Where do we go when we die??

[philman]

Is there a forum topic or posts that address whether those who die immediately go to heaven or hell/punishment.

[steve]

I am not sure, but you have just started one that can be used for that purpose.

[steve7150]

Is there a forum topic or posts that address whether those who die immediately go to heaven or hell/punishment.

I think Paul believed he would be with Christ in heaven. The people who quote scripture to support soul sleep usually quote the OT but i think Christ's resurrection changed this.
As far as unbelievers go i think they go to "hades" or the grave until the resurrection.

[Paidion]

My understanding is that when you're dead, you're dead, and you'll stay dead unless Christ raises you to life (and He will).

Paul wrote:
What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 1 Corinthians 15:32 ESV

[Jepne]

1Co 15:51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

I never understood why, if we were floating around in heaven as spirits after death, and doing nothing but worshiping God, why go back to a resurrected body and come back to earth? I must concur with Paidion that we sleep until the resurrection - indeed is that not what resurrection means - to be raised from the dead - not just your soul or whatever popped back into a resurrected body?

I think God had an angel or something impersonate Samuel to scare some sense into Saul. As for near-death experiences being proof of going to heaven at death, there seems to be an explanation of that in the accepted knowledge that each cell of the body has memory. Jepne