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What happens when someone dies?

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Psalms 146:4
His spirit goes out, he returns to the ground;
On that very day his thoughts perish

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Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
for there is an outcome for humans and an outcome for animals;
they all have the same outcome.
As the one dies, so the other dies;
and they all have but one spirit.
So man has no superiority over animals,
for everything is futile.
20 All are going to the same place.
They all come from the dust,
and they all are returning to the dust.

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Ezekiel 18:4
Look! All the souls to me they belong.
As the soul of the father so also the soul
of the son to me they belong.
The soul who sins is the one who will die.

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Ecclesiastes 9:5,10
For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing at all,
nor do they have any more reward,
because all memory of them is forgotten.
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your might,
for there is no work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom
in the Grave, where you are going.

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John 11:11,13-14
After he said these things, he added:
“Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep,
but I am traveling there to awaken him.”
13 Jesus, however, had spoken about his death.
But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly: “Lazarus has died,

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

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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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