire, Holy ones to Gods eternal presence. Wicked [or unsaved to Hell] the Saved to [ Gods timeless eternity with him].
When someone dies the soul [consciously ]is in that condition that will never change, there is no place to go to make any remediation or changes to ones fallen condition. NO limbo no purgatory no where to go your stuck in that state.
The condition you die in is the way you stay in at the time of your death.
Proof text found all through the Word of God, lets look at what Revelation says
Chapter 22 :11 Let the one who is filthy stay filthy the one who is righteous stay righteous. Gods mind has been made up . Simply stated whatever you are when you die you will be in either eternity. Nothing will ever change that.
Revelation 14:13 Blessed are they that die in the Lord [ in a redeemed state safe and secure forever. The death for an unsaved person is Horrific. Tragic as well since it is eternal. The bible says God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked.
Proverbs 11:7 says when a wicked man dies , his hope will perish nothing to look forward to , his fate is sealed. Proverbs 14:2 The righteous has refuge when he dies., Refuge being the presence of God awaits them.
The bible says the wicked when the die face destruction and damnation from the Lord. The death of the wicked puts them under the wrath of God.
This is it .. no waiting period and probationary period no way out.
Death of the righteous is only physical, but he has eternal rest Glory and peace, Paradise. It is perfection. Best place to be . Thief went into Paradise the apostle Paul went there, a place of indescribable joy, where everyone goes who trust in Christ finished works, The Tree of Life .
Paul says the Christian faith 101, for me to live is Christ but to die is gain. To want Paradise is gain… deliverance form all sin, fear and suffering and on and on. To be made like Christ means we shall see him like he is.
To get Glory we have to Die to get there.
A few in the Bible did not die ,Enoch and Elijah , they were taken by God before they could have died. Also, the raptured believers will not experience death when Christ returns for his bride secretly, 1 Thessalonians 4 we who are Alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. At the Rapture No Death for that body of believers.
We are headed up not down .. we shall not all die but be changed, and this body will be changed to immortality.
The unbeliever has nothing to look forward to at death, haven trusted their eternity to fallen men, false bible versions, false teachings, false teachers, televangelist, bible scholars, trusting and devoting all their time and efforts on a fallen satanic world system. Family and friends who perish… for the saved we are sad and we should continue to preach Christ crucified, and to provide them hope through the gospel.
To wish for Heaven is to be in his presence , we should have a constant interest.
The separated state for the saved, their body goes to dirt and their soul and spirit are in the presence of the Lord, no gap period no purgatory.
Instantaneously.
We are there without bodies, we have not been joined yet back to our resurrected bodies. There is no time in his presence, so no one is waiting.
There is a groaning in us for the rejoining to our resurrected bodies.
Until the resurrection we are separated, and so we are there without bodies. Souls are occupying heaven separated, justified by faith. They are with the Lord.
Resurrection now is not complete they don’t have their new bodies, there is a groaning to have their bodies, it will be you it will be me and not some alien form, Paul said this corruptible shall put on incorruptible.
Right now the wicked are suffering in their soul without their resurrected bodies. In John 5 Jesus said that all that are in the tombs [dead] will be brought back to life will come forth some to life some to judgement. Daniel 12 many who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake , everybody comes to life either in hell or in Glory.
We do have a description of what the body for the saved will be like , but no description of the wicked ,although that body will be suited for their punishment.
Philippians 3 :20 we read Paul said our citizenship is heaven , All who have ever lived will be raised. Who will transform our body to his resurrected body he can move, he went through walls, he could be touched , he even had the scars on his body, he could be seen and felt he ate, and that is coming for all believers.
No one has that resurrected body yet the Old Testament saints are still waiting for it, everyone who died in Christ [ Saved] are still waiting for it.
The bible describes it as the First resurrection He is the primary one, Second one is the rapture of his church his body, imminent can happen at anytime, nothing has to take place. The third is at the end of the Great tribulation 7 year period preceding the millennial reign, and the ones that have died at the hands of the Antichrist who are instantly transformed in the presence of the Lord, then for anyone who dies in the 1000 year reign will also be immediately resurrected.
The final Grace will be the destruction of this Heaven and Earth and the construction of a new Heaven and Earth.
Jesus said I stand at the door and knock you my friend need to answer that knock on the door the one who is knocking has the power of Life and Death … Heaven or Hell ….choose ye Life… ANSWER THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
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