Do you really just live on as a "soul" (a "spirit")? What does God really say to us about death in the Bible? What does it say about "Psychic mediums" and "ghosts"?
You have probably heard by now about your "spirit" being eternal, that the "soul" lives on forever, even after you have read in the Bible that only those saved under Jesus Christ will bear the fruits of eternal life, but still there's a stew of universal eternal life of the "soul" being passed around in the mainstream (for centuries now). To add on that: the term 'reincarnation,' which has even infiltrated the Christian Church in some instances. As a serious believer of The Word of God (the Bible) and Jesus Christ who is our Savior you have gone on a deep journey for the truth, the truth is that you can systematically study the Bible and realize that it is 'The Word of God' by understanding it correctly. That there is no other Holy book that can come close the uniqueness of it. Okay, now lets see what the Bible says about death as a human being:
Matthew 10:28
New King James Version (NKJV)
28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Can the soul be destroyed here? (Yes) What does this verse say expanded altogether? Do not fear those who cannot kill the soul. Why? Because, who gives the soul and who can take it? God and God only (notice the CAPS H for 'Him'). So, fear God because he can judge the soul and destroy it in hell (the soul dies).
Ezekiel 18:20
New King James Version (NKJV)
20 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
John 5:28-29
New King James Version (NKJV)
(The dead will be brought physically back to life, *graves here are literal, the spirit does not need a grave. Those who are good under Jesus Christ will be brought back to life to live, those who do evil will be brought back to life only to be condemned.)
Acts 2:29 and 34
New King James Version (NKJV)
29 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
(King/prophet David is dead and buried, and his body is with us physically. He is dead in all aspects).
34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
“Sit at My right hand,
Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, and 10
New King James Version (NKJV)
5 For the living know that they will die;
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
(We die and once dead we know nothing {no conscious}, no reward, and forgotten. Also their {sins} have died and will not partake in any activity under the sun as we know it.)
Psalm 115:17
New King James Version (NKJV)
17 The dead do not praise the Lord,
Nor any who go down into silence.
Nor any who go down into silence.
(The dead can't worship the LORD {all CAPS, meaning God}, nor any who are silenced in hell {go down into}.)
John 11:11-14
New King James Version (NKJV)
11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
So now that we've established that our whole existence is 'living' all at once and that the spirit also dies with the body when we die according to the scriptures, let's see what the Bible says about anything else out there in the mainstream ("ghost appearances"/"spirit visitations" and those who claim to channel them).
What does the Bible say about "Psychic mediums" and "ghosts"?
Isaiah 8:19-20
New King James Version (NKJV)
19 And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
("Psychic mediums are seeking the dead, but why not God? Why should the living seek the dead? If they do not speak according to The Word of God, it's because there is no truth in them {demonic entities}.)
What does the Bible say about the children of God and Death?
Luke 20:35-36
King James Version (KJV)
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
(For him who is worthy of salvation and/or resurrection are seen equally unto the angels {God's company} and can't die anymore as they're the children of God and of the resurrection.)
Revelation 21:4
King James Version (KJV)
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be anymore pain: for the former things are passed away.
God Bless!
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