What happens soon after you die

Central to everything I believe, is the idea of a perfect environment of Christianity that is without controvesy. However, there is always debates, sometimes so large that they affect the way our lives are run and how we are governed. It is one of the reasons why Martin Luther left the Roman Catholic Church to form the Lutheran Church.

Sparing the agony of the unnecessary details, issues of the Holy Trinity and the life after death lead these debates. I will tell you what the Holy Bible says about what happens when you die. The prophecies and visions of Seers and great prophets of the Holy Bible sometime give the impression to the poor reader, that one dies and their spirit camps in some hotel or lodge somewhere for whatever reason and duration.

Amongst a few verses dealing specifically with this matter, is one where the Lord Jesus Christ said to the thief on the cross, 'Surely I say to you, today I will be with you in paradise.' People still need to disect the 'today' in the sentence. They seem to believe, Christ was 'date stamping' the saying without giving the specifics of the day of fulfilment of the promise. The Lord also implied in the parable of Lazarus and The Rich Man; 'The rich man died and went to hell and Lazarus died and went to Abraham in heaven.' There was no 'gap year' here.

In the Old Testament, you will remember King Saul had sinned a great sin and as a result, Samuel (his spirit as he was already dead) gave Saul the this assurance; 1Samuel 28v19: 'Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me.' This event, as prophesised, happened the very next day, meaning Saul and his sons met Samuel in heaven soon after his death.

For interest sake, this is how Saul died, for fear of uncircumcised Philistines; 1 Chronicle 10v3: 'And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. v4: Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.  But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid.  So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. v5: And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.'

It is appointed that should man die, after that judgement.