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Life after death and judgement when? [Spirituality & Religion]

When Christ was crucified, one of the thieves had asked Jesus why he did not save himself as he had done nothing wrong to deserve crucifixion. Jesus answered him by saying that he would be with him in heaven that day.
Christ also stated in His teachings that you must be born again and if you confessed your sins and believed in His forgiveness of sins, you would have everlasting life after death. Christ also said that it is natural for us to die, then judgement, but the gift of life is eternal for those who believe in Him.
Now, in the book of Revelations, when Christ returns to earth, (His second coming,) it states that the dead in Christ shall rise from the grave.
Question 1. Assuming you are born again, have followed and believed in Christ's teachings, etc., when you physically die and are buried, do you, (your soul,) go to heaven immediately?
Question 2. If so, are you judged by God then or must one wait until Christ returns and are risen from the grave before you are judged and able to enter Heaven?
MikeSp · 56-60, M
As a believer since 13, I don't really care about the details after I die. I know I'm going to Heaven. I also know that since we are reading translations several times over, it's easy to arrive at different interpretations. I believe that God knows best and that this journey will be peaceful beyond our current understanding.
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
What Christ said is a misentepretarion...
Christ taught that people will be resurrected in a future resurrection.. old languages such as Hebrew and Greek find not have punctuation.. so when they were translated into modern languages, the comma was put in the wrong place.

It should actually state
I truly tell you today, you will be with me in paradise..

This is what Christ taught, and it’s verified in the Bible in the scriptures relating to the death and raising of Lazarus. (Can’t think of the actual scripture) when he asked lazeruses sister if she believed she would see him again.. and she replied yes, that she would see him in the coming resurrection sometime in the future, to which Christ doesn’t correct her or tell her she’s wrong.. because that’s exactly what he taught to be true.. another scripture references that no one has been to heaven except he who came down from heaven..
Christ taught 3 resurrections....
The first is the one you mentioned. Those who truly believed and followed Christ as the word in the Old Testament such as Abraham David and Moses...and those who truly follow and obey his teachings as Christ . This is Not a large number of people mind you, 99% of people who’ve claimed to be Christian will not be in this resurrection... these are the true believers not the fakes...
The second resurrection happens at the end of a thousand year reign of Christ on this earth. All people who ever lived will be in this resurrection.
They will all be taught the right way to live without satan influencing things.. everyone will be made whole, the dumb will be healed, those who lived their first life handicapped and diseased will be healed as well.. the Bible doesn’t say how long, but I’d assume a lifetime they will be given a chance to learn the right way..
At some point, satan is loosed again to test mankind.. and millions will still reject god, who are then killed in a great battle..
A third resurrection is then done known as the great white throne judgment. Again those who have died are resurrected, but this time all those both living and those just resurrected are judged both great and small. Those who learned god’s ways and have shown they can handle the power and responsibility of being in god’s family are turned to spirit, and those who had resisted god are mercifully destroyed forever..
IM5688 · 61-69, M
@Deadcutie Thank you for your answer and comments. You have certainly given me more to think about and consider. I will have to do more research on this.
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
@IM5688 https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/what-happens-after-death
I’ll answer these sometime tomorrow. I see things that need addressing. Jesus didn’t leave us to guess. His Word lets us know exactly what happens to us after we die. Thanks for this post.
IM5688 · 61-69, M
@LadyGrace I'll be looking forward to your comments. Thanks.
https://similarworlds.com/19-Spirituality-Religion/2505998-Five-things-the-Bible-says-about-what-we-should
IM5688 · 61-69, M
@LadyGrace Thank you for your in depth answer to my questions. It helped a lot.
BD1998 · 22-25, F
O.K 1st of all He did not tell the thief that made fun of Him and told Him to save Himself that he would be in Paradise that day. He told the other thief on the other side who is known as the "Good Thief" because He asked for forgiveness. Now to answer your 1st question... No you are judged and this is called the Particular Judgement when you are Judged by yourself. No other person who has lived on this earth and died will be with you. When anybody dies they will get this Judgement whether they followed Christ or not. If you died with a MORTAL SIN (any thought, desire, word, action, or omission must be seriously wrong or considered seriously wrong, the sinner must be mindful of the serious wrong, the sinner must give full consent to it.) on your soul, you will go to Hell. If you die with a venial sin on your soul then you can't go to Heaven(at least not until you have made up for those sins and are cleansed in Purgatory( which wont be existing when the world ends because we wont need it any more because the only options we have are Heaven and Hell. AT your particular Judgement if you had a Mortal sin on your soul and then went to Hell then at the General Judgement where everyone gets Judged in front of everyone who ever lived then you will still go to Hell and that will be for all Eternity. It wont be Gods fault because everyone has freewill to commit a sin or not so it will be your own fault if you go to Hell.
BD1998 · 22-25, F
Answer for your 2nd question: You are Judged by God the second you die then you go to either Heaven or Hell then when Christ comes again then EVERYONE will be Judged (even the ones who went to Hell) and it is let known to everyone the sins you had committed in your life. If you confessed your sins to a Catholic Priest through the Sacrament of Penance before you died then you will go to Heaven BUT even though you confessed all of your sins before you died God will still show them in front of everyone. You will get Judged twice, the Particular Judgement is when you get Judged RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE, and the 2nd is The General Judgement where you and everyone who lived will be judged at the same time.
IM5688 · 61-69, M
@BD1998 I found your in depth answers very interesting even though I do not personally subscribe to Catholicism. Also, you did not back up anything you stated with Bible references.
SW-User
So the zombie apocalypse is a religious thing?
@SW-User There's no such thing as a zombie apocalypse. No zombies.
SW-User
@LadyGrace Christ brings people back from the dead. Zombies are the result of coming back from the dead. Bam! Christ raises the zombie apocalypse.
@SW-User Whatever you say. 😊

 
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