6. Where Do We Go When We Die?
1 WHEN A PERSON DIES, HIS LIFE ENDS
“The dead know nothing at all.”—Ecclesiastes 9:5
What happens to us when we die?
Psalm 146:3, 4; Ecclesiastes 9:6, 10
When we die we cannot see, we cannot hear, and we cannot think.
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Jesus compared death to sleep.
2 JEHOVAH NEVER WANTED HUMANS TO DIE
“As for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will certainly die.”—Genesis 2:17
Why do we die?
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Satan lied about what would happen to Eve if she disobeyed God’s command. When Adam and Eve disobeyed Jehovah, they sinned and eventually died.
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After Adam died, he no longer existed.
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Sin is like a terrible disease that we have inherited from our first parents. We are all born as sinners, and that is why we die.
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The Bible calls death an enemy.
3 THE TRUTH ABOUT DEATH SETS US FREE
“If a man dies, can he live again? I will wait . . . until my relief comes.”—Job 14:14
How does knowing the truth about death set us free from wrong ideas?
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The teaching of hellfire is an insult to Jehovah. He would never allow people to suffer that way.
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Many people fear the dead, so they fear and worship them instead of Jehovah. Jehovah is the true God, and we should worship only him.