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To begin with, there are a number of theories that can be found by vaious expositors as to what happens to us after we die, With that in mind, this one will come directly from what can be found in our Bible about it. The short of it is, there are only two groups: those who believe in Jesus Christ and those who do not, with the end result of all the former being given eternal life in heaven with the Lord, and all the latter spending all eternity in the lake of fire.
1. We are told that our human bodies consist of a natural, mortal, perishable body, with a spirit and a soul, according to 1 Thes.5:23.
2. An explanation as to what our souls are can be said to be our character, personality, emotions together with everything that makes each one of us a unique, one of a kind person. Our own personal identification, whether in our natural bodies or our coming glorified, spiritual bodies, as found in 1 Cor.15:44. According to Heb.4:12, our spirit/souls are an inseparable integral duo that only God can separate.
3. Our spirits can be seen as the breath of life in us from God and the body for our souls. As recorded in Ecc.12:7, our natural bodies return to dust and our spirit [including our souls that are our personal identities.] return to God who gave them. Confirmed for all of us who belong to Jesus, in 2 Cor.5:6-8 and inferred in Phil.1:21-23, we go to be with Jesus in heaven, immediately following our natural bodies. For the spirit/souls of those who do not believe in Jesus/God, is revealed in His parable of Lazarus, a believer and the rich man, a non-believer, in Lk.16:19-31. The rich man is seen as going to Sheol/Hell immediately. Since the parable is a perfect profile of OT Sheol, all the righteous spirit/souls went there after the death of their bodies, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, as recorded in Heb.10:4.. Until Jesus shed His blood and died on the cross for us all, and we now go immediately to be with Him in heaven as previously addressed above.
4. When we die, and are raised, translated or resurrected, depending on the circumstances, we are changed, in a twinkling of an eye, from a natural, perishable, mortal body, to a spiritual, non-perishable, immortal body, as found in 1 Cor.15:44, 53-54. Which will all be explained throughout the following.
5. Those who die are divided into two groups, those of us who belong to Jesus Christ, and those who do not believe in Jesus Christ, contrasted in Jn.3:16 and in Jn.3:18, as well as in Mt.25:46 and Dan.12:2. Which records the fact that our spirit/souls never die. Confirmed for those of us who belong to Christ and die in Him, as found in 2 Cor.5:6-8 and inferred in Phil.1:21-23, when our spirit/souls will be changed into our glorified spiritual bodies and we are raised to be with Jesus in heaven, immediately following the death of our natural bodies. In Jn.11:26, Jesus said, "...whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"
Later on, all those who previously died in Christ, are seen returning with Him from heaven, in 1 Thes.4:14, where they have been since the death of their natural body, confirming the immortality of our spirit/souls, when He comes for the rest of us who belong to Him, in verses 16-17. He will appear and we will all be caught up/raptured to meet the Lord, together with them in the clouds of the sky. Here, our bodies will be changed to the glorified spiritual bodies, as recorded in 1 Cor.15:52-54, and we will be translated to be with Jesus in the sky, where He then takes us to our Father in heaven as He promised us in Jn.14:2-4 and 28. Keep in mind, flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, as recorded in 1 Cor.15:50.
6. We will now have a look at the disposition of all those who do not belong to the Lord and were not caught up to be with Him as His Church will be. But rather, will participate in the terrible Day of the Lord, the 70th Week of Daniel, the seven years of tribulation, which are all the same event. In Mt.24:21, Jesus said, "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now - and never to be equaled again."
In the absence of the Church Jesus will take to our Father in heaven with Him, God will place 144,000 Israelite evangelists on the earth together with two witnesses to preach the Gospel and to testify for the Lord, as recorded in Rev.7:1-8 and 11:3-6, who will bring a great multitude to the Lord as seen in the parenthetic Rev.7:9-17. Which is the very same group who are going to participate in the first resurrection, of Rev.20:4 and 6. They will all be martyrs, who will pay with their lives for their testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ, during the tribulation, slain by the two beasts, the antichrist, the false prophet and the ten horns/nations allied to them. These are called tribulation saints and do not belong to the pre-trib raptured Church.
7. The wedding takes place between the Lamb [Jesus] and His Bride [The Church] in Rev.19:7-9 and He returns to the earth in His second coming with His angels [In Mt.24:31] and His Church following Him in His armies from heaven [Rev.19:14]. Jesus will then lead us into the battle of Armageddon against the two beasts, who are the antichrist, the false prophet and the ten horns/nations allied to them. [Not to worry, our bodies will all be glorified and indestructable at that time]. The ten nation armies are destroyed and the two beasts are thrown into the lake of fire forever, according to Rev.19:17-20. Of an estimated 7 billion people who enter the seven year tribulation, there will only be 2.3 billion when it ends, as documented in Zech.13:8.
8. After Satan is thrown into the Abyss for 1,000 years, the first resurrection will take place of all the tribulation martyred saints, who will be brought to the Lord by the 144,000 Israelite evangelists, in the absence of the raptured Church, [as seen in Rev.7:9-17] in Rev.20:4 and 6. They will emerge from their graves in their glorified bodies, visible, as Jesus was when He was resurrected, and will be made priests of God and of Christ and rule with Him for 1,000 years here on the earth while Satan is in the Abyss, as found in Rev.20:4 and 6..
9. During Jesus Millennial Kingdom here on the earth, many more will be brought to the Lord [by the many priest who participated in the first resurrection], as well as those who survived the seven year tribulation, but did not receive Jesus as their Lord at that time. At the end of Jesus 1,000 year reign on earth, Satan is released and builds a huge army he will rebels against God's people with, around Jerusalem. God will destroy the army with fire from heaven, and Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire forever, according to Rev.20:7-10.
10. The second resurrection will take place then, when both believers and the wicked will come forth in their spiritual immortal bodies. Fulfilling Dan.12:2 and Jn.5:28-29 as well as Rev.20:15. The wicked, whose names are not found written in the book of life will be thrown into the lake of fire forever, along with Death and Sheol/Hades/Hell. No more death! Then the end comes, and the present heaven and earth pass away and God will provide us a new heaven and earth fulfilling Rev.21:1.
As seen in the above, every body will be changed in the above, from the perishable to the imperishable and from Mortal to the immortal, whether they are those who belong to Jesus Christ and spend all eternity in heaven, or the Godless and wicked who will spend all eternity in the lake of fire.
You can all come visit me at: a deeper walk... - Home and if you would like to add your own comments to this article, please feel free to do so, @:
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Quasar92
1. We are told that our human bodies consist of a natural, mortal, perishable body, with a spirit and a soul, according to 1 Thes.5:23.
2. An explanation as to what our souls are can be said to be our character, personality, emotions together with everything that makes each one of us a unique, one of a kind person. Our own personal identification, whether in our natural bodies or our coming glorified, spiritual bodies, as found in 1 Cor.15:44. According to Heb.4:12, our spirit/souls are an inseparable integral duo that only God can separate.
3. Our spirits can be seen as the breath of life in us from God and the body for our souls. As recorded in Ecc.12:7, our natural bodies return to dust and our spirit [including our souls that are our personal identities.] return to God who gave them. Confirmed for all of us who belong to Jesus, in 2 Cor.5:6-8 and inferred in Phil.1:21-23, we go to be with Jesus in heaven, immediately following our natural bodies. For the spirit/souls of those who do not believe in Jesus/God, is revealed in His parable of Lazarus, a believer and the rich man, a non-believer, in Lk.16:19-31. The rich man is seen as going to Sheol/Hell immediately. Since the parable is a perfect profile of OT Sheol, all the righteous spirit/souls went there after the death of their bodies, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, as recorded in Heb.10:4.. Until Jesus shed His blood and died on the cross for us all, and we now go immediately to be with Him in heaven as previously addressed above.
4. When we die, and are raised, translated or resurrected, depending on the circumstances, we are changed, in a twinkling of an eye, from a natural, perishable, mortal body, to a spiritual, non-perishable, immortal body, as found in 1 Cor.15:44, 53-54. Which will all be explained throughout the following.
5. Those who die are divided into two groups, those of us who belong to Jesus Christ, and those who do not believe in Jesus Christ, contrasted in Jn.3:16 and in Jn.3:18, as well as in Mt.25:46 and Dan.12:2. Which records the fact that our spirit/souls never die. Confirmed for those of us who belong to Christ and die in Him, as found in 2 Cor.5:6-8 and inferred in Phil.1:21-23, when our spirit/souls will be changed into our glorified spiritual bodies and we are raised to be with Jesus in heaven, immediately following the death of our natural bodies. In Jn.11:26, Jesus said, "...whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"
Later on, all those who previously died in Christ, are seen returning with Him from heaven, in 1 Thes.4:14, where they have been since the death of their natural body, confirming the immortality of our spirit/souls, when He comes for the rest of us who belong to Him, in verses 16-17. He will appear and we will all be caught up/raptured to meet the Lord, together with them in the clouds of the sky. Here, our bodies will be changed to the glorified spiritual bodies, as recorded in 1 Cor.15:52-54, and we will be translated to be with Jesus in the sky, where He then takes us to our Father in heaven as He promised us in Jn.14:2-4 and 28. Keep in mind, flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, as recorded in 1 Cor.15:50.
6. We will now have a look at the disposition of all those who do not belong to the Lord and were not caught up to be with Him as His Church will be. But rather, will participate in the terrible Day of the Lord, the 70th Week of Daniel, the seven years of tribulation, which are all the same event. In Mt.24:21, Jesus said, "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now - and never to be equaled again."
In the absence of the Church Jesus will take to our Father in heaven with Him, God will place 144,000 Israelite evangelists on the earth together with two witnesses to preach the Gospel and to testify for the Lord, as recorded in Rev.7:1-8 and 11:3-6, who will bring a great multitude to the Lord as seen in the parenthetic Rev.7:9-17. Which is the very same group who are going to participate in the first resurrection, of Rev.20:4 and 6. They will all be martyrs, who will pay with their lives for their testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ, during the tribulation, slain by the two beasts, the antichrist, the false prophet and the ten horns/nations allied to them. These are called tribulation saints and do not belong to the pre-trib raptured Church.
7. The wedding takes place between the Lamb [Jesus] and His Bride [The Church] in Rev.19:7-9 and He returns to the earth in His second coming with His angels [In Mt.24:31] and His Church following Him in His armies from heaven [Rev.19:14]. Jesus will then lead us into the battle of Armageddon against the two beasts, who are the antichrist, the false prophet and the ten horns/nations allied to them. [Not to worry, our bodies will all be glorified and indestructable at that time]. The ten nation armies are destroyed and the two beasts are thrown into the lake of fire forever, according to Rev.19:17-20. Of an estimated 7 billion people who enter the seven year tribulation, there will only be 2.3 billion when it ends, as documented in Zech.13:8.
8. After Satan is thrown into the Abyss for 1,000 years, the first resurrection will take place of all the tribulation martyred saints, who will be brought to the Lord by the 144,000 Israelite evangelists, in the absence of the raptured Church, [as seen in Rev.7:9-17] in Rev.20:4 and 6. They will emerge from their graves in their glorified bodies, visible, as Jesus was when He was resurrected, and will be made priests of God and of Christ and rule with Him for 1,000 years here on the earth while Satan is in the Abyss, as found in Rev.20:4 and 6..
9. During Jesus Millennial Kingdom here on the earth, many more will be brought to the Lord [by the many priest who participated in the first resurrection], as well as those who survived the seven year tribulation, but did not receive Jesus as their Lord at that time. At the end of Jesus 1,000 year reign on earth, Satan is released and builds a huge army he will rebels against God's people with, around Jerusalem. God will destroy the army with fire from heaven, and Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire forever, according to Rev.20:7-10.
10. The second resurrection will take place then, when both believers and the wicked will come forth in their spiritual immortal bodies. Fulfilling Dan.12:2 and Jn.5:28-29 as well as Rev.20:15. The wicked, whose names are not found written in the book of life will be thrown into the lake of fire forever, along with Death and Sheol/Hades/Hell. No more death! Then the end comes, and the present heaven and earth pass away and God will provide us a new heaven and earth fulfilling Rev.21:1.
As seen in the above, every body will be changed in the above, from the perishable to the imperishable and from Mortal to the immortal, whether they are those who belong to Jesus Christ and spend all eternity in heaven, or the Godless and wicked who will spend all eternity in the lake of fire.
You can all come visit me at: a deeper walk... - Home and if you would like to add your own comments to this article, please feel free to do so, @:
http://deeperwalk.lefora.com/topic/3880912/What-happens-to-us-after-we-die#.U71zxfldW1L
Quasar92
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