"For You will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave. 11 You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of Your presence and the pleasures of living with You forever." Psalm 16:10-11 NLT
What happens to us when we die has given many Christians great concern and confusion. Some say when the believer dies they go straight to be with Jesus in heaven. Others say that we remain in the grave until Jesus returns and the judgement begins. Even others have suggested that we go to a holding place until Jesus has returned and He commences the judgement.
I once had a conversation about this with a great friend - a prison chaplain. We came to the conclusion that when we die, time ceases for us. Life goes on for others because they have not yet died and this is why relatives need to grieve. But for us who have died, time has stopped and we go to heaven to be with Jesus. And it is possible, because time has stopped, that everyone one else has died and we are all there in heaven. Bear with me on this. For the believer in Jesus who dies, they go straight to heaven and receive their reward. Others who have not yet died yet, but believe also, will join them when it is their time.
If you check out David's words above, he says: 'You will not leave my soul among the dead or allow Your holy one to rot in the grave,' Why would he have said this to God if he didn't also believe that he would go straight to heaven? David was fully persuaded that he had a place in heaven and when the time came for his death, he would go there at once, in the blink of an eye.
When we die, it is rather like going through a door and stepping into our new life in heaven. There is nothing to fear also. We have our insurance policy intact by having Jesus as our Lord so, we have our 'get into heaven card' with us and that means we don’t have to pass go or anything else, all we do is walk through the door. This is why Jesus paid the price for us. He suffered and He carried our sin and He has made this all possible just for us. So don't worry about it at all.
Copyright 2023 Grahame Howard.
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