Christians, as a WHOLE (there are exceptions but they are few and far between) are being led down a “WRONG ROAD”.  And it’s the Christian leaders who are leading them.  One of the MOST COMMON and MOST DANGEROUS beliefs promoted by Christian leaders (Priests, Pastors, Teachers, etc) is that when you die, you go RIGHT TO HEAVEN. There is not an OUNCE of TRUTH in this teaching. But sadly, it is taught as if it were GOSPEL.

The Bible says that when we die, NOTHING happens. We are just put in a casket or cremated, and we SLEEP until Jesus returns to RESURRECT the SAINTS.

Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ~

“1Th 4:13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.

1Th 4:14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

1Th 4:15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

1Th 4:17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

1Th 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.”

Notice verse 16: “….the DEAD IN CHRIST (the Christians) will rise first.” If the Christians who have died are ALREADY in Heaven, they wouldn’t be the 1st ones to come out of their graves at the Resurrection. They wouldn’t be coming out of their graves at all because they would already be in Heaven! In fact, there would be NO NEED for a RESURRECTION if all the SAINTS are ALREADY in Heaven! Obviously, you do not die and go immediately to Heaven.

When we die, we are just SLEEPING in the grave….until Jesus comes. Yet, practically every funeral sermon you hear, the Priest, Pastor or Teacher tells those listening, that the person who died was whisked off to Heaven the moment they took their last breath here on earth.

This is an ADULT FAIRY TALE. There is NO TRUTH to it at all. It is actually from PAGAN origin, a leftover teaching from PAGAN CATHOLICISM. The TRUTH is, you do not die and go immediately to Heaven.

Heaven would not be very “heavenly” if that really happened. Can you imagine dying, being whisked off to Heaven and looking down on your loved ones and friends.  Imagine watching your mate grieve and have a hard time going on with life without you. Imagine seeing all of your friends and family suffer with their various illness. Imagine watching your Grandchildren make terrible choices and perhaps commit suicide. Imagine seeing the many people who are wiped out of existence by tornadoes, hurricanes and floods, famine and disease.  .Does that sound “heavenly”???? Not to me!

Thank God! He is not going to make us endure those things when we die. No, the Bible tells us we will just be SLEEPING in the grave until Jesus returns and wipes out all the SIN, SADNESS, SICKNESS & SUFFERING. THEN and not until then, does He take us to Heaven, and THEN Heaven will be TRULY HEAVENLY!

“For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing;” Ecclesiastes 9:5. When you die, you KNOW NOTHING again until Jesus resurrects you at the 2nd Coming! Clearly, you do not die and go immediately to Heaven.

Please, read your Bible…don’t believe this lie. Just as ONE LIE causes people to LIE AGAIN to cover the 1st LIE, so one FALSE TEACHING like this ~ that when you die you go right to Heaven ~ prepares the way for yet more FALSE TEACHINGS. These FALSE TEACHERS have you on a WRONG ROAD and will lead you into many DECEPTIONS.