What Happens One Second After We Die?
The In-Between State
Question 1: Does A Temporary State For The Dead Actually Exist?
Question 2: According To The Old Testament, What Happened To People Immediately Upon Death? (Sheol)
Question 3: According To The New Testament What Happens To The Dead? (Hades)
Question 4: In The Old Testament Era, Was The Unseen Realm Of The Dead Divided Into Two Compartments? Did Christ Go To The Underworld (Hades) Immediately After His Death?
Question 5: Today, What Happens To A Believer Immediately Upon Death?
Question 6: Do Believers Have A Body In Their Intermediate State?
Question 7: Do Believers Experience All God’s Promises In The Intermediate State?
Question 8: Does The Soul Of The Believer Develop Morally Or Spiritually In The Intermediate State?
Question 9: What Is The Intermediate State For The Unbeliever?
Question 10: Was Jesus’ Story Of The Rich Man And Lazarus A Parable?
Question 11: What Can Be Learned About The Afterlife From The Account Of The Rich Man And Lazarus? (Luke 16:19-31)
Question 12: What Are Some Questionable Conclusions That People Draw From The Story Of The Rich Man And Lazarus?
Question 13: Should The Living Attempt To Contact The Dead? (Spiritism, Necromancy)
Question 14: Did The Dead Prophet Samuel Communicate To Saul Through A Medium At En Dor?
Question 15: What Is The Doctrine Of Purgatory?
Question 16: Is There Such A Place As Purgatory?
Question 17: Is There Any Biblical Support For Purgatory?
Question 18: Why Is Purgatory Such An Attractive Belief For So Many People?
Question 19: What Is Limbo? (Limbus Infantum)
Question 20: Should The Living Pray For The Dead?
Question 21: Is Onesiphorus An Example Of Praying For The Dead?
Question 22: Should The Living Pray To The Dead?
Question 23: What Are The Arguments That The Dead Know What Is Presently Happening On The Earth?
Question 24: What Are The Arguments Against The Idea That The Dead Know What Is Presently Happening On The Earth?
Question 25: What Are The Arguments For People Remaining Unconscious After Death? (The Doctrine Of Soul Sleep)
Question 26: Is Soul Sleep A Biblical Doctrine?
Question 27: In What Sense Is Death Like Sleep?
Question 28: What Is Reincarnation?
Question 29: What Biblical Arguments Are Given For The Idea That Humans Live A Succession Of Different Lives? (Reincarnation)
Question 30: Do Humans Come Back In Other Lives As Different People (Reincarnation) What Does The Bible Say About This Subject?
Question 31: Were Texts Which Support Reincarnation Removed From The Bible?
Question 32: What Observations And Conclusions Can We Make About What Happens To Us One Second After We Die?
Appendix 1: What Are The Various Views Of Sheol?
Appendix 2: How Is Sheol Described?
Appendix 3: Who Are The Shades Who Live In Sheol (Rephaim)