SIMPLE QUESTIONS ON DEATH AND THE INTERMEDIATE STATE

SIMPLE QUESTIONS ON DEATH AND THE INTERMEDIATE STATE

 

1. How does the Bible describe Physical Death?
"The body without the spirit is dead" —Jas. 2:26.
(Gen. 35:18, Luke 23:46, 2 Pet. 3:4, 1 Cor. 16:26)

2. What is the real cause of Death? "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"—Rom. 5:12.
(Gen. 2:17, 3:17-19, Psa. 90:7-11, Jas. 1: 14-16)

3. Where do the spirits of the unsaved go when they die?
"The wicked shall be turned INTO HELL (Sheol), and all the nations that forget God"—Psa. 9:17.
(Isa. 14:18-16, Matt. 11:20-23)

4. What is the condition of the unsaved in hell?
"The rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell (Hades) he lift up his eyes, being IN TORMENTS" —Luke 16:22-23.
(Deut. 32:22, Isa. 57:20-21, Luke 16:24, 25, 28)

5. Can anyone pass from hell to heaven after death?
"There is A GREAT GULF FIXED; so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence"—Luke 16:26.
(Luke 16:22-26, John 8:21, 2 Pet. 2:4)

6. Will all the unsaved die?
"It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment"— Heb. 9:27.

7. Where do all true believers go when they die?
"We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be PRESENT WITH THE LORD"-2 Cor. 5:8.
(Luke 23:43, Acts 7:65, 59-60, 1 Thess. 6:10)

8. What is the condition of believers with Christ after death?
"For to me to live is Christ, and TO DIE IS GAIN ... For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; which is far better"—Phil. 1:21, 23.
(Heb. 12:22-29, Rev. 8:9-11, 7:13-17)

9. If we belong to Christ, do we need to fear Death?
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me"—Psa. 23:4.
(Heb. 2:14-16, Rom. 8:38-39, 1 Cor. 16:56-57)

10. Will all true believers pass through the sleep of death?
"Behold, I show you a mystery; WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, but we shall all be changed"-1 Cor. 15:51.
(1 Thess. 4:15)