The dead know nothing and their bodies return to the ground.
The spirits of the dead return to God who gave them.
The saints who died because of being witness of Lord Jesus Christ will be raised and reign with Lord Jesus Christ for 1000 years.
The rest of dead will be raised after 1000 years at judgement day, and will be judged according to their deeds/works.
Genesis 2:7; 3:19; Daniel 12:2; Psalms 146:3-4; Job 7:9-10; 27:3; Ecclesiastes 9:5-6; 12:7; John 5:28-29; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; James 2:26; Revelation 20:4; 20:12-13;
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Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
2:7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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Genesis 3:19 (KJV)
3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Daniel 12:2 (KJV)
12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.
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Psalms 146:3-4 (KJV)
146:3 Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.
146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
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Job 7:9-10 (KJV)
7:9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].
7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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Job 27:3 (KJV)
27:3 All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils;
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Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 (KJV)
9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV)
12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
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John 5:28-29 (KJV)
5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
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1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (KJV)
15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (KJV)
4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
4:17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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James 2:26 (KJV)
2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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Revelation 20:4 (KJV)
20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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Revelation 20:12-13 (KJV)
20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
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Last Updated on 2024-07-15 by assa