what really happens to us after death?

What happens at death is no mystery to Jehovah, the Creator of the brain. He knows the truth, and in his Word, the Bible, he explains the condition of the dead. Its clear teaching is this: When a person dies, he ceases to exist. Death is the opposite of life. The dead do not see or hear or think. Not even one part of us survives the death of the body. We do not possess an immortal soul or spirit.

After Solomon observed that the living know that they will die, he wrote: “As for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.” He then enlarged on that basic truth by saying that the dead can neither love nor hate and that “there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in [the grave].” (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10) Similarly, Psalm 146:4 says that when a man dies, “his thoughts do perish.” We are mortal and do not survive the death of our body. The life we enjoy is like the flame of a candle. When the flame is put out, it does not go anywhere. It is simply gone.

Jesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.—1 Corinthians 15:6.

Was it God’s original purpose for people to die? Not at all! Jehovah made man to live forever on earth. As we learned earlier in this book, God placed the first human couple in a delightful paradise. He blessed them with perfect health. Jehovah wanted only good for them. Does any loving parent want his children to suffer the pain of old age and death? Of course not! Jehovah loved his children and wanted them to enjoy endless happiness on earth. Concerning humans, the Bible says: “Time indefinite [Jehovah] has put in their heart.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) God created us with the desire to live forever. And he has opened the way for that desire to be fulfilled.

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The dead await the resurrection as shown to us at John 5:28,29 & Acts 24:15.

At Romans 6:7 we are told that death pays the penalty for sin.

Rev 21:3,4 says there is going to be a time when there will be no more death, the the grave & death are cast into the lake of fire, the second death Rev 20:14. We know that death is a thing & the grave(hell,sheol,&hades) is a place, a thing(death) & a place(hell,sheol,& hades) can not die once let alone twice & how do you pitch hell into hell?

Psalms 37:10,11,29 show us who will be living here on this earth, the meek will inherit the earth & live forever on it.

What do you mean? That question really strikes me as funny. The physiology of the body changes greatly between alive and rotting dead. Are "we" really there anymore? Isn't life what we "know" and isn't knowing something someone does while alive? The body that once said "I" will still exist, but will that "I" still exist after decomposition has begun? Isn't "I" just a state of being, one which will not be after death? Are we merely biological systems? It seems so, just as much as any other. What is consciousness? Does language break down when we try to explain ourselves away?

Edit: I believe our consciousness ends.

I don't mean to insult when I say that the question tickles me. I'm really not sure, at the moment, whether it means anything to ask anything.

I recon your born once more right away into a different lifestyles. People say that after there just about demise, they see a protracted black tunnel with a mild on the finish. Once they achieve the top of the the tunnel, there stands a person in white. Rebirth the bloke in white is the physician on the sanatorium. Its a on no account finishing circle. A bit just like the pictures of benoit mandelbrot fractals. Never finishing we simply do not maintain onto our recollections.

Judgment is an element of Life. When we die we do not have our brains.. the brain is what processes Judgment.

So there is no heaven or hell. There is only One place we go to.

but no one can tell you what that is.

Everyone has their own Idea of what that might be.. but Ideas are also a function of the Mind.

So who knows?

Its up to you to "Imagine" what could be

The truth is after the physical body dies you either go to heaven or hell depending on whether you put your faith into Jesus Christ. Please pray a sincere prayer with all your heart admitting to Jesus you are a sinner. Have full faith that His blood washes away all your sins and accept His gift of everlasting life. I pray that God is kind to you. Amen.

Nothing. We are simply asleep. We feel, see, hear and know absolutely nothing. (Eccl. 9:5,6)

The only hope the dead have is the resurrection (John 5:28,29, Acts 24:15)

Death is like sleep, except with no dreams.

Eccl. 9:5, 10: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol,* the place to which you are going.” (If they are conscious of nothing, they obviously feel no pain.) (*“Sheol,” AS, RS, NE, JB; “the grave,” KJ, Kx; “hell,” Dy; “the world of the dead,” TEV.)

Ps. 146:4: “His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts* do perish.” (*“Thoughts,” KJ, 145:4 in Dy; “schemes,” JB; “plans,” RS, TEV.)

The "everlasting punishment" is death; not conscious torment.

Matt. 25:46, KJ: “These shall go away into everlasting punishment [“lopping off,” Int; Greek, ko′la·sin]: but the righteous into life eternal.” (The Emphatic Diaglott reads “cutting-off” instead of “punishment.” A footnote states: “Kolasin . . . is derived from kolazoo, which signifies, 1. To cut off; as lopping off branches of trees, to prune. 2. To restrain, to repress. . . . 3. To chastise, to punish. To cut off an individual from life, or society, or even to restrain, is esteemed as punishment;—hence has arisen this third metaphorical use of the word. The primary signification has been adopted, because it agrees better with the second member of the sentence, thus preserving the force and beauty of the antithesis. The righteous go to life, the wicked to the cutting off from life, or death. See 2 Thess. 1.9.”)

The soul does not survive the death of the body.Ezek. 18:4: “The soul* that is sinning—it itself will die.” (*“Soul,” KJ, Dy, RS, NE, Kx; “the man,” JB; “the person,” TEV.)“Although the Hebrew word nefesh [in the Hebrew Scriptures] is frequently translated as ‘soul,’ it would be inaccurate to read into it a Greek meaning. Nefesh . . . is never conceived of as operating separately from the body. In the New Testament the Greek word psyche is often translated as ‘soul’ but again should not be readily understood to have the meaning the word had for the Greek philosophers. It usually means ‘life,’ or ‘vitality,’ or, at times, ‘the self.’”—The Encyclopedia Americana (1977), Vol. 25, p. 236.Why is there confusion as to what the Bible says about hell?

“Much confusion and misunderstanding has been caused through the early translators of the Bible persistently rendering the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades and Gehenna by the word hell. The simple transliteration of these words by the translators of the revised editions of the Bible has not sufficed to appreciably clear up this confusion and misconception.”—The Encyclopedia Americana (1942), Vol. XIV, p. 81.Translators have allowed their personal beliefs to color their work instead of being consistent in their rendering of the original-language words. For example: (1) The King James Version rendered she’ohl′ as “hell,” “the grave,” and “the pit”; hai′des is therein rendered both “hell” and “grave”; ge′en·na is also translated “hell.” (2) Today’s English Version transliterates hai′des as “Hades” and also renders it as “hell” and “the world of the dead.” But besides rendering “hell” from hai′des it uses that same translation for ge′en·na. (3) The Jerusalem Bible transliterates hai′des six times, but in other passages it translates it as “hell” and as “the underworld.” It also translates ge′en·na as “hell,” as it does hai′des in two instances. Thus the exact meanings of the original-language words have been obscured.What does the Bible say the penalty for sin is?

Rom. 6:23: “The wages sin pays is death.”

After one’s death, is he still subject to further punishment for his sins?

Rom. 6:7: “He who has died has been acquitted from his sin.”

Remember what happened to you before you were born and before you were in your mothers womb, well you go back to the place you where before.. if you can remember great, i sure cant

We just rot away in the ground or get burned in the big incinerator.