Musing – What Happens After You Die?

Hebraic Musing – What Happens After You Die?

Interesting question that I find myself trying not to dwell on!  We have a built in appreciation for our life and a desire to live forever; thus we have a fear of death, or of the unknown.  The Bible does tell us What Happens After You Die so that we might be able to put life into perspective.  What does the Bible say?

How do we get transported to Heaven?  In Luke 16:22 Jesus tells us what happens – “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side.” NIV   So angels will usher your soul into Heaven.  Note that Jesus said “Abrahams side” instead of “My side”!  Where is Abraham?

How long after you die before you see God?   2 Corinthians 5:6-8 describes how we are either in the flesh or in His Home. “Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.  We live by faith, not by sight.  We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.”

Will we be conscious and in command of our thinking, feelings, speech and memories?  As Jesus described the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31, He made it clear that the people in Heaven as well as in Hell were very conscious and in command of their thinking, feelings, speech and memories.  Here’s excerpts from Jesus’ teaching:  “There was a rich man … At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, … “The time came when the beggar died …. The rich man also died … where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham … with Lazarus by his side.  So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me … I am in agony ...'  Abraham replied, ‘… between us and you a great chasm…so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, …’  He (Rich man) answered, ‘… send Lazarus to my father's house…. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'  Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them’  …. ‘No, father Abraham,…but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'  …Abraham’s reply  ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'”   Lazarus was conscious, thinking, feeling, speaking and remembering? 
Come to think of it, didn’t Jesus rise from the dead?  So why doesn’t everyone pay attention?!?!

How much more magnificent will the Praise and Worship be than what you have in your Sunday morning services?  Just think of being with angels and believers before the throne of God and Jesus Christ Himself!!!  Let’s take a peek from Rev.4:4-5 “Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.  From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.”   How does that compare to your Sunday morning’s Praise Team?

Will you still be aware of events and activities on earth?   “When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.” Rev.6:9 

Will you recognize and talk to believers who preceded you to Heaven?  In the transfiguration incident we read that –  “Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem.”  Luke 9:30-31 

Points to ponder   or   RSVP

If you are still here, what is it that the LORD still needs you to do for Him?

Jesus rose from the dead!  So Mr. Rich Man, Why doesn’t everyone pay attention?!?!

Not all “Musings” are meant to be “Amusing”!

♫ When we all get to heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be.
            When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory .♫   

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                          February 18, 2020

Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
“Biblical Marriage (by Yosef)”   Weekly “Hebraic Musings”

Note - This is just a sample of the challenging questions one encounters touring Ken Ham’s “Ark Encounter.”