Lesson 9 - What Happens to People When They Die?

1. When man dies, where does he go?

Job 21:32 _____________________________________



2. The wicked are reserved there until they will be brought forth to what?

Job 21:30 ______________________________________

"So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, shall not awake, nor be
raised out of their sleep." Job 14:12.



3. Job said he would wait in the grave until what came?

Job 14:13,14 ______________________________________

"We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
1 Corinthians 15:51, 52.


4. At what event will they that are Christ's be made alive?

1 Corinthians 15:22,23 _________________________________



5. Has David already gone to heaven?

Acts 2:34 ___________________________________________



6. Where is David now?

Acts 2:29 __________________________________________



7. What has become of him?

Acts 13:36 _________________________________________



8. How will God awaken the dead?

1 Thessalonians 4:16 _________________________________

"And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds." Matthew 24:31.



9. Until then, where do the dead wait?

Job 17:13 __________________________________________



10. Where did Jesus say the dead are?

John 5:28 ________________________________________



11. What words did Jesus use to say that his friend was dead?

John 11:11 _________________________________________



12. How did David refer to his death?

Psalm 13:3 ________________________________________




13. What words did Paul use to say that some of those who saw Jesus were now dead?

1 Corinthians 15:6 ____________________________________



14. If there were no resurrection, what would happen to all who have fallen asleep?

1 Corinthians 15:18 ___________________________________



15. When Jesus awoke from death, how did He say that He had not yet been to heaven?

John 20:17 _________________________________________



16. How much does a dead man know?

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ________________________________________



17. What happens to his feelings and emotions?

Ecclesiastes 9:6 _________________________________________



18. What happens to all his thoughts?

Psalm 146:4 ___________________________________________



19. What can we do while we are alive?

Psalm 146:2 ___________________________________________


20. Can dead people praise the Lord?

Psalm 115:17 _________________________________________

"The living, the living shall praise thee, as I do this day." Isiah 38:19.


21. Can the dead thank God or even remember Him?

Psalm 6:5 ___________________________________________



22. Why will many people perish?

2 Thessalonians 2:10 _____________________________________



23. If we haven't learned to love the truth while we are alive, can we get it in the grave?

Isaiah 38:18 ______________________________________________




24. How then should we use the short time in which we are alive?

Ecclesiastes 9:10 __________________________________________



25. Why is it so important to do it now?

Ecclesiastes 9:10 __________________________________________


(Further study see Booklet B, A Closer Look)





In the Light of God's Word..

• I understand that the dead are unconscious in the grave, awaiting either the resurrection of life or the resurrection of damnation.

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