What Happens to Us After We Die?
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Pre-Earth Life.
“Before I formed thee in the Belly I knew thee…” (Jeremiah 1:5)
1st Estate.
”And the Angels which kept not their first estate…he hath reserved in everlasting chains…” (Jude 1:6) & (2 Peter 2:4)
Paradise.
”Today shall thou be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43)
Note:
That Jesus Christ three days later had not yet gone to where Heavenly Father was. So where was he? In the Spirit world. “… I am not yet ascended to my Father…” (John 20:17)
Spirit Prison.
“For Christ...went and preached unto the spirits in prison;” (1 Peter 3:18-19)
See: (Doctrine and Covenants 138)
Final Judgment.
“…Judged…according to their works.” (Revelations 20:12-13) also (Galatians 6:7), (1 Corinthians 3:8), (Ephesians 5:5), (2 Samuel 3:39)
All will be Resurrected.
“For as in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:22)
Three Degrees of Glory or Three Heavens.
“…caught up to the third heaven.” (2 Corinthians 12:2)
"There are three degrees of glory in the Resurrection." (JST, 1 Corinthians 15:40)
We will be Resurrected with different Bodies.
Question:
“…How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?” (1 Corinthians 15:35)
Answer:
“There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial…” “There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.” “So also is the resurrection of the dead….” (1 Corinthians 15:35,38-42)
What Do We Know about Life after Death? (Ensign June, 2016)
What Happens after We Die? (New ERA, March 2013)
The State of the Soul between Death and the Resurrection (BYU Religious Studies Center, by Monte S. Nyman)
The Great Plan of Happiness (New Testament Teachers Manual)
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