{"id":36850,"date":"2022-09-13T13:13:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-happens-to-us-the-minute-we-die-where-do-we-go\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:13:22","slug":"what-happens-to-us-the-minute-we-die-where-do-we-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-happens-to-us-the-minute-we-die-where-do-we-go\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to us the minute we die. Where do we go?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you are not a true Christian<\/strong>, then the instant you die, you go into the equivalent of a dreamless sleep<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The penalty for sin that was given to Father Adam was death. Genesis 2:17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die<\/strong>.” Please remember that a day with the LORD is as a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8).  Adam died at 930 years of age (Genesis 5:5) which is within a day (according to the LORD).<\/p>\n

We are under the same death penalty as Adam. So does the Bible tell us death is like? Yes! A description of the death condition is found in Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave<\/strong>, whither thou goest.”<\/p>\n

This describes a dreamless sleep<\/strong>. There is no thought or conscience when you are dead as further described in Ecclesiastes 9:5 “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing<\/strong>…”<\/p>\n

Even Jesus described death as sleep. His disciples were confused when Jesus told them that Lazarus was just resting. John 11:11-14, “…Our friend Lazarus sleepeth<\/strong>; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death<\/strong>: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

These scriptures describe the death condition as a sleep condition. All mankind<\/strong> who experience death will eventually be awaken from this death\/sleep<\/strong> condition in the future resurrection. (John 5:28, 29)<\/p>\n

However<\/strong>, the instant a faithful Christian dies<\/strong>, he is instantly changed into a divine, heavenly being. 1 Corinthians 15:52-53, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we (Christians) shall all be changed<\/strong>, In a moment<\/strong>, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible<\/strong>, and we shall be changed.<\/p>\n

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality<\/strong>.” (See also 1 John 3:2)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are not a true Christian, then the instant you die, you go into the equivalent of a dreamless sleep. The penalty for sin that was given to Father Adam was death. Genesis 2:17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the … Continue reading “What happens to us the minute we die. Where do we go?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}