Questions for BibleOnly

[Stan]

Read this my friend

http://clubadventist.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/509055/Re_1844.html#Post509055

Then answer this question

What happens when a person dies, (from the Bible Only)

[BibleOnly]

1Th 4:13 ¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words

The dead in Christ are asleep, until Jesus returns.

[Stan]

Well score one for you!!

Next what happens to the wicked?

[BibleOnly]

When Jesus returns, the millennium starts. At the end of the millennium, those who were not in Christ are raised and judged according to their works. This is laid out in Revelation, and is also the basis for the parable of the sheep and the goats.

While the Bible talks about a lake of fire, there's evidence that this was the name of a literal trash heap outside the city, and that the dead simply die again. I don't think it's possible to be sure either way, and I think it doesn't matter, the important thing is not to end up there :-)