We know from the Bible that when we die, we are not “Gone” but just living in another place, Heaven.
The Bible tells us when Jesus was dying on the cross there was a thief who was dying on a cross next to Him. There were people making fun of Jesus and laughing at Him while He was dying, but the thief said to them: “Don’t you fear God? We deserve to die for our crimes, but This Man hasn’t done anything wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom.” And Jesus said to the thief: “Today you will be with Me in paradise.” Luke 23:40-43
You see, the man who was a thief, a sinner just like all of us, believed that Jesus was God and that He could save us from our sin, and he asked Jesus to remember him, and Jesus was very clear about the fact that “Today”, the very same day the thief died, he would be in what we call Heaven.
Everyone we know that has already died, if they believed and trusted in Jesus to save them, has gone to this place called Heaven. And someday, Jesus promised to come back to Earth and make it NEW, and then everyone who loves and believes in Jesus will live with Him on the New Earth!
