I long for the return of my Savior, Jesus Christ. I long for the day that those who have died will rise from their graves to meet Him in the air. What a glorious day that will be. I long to see my husband who so recently entered death's sleep rise up from the dead when Jesus returns. My husband, my mother, my father, and so many loved ones I long to see again.
I know my beliefs aren't the typical beliefs that most people have about those who die, but they bring me great solace. I'm of the firm belief that God knows our hearts each and every one of us and in knowing us, He knows our faith. There are many who live in other countries who believe in reincarnation- that the dead come back as another being, or another form altogether, and still others believe there is absolutely nothing at all after death- no resurrection when Christ returns, that it is just an end. People have many, many beliefs and I would never judge another person's eternal life, never, that is for God alone.
The following is an excerpt of something I wrote a few months back, I just felt the need to put it here again.
God help us all to only seek Him, His love, and His truth, may our hearts belong to Him.
All through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, now and forever!
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"Everyone believes we go to heaven when we die, or… you know, to hell. It's just what everyone believes, or most everyone, any Christian anyways. What are you saying happens?"
"I'm saying when you take your last breath then that life giving force of breath returns to God and you fall into death's sleep. Death's sleep is the end of all thought. The Bibles says '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.' Think of is as a form of suspended animation- for all that makes us who we are. That breath of life holds our very essence, this is the miracle of life. Adam's body was nothing until the breath of life from God was breathed into him."
"Are you crazy? Suspended animation, uh, don't you need a body for that?"
"Do you? I mean you're saying a spirit comes from our bodies and is that any less crazy than a spirit essence being in suspended animation? Why? When God translated Elijah to heaven He took him along with his body. When Jesus rose from the dead it was with His body and with His body He returned to heaven. In fact when Jesus died and rose many were raised from the graves…"
"Wait, what?"
"Read it-
Mat 27:51-53 "And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. "
"Yeah, so?"
"These people that had their graves opened came out of those graves after Jesus rose from the dead, tell me, if they'd already had their spirit's taken from their bodies and they were in heaven from the moment of their deaths, what in the world was Jesus doing? Why would they rise from the grave and go into Jerusalem and appear to many? Why? If they were these spirit ghost type beings from the moment of their deaths they didn't need to rise from the grave to appear to others, right? Do you see, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever if you believe that happens. If you believe those dead were sleeping in death's sleep and when their graves were opened and Jesus rose, calling them from those opened graves they awoke from death's sleep with their body, and obviously not a decayed body. They were resurrected mind, body, spirit every part of them as a whole person was raised and that's what's going to happen to us too, when Jesus returns for us. The Bible tells us plainly…"
"Plainly? Nothing about this is plain."
"The Bible plainly states- 'Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.' Did you hear that last bit… Christ would rise and the firstfruits, those He called from the graves at His resurrection, and the rest of us and all those that hadn't been called from the graves when He rose, they will be made alive at Christ's second coming, when He returns for us! It's right there as plain as day! They that are Christ's at his coming! At his coming!"
"Uh, but …"
"There are more verses-
'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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.' Do you see, the Lord is descending from heaven with a shout….with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise! It's right there?! Tell me why, why if they are already risen they are rising again?! Why?! All the dead in Christ will rise together in that day and we will all meet the Lord together and never be parted from Him again, never!"
"I just don't see why it matters what you believe. It doesn't hurt anyone to believe people are in heaven right now when they die. Who cares, really? If it brings comfort to people to believe that it's harmless."
"Yeah, lies are harmless that's what the Bible teaches. Truth doesn't matter, that's what Jesus says. Believing Satan over God, no problem it isn't hurting anyone."
"What do you mean, believing Satan over God?"
"God said man would die if they sinned and what did Satan say to Eve? You won't die. Dying isn't just moving on to another form of life, that's a Satanic lie, and Satan used it on Eve and got her to sin! You say it's harmless, no, it's far from harmless. It takes so much away from God when people believe Satan's lie that they just keep on living. I'm no authority on it all, I wish I were. I have done studies and if you truly want to know the truth and why it's not a harmless belief, you'll read all of the following link, yeah, it's long, a whole 32 or so pages but what's 32 pages when you are searching for truth? Make sure you take your Bible and look up every single scripture for yourself. If when I die everyone who says they care for me in any way would take the time out of their lives to read all of this, it would be such a blessing - a last prayer, a last wish, a last hope for them of mine that they do this. If after they've read it all they still believe in what they believe now, at least they've had an opportunity for truth. I just hope and pray not a single post is made about me being in heaven, not one and if there is- that there is someone among those reading this that would set them straight and send them all this letting them know where I really am, asleep in the Lord Jesus Christ, waiting for Him to raise me from my grave when He returns for all those who are His."
"I, uh, I'll read it now, I don't want to wait until you're dead. I don't know if I'll die before you, I mean we don't know when we're going to die. This is really important to you, isn't it?"
"Yes, very important to me. I don't want anyone deceived. I don't want a single person to have to hear Jesus say He doesn't know them at all because they think they are doing His will, when they aren't, not really. If you are proven to be advocating something that exalts Satan over God, then you have to stop believing that thing you may have thought was from God, but isn't. It's not easy. People don't want to give up something they've believed in all their lives, something most people believe in, they just don't."
"Did you ever believe that you go to heaven when you die?"
"Yes, I did for many years. I was raised to believe that way, as a lot are."
"What happened when you found out you were wrong?"
"I was shocked, I didn't want to believe it was a lie. I didn't want to believe that so many people could be wrong- that my loved ones could be wrong, that I could be wrong. I studied and studied, praying and doing my best to know what was right and what was wrong, I couldn't refute the truth though, I just couldn't. Let me rephrase that, I could refute the truth. I could snatch up a few of the verses people love to hold up that seem to prove they are right but they take them out of full exegetical context without even being aware that they are. They study part of the truth, they don't want the whole picture, not the real, deep down nitty gritty studying that means doing something like reading a 32 page long article and taking time to look up every verse given. When it comes to our eternal life you'd think people would be eager to read it all even if just to be able to refute it all with their version of things. Show me Biblically, exegetically where I'm all wrong and I'll study and pray and study some more to know the truth and only the truth, God help me."
"Hey, no dying just to get people to read this, okay?"
"It's out of my hands, but I don't want to die any time soon that's for sure. I'd love to be alive when Christ returns, to witness His coming in the clouds, to hear the last trump sound, to be raised up from the ground and changed from mortal to immortal as I meet my beloved Savior in the air! Oh what a glorious day that will be! Such a glorious day!"
"Amen!"
"May we both live to see that wondrous day, God willing! All through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, may it be so! I'm not going to heaven when I die, but by the grace of God I am when Jesus returns and either calls me from my grave or translates me to heaven having never tasted death!"
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Please read it, but pray first!
https: //sites.google.com/site/whostosaywereright2/Home/immortality-of-the-soul-is-it-a-scriptural-doctrine
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