Consciousness After Death

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. — read the full passage →

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ — read the full passage →

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.

These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, — read the full passage →

“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. — read the full passage →

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.” — read the full passage →

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.Yes, I tell you, fear him.

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. — read the full passage →

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don’t know what I will choose.

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.” — read the full passage →

An oracle. Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. — read the full passage →

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you; — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” — read the full passage →

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder, — read the full passage →

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”; and it was so.

God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. — read the full passage →

The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.

Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. — read the full passage →

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehennaof fire,