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Dear Tim

 

I have been reading your website and would like to ask the following question

 

What happens when you die? Where do you go to?

 

 

Regards

 

[Wondering where you go]



Tim's reply:

Dear [Wondering where you go],

After researching the Scriptures on this topic, my conclusion is that when a person dies, they simply are asleep. On the last day, the day of Judgment, all the dead will awake from their graves to be judged. The idea a person's consciousness continues on in heaven or the lake of fire or in purgatory or in the realms of the departed is an idea that is not well supported in Scriptures but is an idea that is strongly propagated among gentile theologians with strong pagan influences. We prefer to cling to what is very plainly instructed of us from the Scriptures, which also means that any interactions with the "dead" is strictly forbidden, as demons are capable of disguising themselves in order to deceive. This also means that the time of grace for a person is now during this life, since there is no more opportunity for repentance after one has died. Please let me know if you would like more information.

 

Peace to you in the name of Yahshua Messiah,

Tim



Dear tim

 

I am confused when jesus died where did he go for the 3 days as according to the scriptures jesus went down in the realms of the departed what was the purpose for that?

 

when eliah and moses appear on the mountain with jesus and his 2 apostles why did they come there because they were already dead? How come the living and the dead be together then with jesus?

 


Tim's reply:


Dear [Wondering where you go],

 

We read in 1 Peter 3:18-20 as follows.

 

"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:   By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;   Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."

 

We have no evidence that the spirits in prison were actually the souls of dead human beings; we do however have evidence from Scriptures that fallen angels that caused men to sin before the flood were put into prison. We see this evidence in Jude 1:6,

 

"The angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."

 

So, we see from scripture that these were not dead people but rather fallen angels that were placed into prison.

 

From Matthew 17:3, we conclude that Moses and Elijah had arisen from the dead to speak with Yahshua. This begs the question, "could they still be walking the earth today?" The text does not given an answer, as details of the account are tenuous. But from the pattern of Scripture, we see that many have risen from the dead, but we do not see examples of conversations with the dead, which is a violation of Yah's ethics. Even King Saul, when with the witch at Endor, spoke with Samuel who had risen bodily from the dead.

 

With both questions, we have patterns from Scripture that must be understood within the context of Scripture, yet sadly, there are beastly imitators who wish ascribe paganized meaning into Scriptures. We call this a "pretext"; it is when a person takes a demonically-inspired idea, such as communicating with the dead, and then looks for examples in Scripture that, without Scriptural contextualization, appear to fit that pattern. As a result, without thorough Scriptural contextualization, one reaches an incorrect conclusion. To reach a correct understanding, we must understand Scriptures in light of Scriptural definitions and context.

 

Peace and truth to you in the name of Yahshua Messiah, Tim




dear tim

 

i hope you dont mind but i will go to the scriptures and read it and then will get back to you

 

And further if you do not mind i have a few other questions as well but will send it later

 

God bless

 

[Wondering where you go]


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