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When a Person Dies

Frequently Asked Questions

1) What happens when a person dies? Ecclesiastes 12:7 tells us that when a person dies, their spirit returns to God. In Luke 16:26 we are told that in heaven there is a great gulf that can not be crossed. This gulf separates the ones that overcame this world from the ones that did not until the great white throne judgement of God. (Revelation 20:11-15)

Ecclesiastes 12:7
V7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Luke 16:26
V26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

2) Is it ok to have a dead persons body cremated? Yes it is. Once we die, our spirit returns to God and we have no more use for our flesh bodies.