"Scripture is very clear that the only one who is not intrinsically subject to death is God Himself, “who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see” 1 Timothy 6:16. While it is true that God can impart immortality to His creations (“the gift of God is eternal life”), none of us are inherently immortal. Therefore, the spirit of God which returns to God who gave it, is part of God Himself, not part of us.
Think of this process like light in a bulb. In order to create light, there must first be two basic components: a bulb and electricity. The bulb is a physical thing, like our bodies, and electricity is intangible, like God’s spirit. When the two come together, they produce light. The light continues to shine as long as the two basic components are intact, just as our lives continue on as long as our bodies and God’s spirit remain together.
When you turn off the electricity, however, the light stops coming from the bulb. The bulb and the electricity still exist, but because they are no longer together, the light goes away. No additional light is produced after its two elements are separated. Neither does the electricity absorb the characteristics of the light any more than God’s spirit absorbs our consciousness. Our lives, our consciousness, the part of us that makes us “us,” goes away. We are mortal, and as such, we die." AmazingFacts
For the living know that they will die;
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
Think of this process like light in a bulb. In order to create light, there must first be two basic components: a bulb and electricity. The bulb is a physical thing, like our bodies, and electricity is intangible, like God’s spirit. When the two come together, they produce light. The light continues to shine as long as the two basic components are intact, just as our lives continue on as long as our bodies and God’s spirit remain together.
When you turn off the electricity, however, the light stops coming from the bulb. The bulb and the electricity still exist, but because they are no longer together, the light goes away. No additional light is produced after its two elements are separated. Neither does the electricity absorb the characteristics of the light any more than God’s spirit absorbs our consciousness. Our lives, our consciousness, the part of us that makes us “us,” goes away. We are mortal, and as such, we die." AmazingFacts
For the living know that they will die;
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6
But man dies and is laid away;
Indeed he breathes his last
And where is he?
As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
So man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Indeed he breathes his last
And where is he?
As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
So man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Job 14:10-12
Even in the New Testament, the apostles speak of King David’s fate after death. David, whom the Bible declares was “a man after God’s own heart, Acts 13:22, and who certainly would live on after death if he were able, “is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day,” according to the apostle Peter Acts 2:29. We’re also told specifically, “David did not ascend into the heavens”. Acts 2:34
In other words---you R dead until the Resurrection
In other words---you R dead until the Resurrection