Do you go to Heaven or hell as soon as you die?

Answer 1

It all depends on whether you believe in God as your Savior or not.

If you believe that God sent his One and only Son, Jesus Christ to die for all of our sins on the cross and proclaim He is the Son of God then you will go to Heaven.

If you are one of these and you want to become a Christian and ask God for forgiveness of your sins and ask Him to be your Savior and ask Him to come into your heart then you will go to Heaven.

If you need more help you should try visiting a local Christian church or just pray to God. He will hear you wherever you are.

I think this is partly right and partly wrong.

God says that the person who sins will die.

Satan says that the person who sins will not die.

All have sinned therefore all will die.

No man has ascended into heaven, only Christ.

A 'soul' is a combination of body and spirit

Minus the spirit, which goes back to God at death, the body dies

Humans are not immortal. The 'soul' that sinneth shall die. The soul is the person.

At the resurrection, those who believe what Christ has said, i.e., believe in Him, will be resurrected to eternal life.

After 1000 years, the remainder will be resurrected to judgement

No one is judged immediately at death. But will be judged at resurrection

'Hell' is a combination of words in Hebrew and Greek. Sheol, and hades, and lastly Gehenna, which is a real place in Israel, is a place where they used to burn rubbish and throw the bodies of criminals. Eternal worms....NO But a fire that consumes...Yes

O, and I forgot to say, Sheol and Hades, both mean the same thing...'the grave'.

Answer 2

That is an excellent question that theologists have argued over for years. Only god knows the answer. My personal opinion is that because god is outside of time, you wait in your grave until Jesus comes back, however it feels to you like no time has passed.

Answer 3

You can only go to heaven or hell if heaven and hell actually exist - something that has never been proven. It is all very well making pious promises of a blissful eternity in heaven, or striking fear into the hearts of gullible people by telling them "believe what I tell you or suffer the consequences," but these promises and threats should be followed up with indisputable evidence.

The following passage was written before the notion of heaven and hell became part of Judaism: 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 (Ecclesiastes 9:5).