DEATH
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1. WHAT CAUSES DEATH?
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
James 1:15 “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
1 John 3:4“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
1 Corinthians 15:56“The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.”
Romans 5:12“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”
Proverbs 8:36 “But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.”
James 5:20 “Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
ANSWER: Death is caused by Sin. Sin is the transgression of the Law,
which the penalty is death.
2. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?
Genesis 3:19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return"
Ecclesiastes 3:20 “All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again”
Ecclesiastes 12:7 “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was” and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
Psalms 22:15 “My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.”
ANSWER: Our bodies turn back into the dust of the ground from which we were taken and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
3. WHERE DO WE GO WHEN WE DIE?
Genesis 37:35 “And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, for I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.”
Genesis 50:5 “My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.”
Dueteronomy 2:6 “The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.”
Job 3:22 “Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave.”
Job 5:26 “Thou shalt come to thy gravein a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.”
Job 7:9 “As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”
Job 14:13 “O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!”
Job 17:1 “My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”
Job 17:13 “If I wait, the graveis mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”
Job 24:19 “Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.”
Job 21:32 “Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.”
Job 21:13 “They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.”
Psalms 31:17 “Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.”
Psalms 49:14 “Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the gravefrom their dwelling.”
Psalms 49:15 “But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.”
Psalms 88:3 “For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.”
Psalms 88:5 “Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.”
Psalms 89:48 “What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.”
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, whither thou goest.”
Isaiah 14:11 “Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.”
Isaiah 38:10 “I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
Ecclesiastes 9:3 “This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.”
Job 30:23 “For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”
Ecclesiastes 9:4 “For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7 “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was” and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
John 6:49 “Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.”
ANSWER: When we die our bodies go into the grave, and turn into the dust from which we were made. It is then our spirit goes back to God who gave it.
4. WHAT IS DEATH COMPARED TO IN THE BIBLE?
Deuteronomy 31:16 “And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.”
1 Sam 3:3 “And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep.”
2 Sam 7:12 “And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.”
1 Kings 1:21 “Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.”
Job 7:21 “And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleepin the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.”
Job 14:12 “So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
Psalm 13:3 “Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death.”
Psalm 76:6 “At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.”
Daniel 12:2 “And many of them that sleepin the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”
Matthew 9:24 “He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.”
Mark 5:39 “And when he was come in, he saith unto them, why make ye this ado, and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.”
Luke 8:52, 53 “And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.”
John 11:11-14 “These things said HE” and after that He saith unto them, our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep, Then said His disciples, Lord, if the sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that He had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then Jesus said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.”
Acts 13:36 “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption.”
1 Corinthians 15:51 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.”
ANSWER: Death is referred to as a Sleep.
5. DO WE KNOW OR DO ANYTHING WHILE WE ARE IN THE GRAVE?
Psalm 146:4 “His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish”
Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also, their love, and their hatred, and their envy now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.”
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, wither thou goest.”
Psalm 6:5 “For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?”
Psalm 13:3 “Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death.”
Psalm 115:17 “The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence”
Psalm 88:10 “Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.”
Psalm 88:11 “Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in destruction?”
Ecclesiastes 8:8 “There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.”
Isaiah 38:18, 19 “The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day.”
Job 14:12 “So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
Isaiah 26:14 “They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.”
Matthew 22:32 “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
Luke 20:38 “For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.”
Mark 12:27 “He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.”
ANSWER: At the moment when we die, our thoughts perish. We do not praise God, nor know anything from our former life. There is no communication between the living and dead. The Bible clearly states that there is no consciousness or awareness of anything when we die.
6. WHO BRINGS THE DEAD UP FROM THE GRAVE AND WHEN?
Acts 2:29 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us into this day.”
1 Corinthians 15:35 “But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?”
Ezekiel 37:13 “And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves."
Hosea 13:14 “I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.”
Ezekiel 37:12 “Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.”
Job14:12 “So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
John 5:25 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.”
John 5:28, 29 “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and the that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation”
Acts 17: 31 “He hath appointed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained: whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that he raised Him from the dead.”
Acts 24:15 “And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.”
2 Corinthians 1:9 “But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.”
Acts 26:8 “Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?”
Job 21:30, 32 “That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction; they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as other which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. For this we say into you by the word of the Lord, for we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord”
1 Corinthians 15:51-55 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”
2 Peter 3:9, 10, 11, 12, 13 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise. And the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 “And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.”
John 5:21 “For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.”
2 Timothy 4:1 “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.”
1 Peter 4:5 “Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.”
Acts 10:42 “And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.”
Acts 23:6 “But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.”
1Corinthians 15:12 “Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?”
1 Corinthians 15:13 “But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen.”
1 Corinthians 15:15 “Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.”
1 Corinthians 15:16 “For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised.”
1 Corinthians 15:20 “But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that slept.”
1 Corinthians 15:21 “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.”
1 Corinthians 15:29 “Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?”
1 Corinthians 15:32 “If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.”
Mark 12:25 “For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.”
Mark 12:26 “And as touching the dead, that they rise; have ye not reas in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob”
Mark 12:27 “He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err."
Luke 20:37, 38 “Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.”
Luke 20:35 “But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.”
Philippians 3:11 “If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”
1 Corinthians 15:42 “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.”
Ephesians 5:14 “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”
ANSWER: It is God who will bring the righteous dead out of the grave on the last day. All of the dead are to remain in the grave until that appointed time. It is then that the dead in Christ shall rise. At this time the corruptible puts on incorruptibility and the mortal puts on immortality.
7. SINCE EVERYONE WHO DIES REMAINS IN THE GRAVE UNTIL THE LORD COMES, WHEN DO THE RIGHTEOUS GO TO HEAVEN?
1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
2 Peter 3:9, 10, 11, 12, 13 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise. And the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
2 Thessalonians 2:8 “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.”
Revelation 22:12, 14 “And, behold, I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they might have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
1 Corinthians 15:42 “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.”
1 Corinthians15:54 “So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Revelation 1:18 “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”
Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation 20:5 “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, But they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years”.
ANSWER: The righteous go to heaven when the trump of God is sounded at his second coming. First, the righteous dead are raised from their graves, and then the righteous living are caught up with them in the clouds to be with the Lord. At this, time all of the righteous put on incorruption and are given immortality and recieve their rewards according to their works. They are then taken back to heaven to reign with God for 1000 years. The living wicked have been destroyed by the brightness of his coming while the wicked dead have remained in their graves. The wicked do not live again until the 1000 years are finished.
8. WHAT HAPPENS WHILE THE RIGHTEOUS ARE WITH GOD DURING THE 1,000 YEARS?
Revelation 20:1 I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Revelation 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Revelation 20:6 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
ANSWER: An angel comes down from heaven and bounds satan for 1000 years and sets a seal upon him that he should deceive the nations no more, in which he is unable to do because they are all dead. The righteous who went back to heaven live and reign with Christ.
9. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 1000 YEARS?
Revelation 20:5 “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Revelation 20:7 “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan, shall be
loosed out of his prison,
Revelation 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number is of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:12 “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.”
Revelation 20:13 “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Revelation 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth,
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.”
Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Revelation 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 2:11 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Revelation 20:14 “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall.
Malachi 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
ANSWER: The bible stated that the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were expired. Satan is not destroyed at the second coming of God, he is bound by an Angel to a bottomless pit during the 1000 years.
Once the 1000 years are expired, the wicked dead are raised, this is this is the first resurrection of the wicked and Satan is loosed an then goes out over the entire earth to deceive the nations to gather them together to battle and encompass the camp of the saints. The wicked are then judged according to their works.
Fire is then reigned down from God and devours them. Whoever was not found written in the book of life is devoured by this fire. The wicked are destroyed root and branch and are ashes under the soles of the feet of the righteous.
10. WHAT WILL GOD DO AFTER THIS?
Ezekiel 33:11 “Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel.”
Jeremiah 21:14 “But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
Revelation 21:4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
Isaiah 25:8 “He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.”
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 21:7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Revelation 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
Revelation 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
Revelation 21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
Revelation 21:14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Revelation 21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Revelation 21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Revelation 21:18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Revelation 21:19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Revelation 21:20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Revelation 21:21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
Revelation 21:22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
Revelation 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation 21:24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Revelation 21:25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Revelation 21:26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Revelation 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Revelation 22:2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Revelation 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
Revelation 22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Revelation 22:8 And I John saw these things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these
things.
Revelation 22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book:
worship God.
Revelation 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
Revelation 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Revelation 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of
life freely.
Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are written in this book.
Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Revelation 22:21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
ANSWER: The wicked will have been destroyed and punished according to their works. God will wipe away all tears and there shall be no more death, sorrow crying or pain. A new earth and heaven shall be made, the first heaven and earth are now passed away. The holy city comes down from God out of heaven, the tabernacle of God is now with men he will dwell with them and they shall be his people, God himself will be with them and be their God.
SUMMARY: When Jesus Appears at the Second Coming, the righteous dead shall be raised first, and then the righteous living will be caught up with them to meet the Lord in the clouds. This is the first resurrection, blessed is he that hath part in it. At this time the corruptible puts on incorruptibility and the mortal puts on immortality. And thus begins the thousand year reign with God in Heaven.
The living wicked are destroyed by the brightness of his coming, and live not again until the thousand years are expired. Satan is bound to the earth, with no one to tempt he is left to contemplate the results of his work and his soon coming destruction. After the thousand years, the wicked are raised from the dead and Satan deceives them and gathers them to encompass the camp of the saints to engage in battle.
Then as the wicked are standing there before God, fire is reigned down upon them. Anyone that was not found written in the book of life is cast into the lake of fire to be burned according to their works. It is at this time that the wicked receive their punishment to be burned in hell.
The Lord God does not take pleasure in the destruction of the wicked, he pleads for them to turn from their wicked ways and live. Once this act of destruction is complete God shall wipe away all tears from the eyes of the righteous and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away.
We hope that you have come to a better understanding of the Holy Scriptures. The Bible is the inspired word of God and was given as a light unto our paths for all who should seek him. The Bible is harmonious from the beginning to the end. The Old and New Testaments are solidified together in their message for God’s people. And perfectly reflect the plan of salvation for all mankind. God desires that we study the scriptures as someone who would seek for hidden treasures.
The Bible does not contradict itself nor is it designed to be given over to any private interpretations. It is the Bible and the Bible only! If you are unable to defend your beliefs with an “It is written” from the word of God, then perhaps a deeper searching is required to lead you into a greater light of truth. There are many teachings and beliefs that are held to as though they came from the Bible. Peter warns that there will be those that are “unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.” 2 Peter 3:16
Jesus warns “in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:9. What the Bible teaches is more important than anything else. If what your pastor, priest, friends or family tell you contradicts what is written in the word of God, search the scriptures and “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15. You are responsible for whom you will follow.
It is you and I that will stand alone before God on the great Day of Judgment to give account of our works. Don’t let someone else tell you what the Bible says, find out for yourself and then share the truth with others. We encourage you to ask questions to your pastor, priests, and friends, and have them show you from the Bible another truth contained there in.
No where in the Bible does it say at the moment of death your spirit goes to Heaven or Hell or Purgatory. Search the scriptures and prove them, don’t rely on someone else telling you what is in the Bible, discover the truth and make a stand for it.