The Hebraic View Of The Afterlife ?

[Scott Hutchinson]

In the old testament what was the Hebraic view of the afterlife,and their thinking about the rewards of the righteous and the punishment of the wicked ?

Does anyone here know much about this ?

[Scott Hutchinson]

Any takers ?

[Amanah]

Seems to me there is not much in the OT about the afterlife,
it was more about rewards and judgements in this life, was it not?

[Rose]

You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you…For you will not abandon my
soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. (Psalm 16:2, 10)

Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake
and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to
the dead. (Isaiah 26:19)

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (Daniel 12:2)

[Dedicated Mind]

the ot barely speaks about the afterlife, that is why the saduccees in the nt didn't believe in the resurrection. most jews viewed the body, soul and spirit as one unit and not separate parts. so if there was a resurrection it was of the physical body not a spiritual body.

[Sabby]

Ezek 37 (the son of man) deals w/the resurrection of the church, imo.

[fireofGod1996]

There are three kinds of people in the world. Holy (those who walk in all of the light God gives them), Righteous (those who walk in all of the light that they know OF God) and the wicked. If you are Holy or Righteous, your soul goes to what WAS called Sheol or the grave. But since Jesus died, He went to Sheol and ministered to people there and sometimes they were rebellious. While He preached, He glorified Sheol on high. Now it is called Paradise which is where the one hanging on Jesus' right hand went. The wicked are automatically sent straight to hell. Now, when you die, you body stays in the ground, your spirit goes back to God who gave it, and you soul either goes to Hell, or Paradise. At the time of the Rapture, the Holy are taken out of Paradise, and they are put in heaven while the others are judged. That is what the Bible means when it says that the saints of the world would judge the world. If you want, message me and I will give you all of the Scripture to prove it. I may be young, but when you are close to Jesus, NOTHING is impossible!