Death is one subject every human will face, yet most avoid thinking about what comes after. Scripture never treats death as the end of existence, but as a transition. The body returns to the earth, but the soul moves forward — into eternity.
This truth is not meant to terrify, but to awaken. God warns because He loves, and He reveals eternity because it is final.
“Prepare to meet thy God.”
— Amos 4:12 (KJV)
THE BODY: TEMPORARY AND PERISHABLE
From the beginning, God made it clear that the physica... moreDeath is one subject every human will face, yet most avoid thinking about what comes after. Scripture never treats death as the end of existence, but as a transition. The body returns to the earth, but the soul moves forward — into eternity.
This truth is not meant to terrify, but to awaken. God warns because He loves, and He reveals eternity because it is final.
“Prepare to meet thy God.”
— Amos 4:12 (KJV)
THE BODY: TEMPORARY AND PERISHABLE
From the beginning, God made it clear that the physical body is not permanent.
“For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
— Genesis 3:19 (KJV)
The body ages, weakens, and eventually dies. Scripture often describes the body at death as “sleeping,” not because it will awaken by itself, but because it rests until resurrection.
“The body without the spirit is dead.”
— James 2:26 (KJV)
Death is separation — not extinction.
THE SOUL: DISTINCT AND ENDURING
Jesus Himself taught that the soul is not subject to physical death.
“Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul.”
— Matthew 10:28 (KJV)
The soul survives what the body cannot. When the body dies, the soul does not fade, dissolve, or cease awareness.
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
— Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV)
AFTER DEATH: CONSCIOUS EXISTENCE
Scripture consistently presents people as aware after death.
“And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments…”
— Luke 16:23 (KJV)
This passage shows memory, awareness, recognition, and emotion — all incompatible with unconsciousness. Death does not suspend consciousness; it relocates it.
“Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.”
— Luke 23:43 (KJV)
Jesus promised immediate presence, not delayed awareness.
A BRIEF WORD ON ‘SOUL SLEEP’
Some believe the soul sleeps until resurrection, often based on verses describing death as “sleep.” However, Scripture uses sleep as a figure of speech for the body, not the soul.
“Absent from the body, and present with the Lord.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV)
If the soul slept, Paul’s hope would make no sense. The Bible never says the soul sleeps — only that the body rests.
JUDGMENT FOLLOWS DEATH
There is no spiritual limbo, no pause button, no second probation.
“It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”
— Hebrews 9:27 (KJV)
Death fixes destiny. That is why Scripture repeatedly urges people to respond now.
GOD’S WARNING IS ALSO AN INVITATION
God does not warn to condemn, but to rescue.
“Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
— 2 Corinthians 6:2 (KJV)
The message of eternity always points to the same solution — Christ.
THE GOSPEL — THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE SOUL ✝️
1 Corinthians 15:1–4 (KJV)
Christ died for our sins,
was buried,
and rose again.
When you get saved, you receive eternal life — not temporary relief, not future possibility, but a present possession secured by Christ’s finished work.
“He that hath the Son hath life.”
— 1 John 5:12 (KJV)
FINAL WARNING
The body will fail.
The soul will continue.
Eternity will be entered by all — willingly or unwillingly.
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
— Mark 8:36 (KJV)
✠ Sir John Scivoletti ✠
✠ Turco Joan of Arc Priory ✠
✠✠Act and God will Act (Actus et Deus Act)✠✠
