Five things the Bible says about what we should expect at the moment of death and beyond. [Spirituality & Religion]

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First, believers will be taken into the presence of Christ in heaven. Christ is in heaven now (Acts 1:2; 3:21; 1 Thes 1:10; 4:16; 2 Thes 1:7), and believers will go to be with Him. Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with me in Paradise" (Luke 23:43). And on two different occasions Paul spoke of death as ushering us into the presence of Christ.

Second, heaven is a place of resplendent glory, and being with Christ in the glory of heaven will be far superior to our present earthly lives. (Philippians 1:23) Being in heaven with the Lord, is referred to as being "at home." One of the things that will make heaven so great, is that we will finally feel that we are in our true home.

Third, when in heaven we will be looking forward (as we should be already in this life) to the resurrection of our bodies from the dead. Disembodied existence is not God's ultimate and final and greatest purpose for us. As great as it will be to be in heaven after we die, God has something greater in store: being resurrected from the dead, so that we will live soul and body, forever in the new heavens and new earth.

Fourth, we are in these bodies and still sin, however, at the moment of death, believers will be made perfect and cleansed from ALL sin. This follows from the point that believers are taken to heaven immediately at death. Heaven is fully pure and free from all tarnish and sin, and therefore when God takes us to heaven, He makes us fit for the experience of it by making our hearts perfect in holiness. This agrees with His purpose to make us completely like Christ (Romans 8:29) and, at the return of Christ, to present us to Himself, without spot or wrinkle or sin (1 Thessalonians 5:23; Ephesians 5:27).

And finally, we can see from all these things, that death is not the end of our existence. We have bodies and souls. Death is the separation of body and soul, not the end of our personhood. When we die, our bodies become lifeless and are no longer the place where we "reside," but we continue to exist as souls, either with Christ in glory, or separated from Christ. The decision is ours.

Are there many paths to God?

John 14:6

6 – Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father [c=#BF0000]except through me[/c].

Acts 4:12

12 – Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

1 Timothy 2:5-6

5 – For there is one God and [u]one mediator between God and men[/u], the man Christ Jesus,

6 – who gave himself as a ransom for all men–the testimony given in its proper time.

John 3:16

16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Why Jesus?

Because we have no access to God our Father in heaven, without Jesus. Ephesians 2:18 - “For through Him we have our access in one Spirit to the Father.”

John 14:6 - “Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”