Many people today say that when you die, you either go to HEAVEN or HELL, is that true? NO, it is not true because every where in the Bible, it states that you are asleep in the grave, waiting for the return of Jesus so that you can be resurrected from the dead. (how can you be resurrected from the dead if you are alive somewhere else?) YOU CAN'T, plain and simple. What you are being told out there in the main stream church is just the opposite of what Jesus says in the Bible.

First lets see just how many are in heaven since Jesus died, the Bible states; NOTE: Jhn. 3v13; "And NO MAN hath ascended up to heaven, but HE that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven". Now, if John said that there is only one person that was resurrected from the dead, then he must be telling the truth, or the whole Bible is faults.

Jesus was the first fruits offered to God the Father, He had to go away to prepare a place for us to come to as He said; NOTE: Jhn. 14v2; "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you". He also said, NOTE: Jhn. 13v33-36, and Jhn. 7v34, and Jhn. 8v21; "Where I go, you can not follow", why, because He has to go and prepare a place for us in His Father's house, we will follow later at His coming.

Now if there are people in heaven, then that means that HE has already came back, and that there must have been judgment. If you are judged when you die, then why is Jesus coming back to judge the world when He has already done this at your death? In order to be sentenced to HEAVEN or HELL when you die, then you have to be judged, Right?

So lets see by the scriptures just what happens when you die, do you live somewhere else? Or do you come back to help your loved ones? Or do you remember anything? Or do you leave the grave? Lets take somebody that we know in the Bible that was a man after God's own heart, King David. We all know that he was chosen and anointed by God, to be King over His people. Now, when he died, that means that he should be in heaven with the Lord, Right?

Lets see what the Bible says about King David; NOTE: acts 2v34; "For David is not ascended into the heavens", so if David is not in heaven, then what makes you think your loved ones are! David is dead, as it states; NOTE: Acts 2v29; "Men and brethren, let me freely speek unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried". NOT LIVING IN HEAVEN The Bible states that David will be resurrected when Jesus comes back, and will once again set on his throne and rule over the people. David is not setting on his throne, and ruling over the people now, so that means that he is still dead and in his grave, and that Jesus has not come back yet.

To prove this, look at what the Bible says about the ones that are dead and in the grave; NOTE: Eccl. 9v5-6,10; "For the living know that they shall die: BUT THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANYTHING neither have they any more a reward: for the memory of them is forgotten. Also there love, and there hatred, and there envy, IS NOW PERSISHED: neither have they any more a portion forever IN ANY THING THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN. Whatsoever thy hand findth to do, do it with thy might; for there is NO WORK, NOR DEVICE, NOR KNOWLEDGE, NOR WISDOM, IN THE GRAVE, whither tho goest".

Now according to man's theory, (and the word theory, in sumary, when you look it up in the dictionary it say's "that theory is not based on any fact or proof, but on one's own opinion") you have people's, Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents, and others out there coming around and helping them. They are giving advice on money matters, finding people, telling them where to go, and all other kind of things. Now, with just reading Ecclesiastes alone, it proved that this is not a truth at all, how ever, there are demons out there, and that they can do what ever they want, because Satan is the god of this world, and is the great deceiver, as it states; NOTE: Rev. 12v9, "That he has deceived the whole world", now if he has deceived the whole world then he has deceived you, and me. There is a lot of spiritual warfare going on in the world today, but the churches are not informing the people about it so that they can get themselves prepaired for it, or understand what is happening to them, or, to others out there.

The only trouble with people today is that their ego and pride of there self knowledge won't let them even think that someone, or something out there is smart enough to deceive them. Now, since the churches leave out the something, (demon warfare) and to some, that just leaves their pride, and as it states in; NOTE: Prov. 16v18: "Pride goeth before destruction", and since you don't do as it states in; NOTE: 1 Thes. 5v21; "To prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good", you let your pride destory yourself, because of not wanting to hear the real truth of the Bible. What better way to decieve people than to play on there emotions, he knows your weakness.

Now, in order to help someone, you must have knowledge of the help the person needs, right, or if someone's loved one visited them and talked to them, than that means that there must be knowledge there, but the Bible says that there is no knowledge in the grave, so who is telling the truth, the Bible or man? Now, if there is no work, knowledge, device, wisdom, love, hate, envy, and you don't have any portion of anything under the sun, then how can anybody that is dead do anything? They CAN'T they are a sleep in the grave waiting for the resurection of the dead when Jesus comes back, (at the last trump, the trumpets are found in Revelations. There are (7) seven trumpets, look what you have to go through before you get to the last trump).

So much for the rapture huh. That, can be found in; NOTE: 1Cor.15v51,52; "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (or die), but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead (the ones that are asleep) shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed". So, if you are floating around in HEAVEN, or burning in pain in HELL, then that means that you have had a change, and we missed the first (6) six trumpets, and Jesus has came back, and David has came back and is setting on the throne and ruling over the (12) tribes if Isreal in Jerusalem. I DON'T THINK SO.

Now, look at what He says in John; NOTE: John 5v28,29; "Marvel not at this; for the HOUR IS COMING, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, 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" (or judgement or sentence) This is where you will be judged, and you will come out of your graves, not from Heaven or Hell. Look at what He says in; NOTE: 1 Cor. 15v20-23; "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead (not floating around or burning somewhere else, you have to be alive to do that) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's, at His coming". Another example is what He say's in; NOTE: 1Thes. 4v15,16; For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (or precede) them which are ASLEEP. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: (the same last trump as in 1Cor. 15v52) and the dead in Christ shall rise first".

Unfortunately the King James Bible has a lot of mistranslated words in it,and that is why it is very helpful for you to have a Strong's Concordance with the Hebrew and Greek dictionary's in them. That way it helps you to understand the correct meaning of the words, because he will use the same word in several different passages and if you don't know how to find out the real meaning of the words, then you can become very confused. Example, what throws the people today about this subject, is that the King James Bible uses the word spirit instead of the word soul. Now, when you die your breath goes back to God (leaves Your body) it's called your soul, elsewhere in the Bible it refers to the soul as spirit, it is the same in the Strong's as soul (breath). You read in; NOTE: Gen.2v7,"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". (Which is called Nephesh, a breathing creature (man or animal) breath of Life). So, when they say that your spirit leaves your body and goes somewhere else, they are not talking about you, it really means that your breath goes back to God because He gave it to you in the first place. The spirit is actually your mind (or referred to as your heart sometimes in the King James) you have to have a mind for the Holy Spirit (God's power of wisdom or knowledge) to be able to enter into in order to change, reason, or teach you anything.

Now, with all of this in mind, can you say that you are living somewhere else such as HEAVEN or HELL? No you can't, because we found out there is no LOVE, HATE, ENVY, WORK, DEVICE, KNOWLEDGE, or WISDOM in the grave, you don't even have a protion of anything under the sun as He states when you die and are buried in the grave. You just lay there and decay (corrupt) and are asleep waiting for His return, and that includes everybody that has ever lived including Mary, His mother she is dead and buried waiting for Him to come back also just like everybody else is, it also includes all the saints that where mortal and breathed air. The only ones that can come down to earth that are of God's, is his angels (messengers), as far as any human beings, no, they are dead and in the grave.

The things that are happening out there today are not from who you think, because if they are not from God, (the Bible says to try the spirits to see who they are) then they are from Satan and his demons. Job even states the same as the rest of the Bible dose; NOTE: Job 14v12; "So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep". God does not use dead people to do his bidding, He has His own angels to do His bidding for Him. So, if you have anybody out there doing thse things (seven listed above) then you can bet that they are from demons, not from God.

The trouble with churches today is that they have lullabied everyone to sleep, and have not taught them how to discern between the Godly and the ungodly, because they will not accept the truth, but turn it into a lie. Please do not take this the wrong way, because I am not trying to make anybody angry or upset, but trying to get you to open your eyes to the deception that is begin taught out there to the masses.

Get yourself a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, and a Vine's Expository Dictionary of the Old and New Testament Words to start with. Then ask the Lord to please remove the blinders from off your eyes so that the Holy Spirit may show, and teach you the truth. These two will help you to understand the Bible in a better way, (or learn the correct meaning of the words) plus learn how to study the Bible the way He says in; NOTE: Isa. 28v9-13; "Whom shall He teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept (or commandment) must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear". May God be with you, and help you. It is closer than you think.

In Godly Love
Leslie Alan, Winters