Hi, I was wondering when we die, do we go straight to heaven or hell or we are simply dead and wait for resurrection?
Philippians 1:23 KJV
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Here Paul appears to believe that departing from here means going to be with Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 KJV
6) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7) (For we walk by faith, not by sight)
8) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Here, Paul wrote that being at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord, and he'd rather be absent from the body, to be present with the Lord, so again, I'd say Paul presents the view that when we are no longer here, we are there with Jesus.
This seems like the right answer to me, considering in Colossians 3, "we are hid with Christ in God". In Ephesians 2,
Ephesians 2:6 KJV
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Our citizenship is in heaven. But are we actually absent from the Lord now? Isn't He living in us? But we don't see Him. We see through our terrestrial senses. But when these eyes close, I believe we will see Him.
Much love!