What Happens to a Soul When the Body Dies?

Every person conceived in the womb of areceive resurrection during the rapture period,
woman has a soul. The soul of a person containswhere they go to Heaven for a time, then on to
everything that person is and has the potential ofthe New Earth to receive great honor and
becoming. The body is the container of the soul,position.
and under most usual conditions the soul remains4. Most Jew's souls sleep in their graves until
within the body until released by death to theresurrected to the Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ.
body.At their Judgment, they will be judged according
Once the soul leaves the body of a believer into the law of the LORD GOD. Those righteously
Jesus Christ, it is called the spirit. According to theobedient Jews will go on to the New Earth and
Word of God, there are several things that canreceive their inheritance as promised by the
happen at the moment of bodily death, dependingLORD GOD, and those who are wickedly
on the spiritual state of the soul at the momentdisobedient sent to eternal punishment.
of death.5. Common people, who have no belief or faith in
Before we discuss, these conditions we must firstJesus Christ, die within their bodies. At the
understand the reason for death. Death mustmoment of their death they sometimes feel
come to every human being to free them fromgreat pain and sometimes even a similitude of
the hold of sin. Every person is born into sin, andpeace when they have been tricked by false
every person must die to release them from sin.doctrines and beliefs in their life. At the moment
Sin cannot remain in a dead body, thus.....sin diesof their death, most souls go to sleep inside the
when the body dies.dead body, and lay in their grave until resurrected
1. When a faithful Christian has received theto stand before the Judgment Seat of Jesus
Baptism of Jesus Christ, he is actually going to hisChrist. In very rare cases, distressed souls or
grave at that moment. Death is brought to himthose woken from the dead by the unscrupulous
under the baptismal waters, and the hold of sinliving, wander about without their body, seeking
within his body is brought to death. Once bodilyanswers that can not be found.
death (painless) comes to a Christian, the spirit ofOn that Last Judgment Day, Jesus Christ will
the Christian is immediately released, and ascendsweigh the things the common people did in life,
to Heaven for a period of rest until theand judge them accordingly. Those who have not
establishment of the New Earth. The ascendedfollowed the Word of God and accepted Jesus
spirit is given a new container (or body) while inChrist as Savior in their lifetime, are guaranteed a
Heaven.certain verdict of guilty, and a promised
2. When a not so faithful Christian, who hasdamnation into Hell, a place of eternal punishment.
received the promise of salvation through JesusDeath to all living bodies brings death to sin. The
Christ, but not received the baptism, then hesoul is released from the dead body according to
goes to his grave for a while. This Christian's soulrules of the LORD GOD that are written for all to
lies in the grave, within the decaying body, until itsee in His Word. Once a person has died, change
is resurrected by Jesus Christ during the rapturecannot be accomplished to the spiritual destiny of
period. The spirit is then risen up into Heaven forthe soul. It is vital that a person prepare his soul
a short time while the End Things are being donebefore death comes, and wise for the person to
on earth through the Judgments of Jesus Christ.embrace the Word of God, and accept the
3. Christian Martyrs who defend and die by theirunearned salvation and resurrection of Jesus
choice to uphold the Word and Being of the LORDChrist, before it is too late.
GOD and Jesus Christ also remain with the body© 2006 David "Bucker" Becker - All Rights
at death. Going to the grave for the Word ofReserved Worldwide.
God completes this martyrdom. Their spirits