do you go to heaven when u die

• Posted by Brother Jerry (Geno) Berry September 12, 2013 - #  - 851 views
  it time to set the record straight about weather you go to heaven when u die .... A beautiful though but not the truth.... John 3:13 New International Version No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven--the Son of Man.( Christ Jesus) John 3:13. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. King David, for example, did not go anywhere when he died except to his grave. Acts 2:29,34 tells us, “Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. For David is not ascended into the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 9:5,6,10 is an exceptionally clear text concerning death. “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 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.” The dead do not know anything. In death there are no thoughts, no knowledge, no wisdom, no emotions, no work nor device, and certainly no consciousness, for without thoughts there can be no consciousness. Death is exactly like a very deep sleep; consequently the Bible frequently refers to death as sleep. When a person dies, he is simply in the grave, where he will remain until the resurrection. He has no thoughts; he is unconscious, exactly as if he were in a very deep sleep. Just as a person has no knowledge of anything prior to his birth, he will have no knowledge or consciousness of events after he is dead. He simply ceases to exist. His body and mind decay, and he ceases to exist. This might sound like a morbid finality to life; however, death is not the end. The apostle John tells us that everyone who has died, regardless of whether he has been good or bad, will be resurrected. Everyone will be awakened from the sleep of death. John 5:28,29 says: “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which ALL that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth.” Notice who will hear the Lord’s voice: “ALL that are in the graves.” The dead are not in heaven or in hell; they are in the graves, where they will all remain until they hear the voice of the Lord at the resurrection. The Bible says one thing and one thing only about "the state of the dead": They are asleep in the grave. By God's definition, to be separated from Him is death. The state we call "dead," He calls "sleep." Why? Because He can wake us out of that state. Every man, woman, and child who has ever lived on our planet, sleeps a dreamless sleep, and they all await one special occasion: their resurrection. Yes, there are a few exceptions. Not everyone still remains asleep in the grave. Enoch walked with God, and God took him away. Moses was granted an early resurrection [JUDE 9], and Elijah was taken to be with the Lord without ever seeing death -- and several of the righteous came forth from their graves when Christ was resurrected. [MAT 27:52 and EPH 4:8] Moses and Elijah appeared with Christ upon the Mount of Transfiguration. [MAT 17:1-8] This event symbolized the two ways that man shall gain immortality at the second coming: the righteous dead shall be raised from their graves, and the living righteous will be "changed" without ever having seen death. Death is not life in heaven, hell, limbo or purgatory. It is not life of any kind. Simply, non-existance. In death, the soul does not live, the spirit does not live. The words "souls" and "spirit" are used over 1600 times in the Bible, but not one time are either given any life or personality or wisdom or knowledge when separated from the body. Body plus Breath equals "soul" -- breath not referring to one's common breathing, but breath as the "divine spark of life," and when someone dies, the spirirt (breath) returns to God, not the disembodied soul. Death is called "sleep" at least 50 times in the Bible. We are to regard it as a sound, dreamless sleep. Poking someone with a stick would be just about as useful as trying to get the attention of the ground by poking at the dirt. A person may have been in the tomb for 1,000 years, but when raised in the resurrection it will seem to him that he merely dozed off for a moment. This is why people who understand death are not afraid of it. It is almost like a leap through to the end of time. DUET 31:16 "Thou (Moses) shall sleep with thy fathers." 2 SAM 7:12 "Thou (David) shalt sleep with thy fathers." 1 KIN 1:21 "The king shall sleep with his fathers." 1 KIN 2:10 "So David slept with his fathers." 1 KIN 11:43 "Solomon slept with his fathers." 1 KIN 14:20 "He (Jeroboam) slept with his fathers." 1 KIN 15:8 "Abijam slept with his fathers." 1 KIN 15:24 "Asa slept with his fathers." 1 KIN 16:6 "Baasha slept with his fathers." 1 KIN 16:28 "Omri slept with his fathers." 1 KIN 22:40 "Ahab slept with his fathers." 1 KIN 22:50 "Jehosshaphat slept with his fathers." 2 KIN 8:24 "Joram slept with his fathers." 2 KIN 10:35 "Jehu slept with his fathers." 2 KIN 13:9 "Jehoahaz slept with his fathers." JOB 3:13 "I should have slept." JOB 7:21 "Now shall I sleep." PSA 76:5 "They have slept their sleep." JER 51:39 "And sleep a perpetual sleep." DAN 12:2 "Them that sleep in the dust." MAT 9:24 "Is not dead, but sleepeth." JOH 11:11 "Lazarus sleepeth." 1 COR 15:6 "Some are fallen asleep." 1 THE 4:3 "Concerning them which are asleep." 2 PET 3:4 "Since the fathers fell asleep." Actually the term "sleep" for death occurs some 66 times in 17 different books of the Bible. This is clearly the Biblical term for death. Look up the rest of the texts that mention "sleep" as death.