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What happens when someone dies?

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Psalms 146:4
When his spirit goes forth he returns to the earth,
on that very day all his plans come to nothing.

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Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
For the fate of human and the fate of animal is the same:
as the one dies, so the other dies; both have the selfsame breath.
Human is in no way better off than animal -- since all is futile.
20 Everything goes to the same place, everything comes from the dust,
everything returns to the dust.

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Ezekiel 18:4
Look, all life belongs to me; the father's life and the son's life,
both alike belong to me. The one who has sinned is the one to die.

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Ecclesiastes 9:5,10
The living are at least aware that they are going to die,
but the dead know nothing whatever. No more wages for them,
since their memory is forgotten.
10 Whatever work you find to do, do it with all your might,
for there is neither achievement, nor planning, nor science,
nor wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

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John 11:11,13-14
He said that and then added, 'Our friend Lazarus is at rest;
I am going to wake him.'
13 Jesus was speaking of the death of Lazarus,
but they thought that by 'rest' he meant 'sleep';
14 so Jesus put it plainly, 'Lazarus is dead;

What does your Bible say

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Humans do not have a soul that lives after the body dies

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When we die, we are not in heaven or hell

  3

Our dead loved ones cannot hurt or help the living

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We are like in a deep sleep needing to be awakened

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God has promised to awaken them, how and when? . . .
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