WHERE DO WE GO AT DEATH
“Therefore it says,
"WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE
GIFTS TO MEN." Eph. 4:8
In the OT dispensation, righteous souls at death went to
paradise, which is the upper part of hades (Luke 16:19f). The prophecy of Christ declares that with the
building of the church the gates of Hades will no longer close over a righteous
soul (Matt. 16:18). At the
resurrection of Christ, He came forth from the Paradise section in Hades and
brought all the righteous souls with Him (Eph.
4:8-9). The first one to die from those who belong to the church was
Stephen (except in the case of Ananias and Saphira), and he went above (Acts 7:59). Paul reveals the fact that
all the righteous go to be with Christ in heaven (Phil. 1:21-23). Judas was left in the lower part of Hades. What a
sight he beheld as he watched Stephan rise with Christ as he was left behind.
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