WHAT REALLY HAPPENS AT DEATH?

What happens at death is no mystery to Jehovah, the Creator of the brain. He knows the truth, and in his Word, the Bible, he explains the condition of the dead. Its clear teaching is this:  When a person dies, he ceases to exist. Death is the opposite of life. The dead do not see or hear or think. Not even one part of us survives the death of the body. We do not possess an immortal soul or spirit.

After Solomon observed that the living know that they will die, he wrote: "As for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all."  He then enlarged on that basic truth by saying that the dead can neither love nor hate and that "there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in [the grave]."  (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10)  Similarly, Psalm 146:4 says that when a man dies, "his thoughts do perish." We are mortal and do not survive the death of our body.   The life we enjoy is like the flame of a candle. When the flame is put out, it does not go anywhere. It is simply gone.  (We all go back to the dust from whence we came until Jehovah and Jesus Christ deems otherwise or until the Armageddon)  

Next time: WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT DEATH

From the Book: What Does the Bible Really Teach? 2005 and 2006