Is there Any Life after Death?

"What is your opinion with regard to the soul after death? Does it lie in the grave until the resurrection or does it go straight to God?"

It is unwise to speculate beyond those things clearly stated in the Bible. To the repentant thief on the cross, Jesus said: “Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." This would indicate that the soul of a Christian at death goes immediately to be with the Lord in glory. At the same time, that is not the final state of the believer for at the resurrection; the bodies and souls of believers will be reunited and will be given a glorified body which will live forever in God's presence. In the first book of Thessalonians’ we are told: " 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: 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" (4:17). There are many mysteries that have been withheld from our knowledge. But this we can affirm: the person who puts his trust in Jesus Christ and what He has done for us is immediately changed from death to life; and he has been born again and physical death can never separate him from God. If you believe in Christ, you have eternal life now and death is but a transition into His presence.