10-28-2023 Daytona Seventh Day BAPTIST Pastor Ben “What Happens When People Die?” Gen 2;7, Eccles 12;7, John 11;11-14, Job 14;10-12
This is the question we all have so lets look in the Bible to see what happens when people die. In the Bible we have so much scripture that tells us what happens when people die. This is a hot potato for a lot of people especially because in three days it is Halloween. This is a hot potato for some of those who celebrate Halloween. We need to go back to the beginning in the book of Genesis 2;7. It says the Lord formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. God and Jesus made man and woman and breathed life into them.
So what happens when people die? Where do they go? Are they in Heaven? Are they in limbo or are they in purgatory? What happens to them? Lets go to the book of Ecclesiastes 12;7. The scripture says that the dust shall return to the earth as it was and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Where did man originally come from? The dust. The spirit will will return to God who gave life. Some people believe that when you die, you go straight to God. This scripture contradicts what they are saying. The body returns to dust and the spirit, the breath of life returns to God and Jesus who gave it.
How did Jesus refer to death? Lets go to the book of John 11;11-14. Jesus says Lazarus was sleeping but Jesus was going to wake him up. Then Jesus says that Lazarus is dead but He will wake him up. Jesus viewed death as a sleep, as a rest. You are sleep in the Lord. This is important because if we don’t see this through the word of the Lord, then somebody could come and say let me read your palm. Let me tell you your future or lets have a spiritual meeting so you can talk to your dead loved ones. All this is happening especially in the month of October. Its also happening in the movies with horror pictures. Everybody is celebrating darkness, death and spiritual enchanters.
We need to be clear about what the Lord says when people die. When people die, they are dead, dead and not coming back. They are asleep. Lazarus’s sister told Jesus that she believed that when people die, they are asleep but they can live again when Jesus has returned. She believed that when you die, you are going to stay asleep. How the disciples of Jesus thought of and referred to death is in the book of Job 14;10-12. It says that man dieth and wasteh away. Man giveth up the ghost. Man lieth down and riseth not. They will not awake or be raised out of their sleep until heavens are no more. When is this people? When Jesus returns. This is when He will raise them up, raise up everyone. Now when believers die and take their last breath, it is with joy. They take their last breath with joy because they know that the next thing they will hear will be the voice of the Lord.
Another question, does the person who dies know anything? Lets go into the Word of God into the book of Ecclesiastes 9;5-6. It says the living know that they shall die but the dead know not anything. Their memory is forgotten, their love and hatred is now perished. They have no portion in anything that is done under the sun. The dead know nothing, the person is dead. In other words you and I know we are going to die. Three things you cannot get away from. Being born, taxes and death. So the dead know nothing. Now lets us go back to the book of Job 14;21. It says his sons come to honor and he knoweth it not. And they are brought low but he perceiveth it not of them. So when your loved one dies, don’t go crying after them when they are dead. They don’t know anything so don’t even ask them for forgiveness because they are dead and hear nothing. What I’m saying is while you have your loved ones still alive, tell them you love them when they are still alive, not when they are dead.
What happens to the soul, the breath of life? Did you know that God also owns all the animals and their breath. Lets see what it says about animals because many people love horses, dogs and cats. Go to Job 12;7-10 and it says that the soul of beasts and every living thing is in the hand of the Lord. The breath of life of all mankind is in the Lord’s hand. This includes every living thing like that fly you killed a couple of days ago. Lets go to Psalm 146;4 where it says his breath goeth forth, he returneth to the earth and in that very day his thoughts perish. Again his spirit departs, the breath of life goes back to God. The Bible say to be absent from the body means to be present with the Lord. So what went to God? The spirit or the breath of life? Can we as Christians talk to dead people? No! Can we have a conversation with them? No! Look at Deuteronomy 18;10-11. It says you are not to have around you people who use divination or an enchanter or a witch or a charmer of familiar spirits or a wizard. This scripture is especially for us believers in God and Jesus Christ.
There are not supposed to be among you people who say they are sorcerers or mediums or one who calls up the dead. We saw in the Bible that the dead cannot hear, cannot see, cannot feel and their love and hatred is gone. Who are the mediums calling to? Who are they talking to? Demons and evil spirits. They are not talking to Jesus, Peter or Paul. They are just talking to evil spirits. These people should not be found among us. Halloween is a celebration of the dead. You are allowing the devil into your space. The enemy of the Lord is being allowed to come into your house. The dark spirits come into your house when you give children, dressed like demons, candy. There should be no trick or treat in our churches because we are God’s people and God’s people need to be holy.
Who are the spirits that the mediums and enchanters are talking to? Look in Revelation 12;7-9 where it says the devil was kicked out of heaven with his angels and was cast out onto the earth. Did you know that every day we are being assaulted by the bad angels and the good angels? There is a fight everyday for our lives. If we had spiritual eyes, we would be able to see them fighting over us and we would probably drop dead. Think about it. The devil has his angels and they can manipulate physics, can take over a body. They can masquerade as your dead loved ones. Remember the man that Jesus cured that was called Legion because he had a thousand demons in him? The demons told Jesus that there are many of us. Then they went into the pigs. In Revelation 16;13-14 it says John saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. These are spirits of devils who work miracles and go to gather the people to battle against God. So now if you want to go celebrate Halloween, now you know who you will be in cahoots with. It got awful quiet in here. Am I stepping on somebody’s toes? I Thessalonians 4;13-17 says we Christians get raised from the dead and get caught up to Jesus in Heaven. Jesus is the only one who can raise people up from the dead. By the way, if you ever go to church, hear a message like this and fall asleep, don’t do it because you will have plenty of time to sleep in the grave.
In I Corinthians 15;52-55 it says in a twinkling of an eye, the dead shall be raised up and the living changed. We as Christians are raised up incorruptible and put on immortality. Death is swallowed up in victory. O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory? Praise the Lord everybody. Praise the Lord!!
AMEN
This is the question we all have so lets look in the Bible to see what happens when people die. In the Bible we have so much scripture that tells us what happens when people die. This is a hot potato for a lot of people especially because in three days it is Halloween. This is a hot potato for some of those who celebrate Halloween. We need to go back to the beginning in the book of Genesis 2;7. It says the Lord formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. God and Jesus made man and woman and breathed life into them.
So what happens when people die? Where do they go? Are they in Heaven? Are they in limbo or are they in purgatory? What happens to them? Lets go to the book of Ecclesiastes 12;7. The scripture says that the dust shall return to the earth as it was and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Where did man originally come from? The dust. The spirit will will return to God who gave life. Some people believe that when you die, you go straight to God. This scripture contradicts what they are saying. The body returns to dust and the spirit, the breath of life returns to God and Jesus who gave it.
How did Jesus refer to death? Lets go to the book of John 11;11-14. Jesus says Lazarus was sleeping but Jesus was going to wake him up. Then Jesus says that Lazarus is dead but He will wake him up. Jesus viewed death as a sleep, as a rest. You are sleep in the Lord. This is important because if we don’t see this through the word of the Lord, then somebody could come and say let me read your palm. Let me tell you your future or lets have a spiritual meeting so you can talk to your dead loved ones. All this is happening especially in the month of October. Its also happening in the movies with horror pictures. Everybody is celebrating darkness, death and spiritual enchanters.
We need to be clear about what the Lord says when people die. When people die, they are dead, dead and not coming back. They are asleep. Lazarus’s sister told Jesus that she believed that when people die, they are asleep but they can live again when Jesus has returned. She believed that when you die, you are going to stay asleep. How the disciples of Jesus thought of and referred to death is in the book of Job 14;10-12. It says that man dieth and wasteh away. Man giveth up the ghost. Man lieth down and riseth not. They will not awake or be raised out of their sleep until heavens are no more. When is this people? When Jesus returns. This is when He will raise them up, raise up everyone. Now when believers die and take their last breath, it is with joy. They take their last breath with joy because they know that the next thing they will hear will be the voice of the Lord.
Another question, does the person who dies know anything? Lets go into the Word of God into the book of Ecclesiastes 9;5-6. It says the living know that they shall die but the dead know not anything. Their memory is forgotten, their love and hatred is now perished. They have no portion in anything that is done under the sun. The dead know nothing, the person is dead. In other words you and I know we are going to die. Three things you cannot get away from. Being born, taxes and death. So the dead know nothing. Now lets us go back to the book of Job 14;21. It says his sons come to honor and he knoweth it not. And they are brought low but he perceiveth it not of them. So when your loved one dies, don’t go crying after them when they are dead. They don’t know anything so don’t even ask them for forgiveness because they are dead and hear nothing. What I’m saying is while you have your loved ones still alive, tell them you love them when they are still alive, not when they are dead.
What happens to the soul, the breath of life? Did you know that God also owns all the animals and their breath. Lets see what it says about animals because many people love horses, dogs and cats. Go to Job 12;7-10 and it says that the soul of beasts and every living thing is in the hand of the Lord. The breath of life of all mankind is in the Lord’s hand. This includes every living thing like that fly you killed a couple of days ago. Lets go to Psalm 146;4 where it says his breath goeth forth, he returneth to the earth and in that very day his thoughts perish. Again his spirit departs, the breath of life goes back to God. The Bible say to be absent from the body means to be present with the Lord. So what went to God? The spirit or the breath of life? Can we as Christians talk to dead people? No! Can we have a conversation with them? No! Look at Deuteronomy 18;10-11. It says you are not to have around you people who use divination or an enchanter or a witch or a charmer of familiar spirits or a wizard. This scripture is especially for us believers in God and Jesus Christ.
There are not supposed to be among you people who say they are sorcerers or mediums or one who calls up the dead. We saw in the Bible that the dead cannot hear, cannot see, cannot feel and their love and hatred is gone. Who are the mediums calling to? Who are they talking to? Demons and evil spirits. They are not talking to Jesus, Peter or Paul. They are just talking to evil spirits. These people should not be found among us. Halloween is a celebration of the dead. You are allowing the devil into your space. The enemy of the Lord is being allowed to come into your house. The dark spirits come into your house when you give children, dressed like demons, candy. There should be no trick or treat in our churches because we are God’s people and God’s people need to be holy.
Who are the spirits that the mediums and enchanters are talking to? Look in Revelation 12;7-9 where it says the devil was kicked out of heaven with his angels and was cast out onto the earth. Did you know that every day we are being assaulted by the bad angels and the good angels? There is a fight everyday for our lives. If we had spiritual eyes, we would be able to see them fighting over us and we would probably drop dead. Think about it. The devil has his angels and they can manipulate physics, can take over a body. They can masquerade as your dead loved ones. Remember the man that Jesus cured that was called Legion because he had a thousand demons in him? The demons told Jesus that there are many of us. Then they went into the pigs. In Revelation 16;13-14 it says John saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. These are spirits of devils who work miracles and go to gather the people to battle against God. So now if you want to go celebrate Halloween, now you know who you will be in cahoots with. It got awful quiet in here. Am I stepping on somebody’s toes? I Thessalonians 4;13-17 says we Christians get raised from the dead and get caught up to Jesus in Heaven. Jesus is the only one who can raise people up from the dead. By the way, if you ever go to church, hear a message like this and fall asleep, don’t do it because you will have plenty of time to sleep in the grave.
In I Corinthians 15;52-55 it says in a twinkling of an eye, the dead shall be raised up and the living changed. We as Christians are raised up incorruptible and put on immortality. Death is swallowed up in victory. O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory? Praise the Lord everybody. Praise the Lord!!
AMEN
