WHERE ARE THE DEAD PART II

5.) Is there knowledge after death?

Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
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.

Psalms 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalms 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

The scriptures plainly state that there is no connection with life at all when you pass away. We can't praise the Lord, we have no thoughts, no wisdom, our thoughts, our memories are gone, life is over. We have come to the end of what we know as life, this life.

6.) What do we become after death?

Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

We all return to dust, rich, poor, old, young, all races. Dust we were, and dust we will return. The spirit, or breath of life is returned to God, our creator. He gives us one life, and it's our choice to do with it as we please, but the end will still be death, no matter what belief you choose to hold onto.

7.) Jesus the only risen one.

Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

Acts 26:23
That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

How is anyone able to say we have loved ones in Heaven? We see very clearly that Christ was the first one to be resurrected. Moses, Daniel, David, no one before Christ could be in Heaven according to scriptures, only Jesus Christ, the son of the living God. No one is in Heaven except Jehovah God, Jesus Christ, and the holy Angels. But the people on earth do have a day set aside for our resurrection, a special day. . .

8.) When will the dead be resurrected?

1 Thessalonians 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.

Daniel 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.

John 5:27-28
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

The time has come, resurrection, judgment day. This is why when we die we are laid to rest, in a deep sleep, that is until Christ returns, then He will call His own and up out of the grave they will hear and meet Him in the clouds, to spend eternity with the Father. The rest that are called will be destroyed in the Lake of Fire along with the beast, satan and his angels. At that point, death will be destroyed, because those that spend eternity with the Father, will never see death again.

Revelation 20:11-15
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Let's make sure we are in the first resurrection where we can spend eternity with the Father. We must believe His word, not what man says, remember, satan is out to deceive who he can, he wants to take as many souls with him as he can, to hell.