What Happens When We Die?

Three Things Are Clear 1. Our souls are eternal. Genesis 2:7 “ . . . and man became a living soul.”

Three Things Are Clear 2. Our souls are freed from our earthly bodies when we die. James 2:26 “. . . the body without the spirit is dead.”

Three Things Are Clear 3. Christians will be given new bodies at the resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:49 “Just as we have borne the image of the earthly, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.”

Let’s Take a Closer Look Acts 2:31 “He (David) looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh suffer decay.”

Let’s Take a Closer Look Luke 16:19-26

The Dwelling Place of the Dead What is Hades? The Greek Name for The Dwelling Place of the Dead

There is a place where the dead reside while the living are still on earth.

What Do We Know About It? Can be Paradise Jesus to thief: “Today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). Beggar “in Abraham’s bosom”

Are Christians who have died “sleeping”? 2 Thessalonians 4 Paul refers to dead Christians as being asleep.

Referring to the appearance of the body A Euphemism Referring to the appearance of the body Lazarus – Jesus said he was both “asleep” and “dead.” (John 11)

The Rich Man was in Torment What About the Wicked? The Rich Man was in Torment (Luke 16)

Does Purgatory Really Exist? A Place Where Souls Are Purified

The Bible Offers No Second Chances. “It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment.” Hebrews 9:27

Christians Have No Need For Purification. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

Hades Ends at the Day of the Lord. Revelation 20:11-15 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10

What Happens at the Resurrection? New Imperishable Bodies (1 Corinthians 15) Eternity with Christ (2 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

Unbelievers “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels’ . . . These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:41, 46)

Our Most Important Decision The Consequences Are Eternal!