Consciousness And Death: What It Is
Life begins at conception (https://www.hesedken.com/racial-cultural_homogeneity/national/soul_mind_spirit.html) and the formation of consciousness. God has given us in his design an ability to grow mentally so as we understand and know some things about our beginning, and right from wrong without formal education as we develop. We have a greater moral capacity than other creatures.
Death, on the other hand, is a temporary sleep of unconsciousness before an awakening to eternity, before the judgment of God and the realization of the transformation of reality. (https://www.hesedken.com/old_testament_commentary/genesis/equation_earth_center_of_time.html)
Death is like a bridge that must be crossed to reach the other side.
It is very important that you are prepared to meet your maker before you cross that bridge. God will not justify a person who ignores the salvation through Jesus Christ. Realize in this world what a great sacrifice and act of love God has done for you. (https://www.hesedken.com/racial-cultural_homogeneity/national/soul_mind_spirit.html)
People can take comfort in the death of a believer in Jesus Christ. They can know that the person will be with the saints for eternity. (https://www.hesedken.com/ustube/condolence.html)
After death and before the judgment day before God, the soul continues, it does not expire
As the unconscious corporeal entity returns to dust, the soul that lived in it continues. Note, according to Luke 16:19-31, the existence of the soul (conscious and knowledgeable) of Abraham and Lazarus was in comfort, and the rich man was suffering torment. Also, an uncanonical book, The Book of Enoch, has some interesting thoughts about the subject of post-death: Hades and suffering before judgment day. We find even the wicked and Saul, an erring leader of Israel who formerly prophesied, through divination have realized the continuation of a righteous man who died and passed away in his corporeal entity.
Beyond
The future continues.
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