John 11:11; This He said, and after that He *said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep."
John 11:13; Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.
John 11:24; Martha *said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
1Cor 11:30; For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.
This passage is saying some people have died because they took communion unworthily.
1Cor 15:51; Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
This verse is saying we (Christians) won't all die, but we will be changed.
Dan 12:2; "Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
1Thes 4:16; For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Matt 27:52; The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
These were dead people.
Acts 7:60; Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" Having said this, he fell asleep.
When Stephen was stoned, he died.
Acts 13:36; "For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;
Acts 2:34; "For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
1Cor 15:6; After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;
Some are still alive, but some have died.
1Thes 5:10; who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.
Whether we are alive or dead, when He returns we will live with Him.
John 6:40; "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 5:28; "Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
John 5:29; and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
1Sam 28:15;
(BBE) And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.
(NIrV) Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you troubled me by bringing me up from the dead?" "I'm having big problems," Saul said. "The Philistines are fighting against me. God has turned away from me. He doesn't answer me anymore. He doesn't speak to me through prophets or dreams. So I've called on you to tell me what to do."
The only passage in the Bible that could be taken as we go to heaven immediately is...
2Cor 5:6; Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—
2Cor 5:8; we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
But does this contradict all those other verses, or does it simply mean when we die, we aren't absent from the body yet (until the trumpet blows on the last day)
John 3:13; "No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.
