Topic: Death and the afterlife

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Now. Does man at death go to Heaven or—or to hell immediately, or do they wait for the judgment?

Answer

That’s a very good question. And it does…would due a lot of good consideration, because every man is interested, what is he going to be after this life is over? Every man is interested. Well now, I, for my part, I—I wouldn’t know. I have to answer from the Bible. I guess a woman run up a fifty doll...

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If Christ has already paid the price of redemption, why do believers still have to die physically?

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You know, sometimes I think that…Wonder how the Lord feels about us sometime, when He does so many things for us, and yet we just set like we were in a subconsciously, don’t we? Aren’t we all guilty? I am. We just set and say, “Well, Lord, I—I wish You’d do something for me.” He can’t do nothing no...

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Does the Bible anywhere say that a Christian dies?

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There’s no such a thing as death to a Christian. There’s not one Scripture in the Bible that tells you a Christian dies. Very much contrary, we’re all alive. Jesus said, “He—he that believeth on Me has Everlasting Life.” Is that right? How can it have an end if it’s got everlasting. See? “He that he...

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How could the witch of Endor call up Samuel, and can someone who has died in Christ be called back now?

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Now this…Brother, I tell you; sometimes we need to be skinned down and rubbed a little bit to see where we’re standing. Don’t you think so? Make right, right. Any person…If those saints…Now, I’m not condemning Catholic saints. But look. The reason that the witch of Endor could call the spirit of Sam...

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Do people become angels when they die?

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Look and you see how God patterns it all around. The whole…Over in India and different things, they worship and say when we die, we become angels and fly away. God never did make me an angel, and I never will be an angel, and neither will you. He made me a man, and I’ll always be a man. I’ll resurre...

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Could what the witch of En-dor did in calling up Samuel be done today?

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Now, this witch of En-dor, she called up the spirit of Samuel. And Saul talked to Samuel. Now, you might wonder how that could be done. It cannot be done today. No, sir. Because, the blood of bulls and goats was only a waiting for the time of fulfillment. When a man died in them days…Preachers, back...

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What can death do to a believer?

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Don’t you fear. “I’ll fear no evil, for Thou art with me.” “Death is all swallowed up in victory.” There is…Death can’t do nothing. One writer said, that, “The only thing that God had did to death, He put it to a buggy and harnessed it, and set it in the buggy shafts. And the only thing death can do...

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Do people become angels in heaven?

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I used to think, Mom used to tell me (excuse me, Mom, that was before you knew better, too) that we’d have wings and fly around up there, you know. And, why, I like to eat, drink, shake hands with people, fellowship. I thought, “Oh, my, that’ll be finished then.” Oh, no. I found out God never did ma...

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Does a Christian die?

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We don’t believe in death of Christians. You can’t prove to me that a Christian dies. The Blood of Jesus Christ takes away sin; it doesn’t cover it. The believer goes in the Presence of God now.

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What happens to a Christian at death?

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Christians do not die. There’s no Scripture in the Bible that says Christians—Christians die. A man that…A person that lives in pleasure is dead while they’re living. Death means separation, separation from God. And sinners are not se…Sinners are separated from God, but Christians never separate fro...

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What does Brother Branham suggest is happening when a dying Christian sees loved ones who have already died?

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I was standing by the side of a man here a few years ago; I just…He’d been a Christian for a long time, and he said, talked to me, he said, “Billy…” I said, “Is everything all right, Mr. Bledsoe?” He was about eighty years old. Said, “Oh, everything’s okay, Billy.” Said, “I want to see my Lord so ba...

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Do dying people see their loved ones who have gone on before?

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I went to a man here some time ago, killed in an accident. He was just dying. Come out of the accident, like manner. I seen many of them going that way. And I just wonder, that if when we’re coming…Even death is hard. Jesus fought against it: “Is it possible this cup should pass?” But when we’re com...

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What is the difference between the patriarchs sleeping and Christ dying?

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And you notice, Abraham slept; Isaac slept; Jacob slept; the patriarchs slept, but Christ died: separation. In His death God wasn’t with Him. He had to suffer the absence of God in His death that we would have the Presence of God in our death. See? And there God struck upon Him our judgment. And the...

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What happens to a baby that dies before the age of accountability?

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I’ll say this by the authority of God’s Word. Every baby that’s under the age of accountability, dies, goes to glory. Yes, sir. Christ died to take away the sin of the world. And when you come to the age of accountability…We were all born in sin. But when He died, He taken away the sin. And when you...