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A: You should not worry; the Bible clearly teaches that if we know Christ, we are safely in God’s hands forever when we die, and that nothing “in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39).
The short answer to this question is that the Bible says we literally die after death. We don’t go to heaven or hell, or maintain any conscious state. Dead people “sleep” in unconsciousness—they don’t think or feel anything. But the good news is that the sleep of death is not permanent.
Do we go to heaven immediately after death, or is there some kind of delay? These Billy Graham answers and sermons may give you peace about life after death. Is there life after death? If so, how can I be ready for it?
Does Everyone Go to Heaven When They Die? One of the defining aspects of heaven is the opportunity to spend eternity with the Man who created us and gave His life to rescue us from the consequences of sin. If we do not know Jesus in this life, we will not know Him in the next.
Would it change the way we live if we believed in life after death? Here are just a few of the FAQs about the afterlife. Is heaven a real place? What’s it really like? What about hell? Is it real? What do people look like if they go there? Did a loved one who has passed away go to “sleep” or immediately go to heaven? What will we look ...
The most common view has been that, at death, the soul immediately goes to be with God and there is a continuity of personal existence. There is no interruption of life at the end of this life, but we continue to be alive in our personal souls upon death.
Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance into the blessedness of heaven—through a purification or immediately—or immediate and everlasting damnation. (CCC 1022)
