Episode 11 :: Question 10 on the Location of Dead

Christians before Rapture By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

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on Jun 21 in judgment, rapture, second-coming of Christ tagged by qatranscripts
Question 10 Arnold (UK): Hi Pastor, thank you for the opportunity of sharing the word
with us online. I am always inspired and blessed when listening to you. Previously, online,
you said that when Christians die, they go to Heaven, not Abrahams bosom, but the Bible
says when Jesus returns, the dead in Christ will rise up first. I would like to know where they
will be or where is the location of those dead in Christ. Thank you.
Answer 10: First of all, those who have died in Christ are in heaven, but you have to
understand that heaven has realms; heaven has several realms. Heaven is a place; its not just
a hall, not a large hall where people just gather and then bow their heads many times to God.
Heaven is much bigger than that, much more glorious than that. So, theyre in heaven where
they can only function in spirit without their celestial bodies. They function without bodies.
Now, there is another realm of heaven where you put on a celestial body and function in a
more glorious way. Jesus has passed over into that realm, because when God raised Him from
the dead, He was raised alive bodily, so Hes got His body. Also, you have Elijah who was
caught up alive to heaven; hes got his body. Enoch was caught up, he was translated; hes got
his celestial body. Moses, even though he died and God buried him, we know that he is in
heaven in also a glorious realm, because he appeared with Elijah on the Mount of
Transfiguration with Jesus. So, those who have died now and are awaiting the redemption of
their bodies in a different realm, in a sort of lower realm until their bodies are resurrected and
translated. So, heaven has realms. Heaven is big, you know, so dont look at heaven as a large
room where everybody is assembled.

Episode 3 [Part 1] :: Question 1 on the Judgment
on Aug 19 in judgment, rapture, second-coming of Christ tagged by qatranscripts

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
Well, for todays questions we have:
Question 1 Ruby Lamb (USA): Dear Pastor Chris, in Hebrews 9:27, it says it is
appointed unto man once to die, after death, judgment. Please explain when and
where the judgment will take place. God bless you.

Answer 1: Firstly, its important for us to, read accurately what the Bible really says
in that portion, Hebrews Chapter 9 verse 27; Id like to read it to you properly,
because I noticed that, all over the world [because its misquoted] they get the wrong
interpretation. The bible does not say it is appointed unto man once to die, it
doesnt say so!
It reads thus: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment: and the sentence is not over until you go into verse 28. It doesnt say It is
appointed, it says, As it is appointed and it starts with the word And. And the
Greek word there could also be rendered now. It says And as it is appointed unto
men once to die, but after this the judgment:, and then it says So Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear
the second time without sin unto salvation. [Hebrews 9:28]
Now, you can get the real picture: He does not say that It is appointed unto men
once to die, but that As it is appointed. In other words, because it is appointed,
Christ died once. Thats the argument. You have to understand the context of Pauls
presentation here. Hes trying to let us know that Christ took our place because it
[was] appointed unto men once to die; because of that Christ died once taking our
place. So, the argument is not to present to us that man has to die once but that
Christ had to die once because man was to die once. You remember he was trying to
compare Christ as the sacrifice to the goats, and the bulls that were offered year after
year continually by the priests of the Old Testament. And this was what he was trying
to let us understand.
Well, anyways, your real question is to explain the judgment; you said, [according to
the scripture] And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment:, your question is Please explain when and where the judgment will take
place.
Okay, we have to understand the words of Jesus in St. Johns Gospel Chapter 4, when
you read form verse 24. Jesus said God is a spirit [John 4:24] and you have to
understand that man is a spirit, and since this judgment is going to be after mans
death, it means its got nothing to do with the body. Now, the bible does say
specifically after this the judgment, it doesnt say after this, judgment. Now, if it
says after this judgment, if he has said that, then we would have had the option to
look at what could he have been talking about because therere different kinds of
judgment that the Bible talks about. But it says after this the judgment. There is
only one the judgment and that refers to the judgment of the Great White Throne,
which Jesus pointed out, and Paul talked about. Peter talked about it and John talked
about it. So, at this time, Id like to read to you from the Book of Revelation, the
judgment that Hes talking about. Revelation Chapter No. 20, Ill read to you from
verse 11; John tells us the visions that he saw from God : And I saw a great white
throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and
there was found no place for them, verse 12 And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which
is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written
in the books, according to their works. [Revelations 20:11-12]
Did you notice, the dead were judged. This is important. So, he says, As it is
appointed unto men once to die and after this the judgment that is the judgment
that is coming after death. But, you see, for us Christians, Christ has died in our place,
we dont have to face that judgment and thats why quoting that verse 27 [of Hebrews
9] correctly is very important, because there, hes not talking about physical death,
hes referring to the death that everyone had to go through. So, it was appointed to
man to die once. You see that? But, Christ has now died once and has died for
us. Now, if he had been talking about physical death, then Lazarus died twice.
Remember, he died, and then Jesus raised him up and then he died again. And then,
the other ones whom Jesus raised from the dead died again; theyre all gone. That
would mean dying twice. So, he wasnt talking about physical death, he was talking
about spiritual death. And those of us who are Christians, Christ has died in our
place, and this is important.
So, here it says I saw the dead, in verse 11, And I saw a great white throne, and
him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was
found no place for them, verse 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God; These are not bodies; these are spirits. They had died physically but now
their spirits are before God and because they are spirits, dont try to think about a
large expanse of land because spirits dont need to be on a land. They dont need a
land. Its physical bodies that need a land; these are spirits, their bodies had died, but
theyve come up before God for the judgment. So, it says And I saw the dead, small
and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which
were written in the books, according to their works. These are not corpses; these
are spirit beings standing before God to be judged. Verse 13, And the sea gave up the
dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in
them Those who had gone to hell and the spirit of death had held some in bondage
and they were given up. It says And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged
every man according to their works. So, they all stood before God. Now, and God is
a spirit; look at verse 14: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is
the second death.
You see, man didnt have to die twice, spiritually, but once. But now, those who
rejected the death of Christ in their place are the ones who have to go through this. It
says This is the second death. As it is appointed to men once to die, that means to
die once. Christ bore our sins he took our place thats the 28
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verse of that 9
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Chapter in the Book of Hebrews; so he was making an argument for Christ. Now, here
it says, Verse 14 and 15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into
the lake of fire. So, when you ask, when will the judgment take place? The
judgment will take placelet me just give you a rundown of whats going to happen.
Now, from today, what we are looking forward to is the Rapture of the Church , that
is the catching away of the Church. Now, after that is the Great Tribulation which
will begin in the middle of the 7 year period from when the Anti-Christ signs a deal
for the protection of Israel, the nation of Israel. Now, that goes on till the 7
th
year,
when Jesus Christ comes with his saints to this world, which is called the Second
Coming of Christ and takes over the world for 1,000 years. Youre asking when is this
judgment? Thats what I want to tell you. He [Jesus] takes over the world for 1,000
years called the Millennial Rule of Christ, and Satan is put at the bottomless pit and
that continues until Christ and his followers leave to prepare for the Judgment; and
then comes in the Battle of Gog and Magog. You see all of that in the Book of
Revelation and then you also see from the Book of Ezekiel; you see all of these things
there. Now, after that is when the real Judgment will take place this Great White
Throne Judgment takes place. So, thats an answer to your question.