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After You Die and Go To Heaven -
What Happens?

There is probably no subject that incites more interest, provokes more dissentions and animates more discussions than this topic. Let's face it, your present opinion on this subject has been influenced by you upbringing, your education, your personal study and, if you attend worship services, your pastor, priest or rabbi.

If you come from a Catholic family you have been indoctrinated with Catholic doctrine. If your parents were Baptists that is still probably your belief. If you were educated a Jehovah Witness then that is most likely your religion. If you are Jewish then your rabbi is your source of information and the Tanakh is your Bible.

People certainly do switch religions and/or denominations - but not easily and not in great numbers. Perhaps it was some study they made or some other individual that influenced their beliefs. Today many are influenced by evolution and are atheists or frankly, don't know what to believe.

This is not a page to convert you. If you are an atheist then this page is just to enlighten you. If you are Jewish, fine. If what is printed on this page does not agree with what you have been taught then, perhaps, you should raise some questions with your teachers, peruse this subject further and examine closely your own beliefs. This is not easy. It is very difficult to change your mind. Sill, you came to this page because your were curious.

So, to the subject at hand... After you die and go to heaven, what happens?

Bible verses are in red.

1. You will NOT be judged in heaven. That is probably a welcome bit of news. Anyone who tells you that God or Jesus will judge you in heaven is not reading their Bible.

2Tim. 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;
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Psa 75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
Isa 62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

When the messiah (Jesus for Christians) comes then he will judge.

2. And although you will not be judged in heaven neither will you receive praise from God.

1Cor. 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Dan. 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3. And you will not receive any rewards from God in heaven.

Isa. 40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Mat. 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
1Thes. 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
2Tim. 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Rev. 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

And what about those mansions that Jesus said he went to prepare for us? (John 4:2)
They will be given to us when Jesus returns. (John 4:3)

4. All those teachings that you have heard and all those hymns you have sung telling you how you will sing praises to the Lord in Heaven? Sorry, that will have to wait until the resurrection.

Psa. 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psa. 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psa 104:33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Psa. 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psa. 146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
2Cor. 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
1Thes. 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

5. And you will NOT see Jesus in heaven.

John 14:2 ...I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
2 Cor. 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
1Th 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 together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

When Jesus returns then He will establish God's Kingdom on earth and we will be with Him.

6. But you will have a spiritual body in heaven, right? Sorry, afraid not.

1Cor. 15:42-43 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

7. Will you meet those that have departed before you? It doesn't look that way..

Psa. 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psa. 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
2Cor. 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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:

8. Will you be in darkness? Surely not! But, on the other hand.

Psa. 13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Psa. 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Lam 3:6 In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead. (NASB)

Eph. 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

9. The Shocking Truth. You will not go to heaven when you die!

10. So, what happens when you die?

You will be sleeping! Yes, scripture says over 80 times that the dead are asleep and when the messiah comes they will awake.

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