Heaven and hell BEFORE judgment day

[Guest]

What does scripture tell us about heaven and hell before judgment day? What will heaven and hell be like after we die but BEFORE judgment day? I have learned that our spirit and souls go to heaven or hell, and that our bodies will rest until judgment day. So after we die, do we go straight to heaven or hell, seconds or minutes after death? Is there scripture about how fast it happens?

 

[gr8grace]

2 Cor 5:8~~we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.


"Be at Home"~~evdnmew 1736 aor act --- -- ---infn be home ......The Aorist tense expresses the Action at a point not over a duration. "Home" has the implication of "face to face" with Him.

The exact point you are absent from your Body you are "face to face" with the Lord. So this scripture says that the believer is instantly face to face with the Lord.

 

[iLOVE]

1. In a twinkling of an eye our last breath on earth is our first breath (spirit and soul) in heaven or hell.

2. What will heaven be like before Judgment day? However, as it is written: "What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived" -- the things God has prepared for those who love him-- 1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV; And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 NKJV

3. What will hell be like before judgment day? So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' Luke 16:24 NIV

 

[Guest]

This should put a smile on evryone's face.

 

[josefnospam]

What does scripture tell us about heaven and hell before judgment day

2 Cor. 5:6 says " while we are home in the body we are absent from the lord." We live here in the body of flesh and blood. and death.
2 Cor. 2:8 says; ."we are willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord"
And 1 Cor. 5:3 says "........as absent in the body but present in spirit."

Physical death results in the breathen going into God's spiritual kingdom to await the body he gives that will live forever.
Physical death of the unsaved is another matter.
If we are alive,(His choosen people) physically(this is possible) when he returns in Judgement we will be changed in an instant or as scripture says in the twinkling of an eye.".........to recieve that same body ALL HIS will get to life and worship him forever

Either way, if we die or if he returns to get us, we will get to see him as he is. Judgement is the last day, until then occupy till I come, being thankfull for each day he gives and Giving him all the honor , glory, and praise due his name

 

[clark thompson]

Scripture focuses on hell and heaven after judgment not before the judgement.

 

[iLOVE]

God will send or allow trails and tribulation in every Christian life! Getting into heaven will not be a cake walk! All faith will be tested; and greater faith will be tested even more! Trials and tribulations come with both a purpose and a reward. "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. . . . Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him" (James 1:2-4,12).

Note: joy and endurance (patients) is mentioned above. These are two essential fruits of the spirit a Christian must have. God sometimes will allow the must precious thing(s) in the world to be taken away from you (your children) as He did Job! As you go through these trials and tribulations you must only consider what the word of God says! The enemy will speak facts (the worlds point of view), but the word of God will always speak truth!

 

[John 8:32]

What does scripture tell us about heaven and hell before judgment day? What will heaven and hell be like after we die but BEFORE judgment day? I have learned that our spirit and souls go to heaven or hell, and that our bodies will rest until judgment day. So after we die, do we go straight to heaven or hell, seconds or minutes after death? Is there scripture about how fast it happens?

We never go to heaven and hell does not exist yet. It burns after the GWTJ.

 

[Guest]

[MENTION=94632]clark thompson[/MENTION] & [MENTION=88954]John 8:32[/MENTION]

 

[iLOVE]

5 crowns as rewards that believers can earn; The five crowns are identified as the Everlasting Crown (Victory) in 1 Cor 9:25, the Crown of the Soul Winner in Phil 4:1 and 1 Thes 2:19, the Crown of Righteousness in 2 Tim 4:8, the Crown of Life in Jas 1:12 and Rev 2:10, and the Crown of Glory in 1 Peter 5:4. These crowns will be awarded to qualifying believers at the Judgment Seat that follows the Rapture (1 Cor. 3:10-15).