“DOES A PERSON GO TO HEAVEN OR HELL
RIGHT AFTER HE DIES?”
MAN WILL NOT be judged right
after he dies. The Lord God has appointed a day on which He will judge the world
in righteousness:
“Because
He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the
Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him
from the dead.” (Acts 17:31, NKJV)
This is the Day of Judgment, also
called the Day of the Lord:
“But
the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are
reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
“But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens
will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent
heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.” (II Peter
3:7,10, NKJV)
On that day, the heavens will
pass away, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.The Day
of Judgment is on the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ:
“Now
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying,
"Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute
judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly
deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things
which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” (Jude 1:14-15 NKJV)
In the Second Coming of the Lord
Jesus Christ, He will execute judgment on all. Thus, the Day of Judgment will take place not right after man dies but
in the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because of this, what does
the Bible say regarding the dead? This is what we could read in Psalms 88:5:
“Adrift
among the dead, Like the slain who lie
in the grave, Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.” (Psalms 88:5 NKJV)
The dead lies on his grave, and
remember no more for the dead’s thoughts perish:
“His
breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts
perish.” (Psalms 146:4 KJV)
When a person dies, his breath
cease, he return to earth, and his thoughts perish. Until when the dead will remain
in the grave? When will the dead rise to receive judgment? Job 14:10-12 reads:
“But
man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he? As
water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dries up, So man
lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.” (Job 14:10-12 NKJV)
When man dies, according to the
Bible, he “lies down and does not rise.” He will not rise to received judgment “Till
the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor roused from their sleep.” The “passing
away of heaven” was on the Day of the Lord, the Day of Judgment, the Second
Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ (cf.
II Peter 3:7, 10).
Thus, the dead will remain on their grave until the Second Coming of
the Lord Jesus Christ, the day He will execute judgment to all, so only on that
day men will received judgment.
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