Lorenzo Palon

New Podcast Episode

What does death feel like from the side of the person who dies?

For those who remain, time continues. Days become months, years pass, and the absence of a loved one remains painfully real.

But could the believer who closes their eyes in death experience no conscious delay before awakening to the presence of Christ and the morning of resurrection?

In this episode, we explore how resurrection remains the future, public, bodily act of God—yet may feel immediate from the experience of the believer who dies in Christ.

Listen to When Death Feels Like a Moment.

About This Episode

What happens between death and resurrection?

The New Testament presents the resurrection of the dead as a future, public, bodily, and cosmic act of God. The dead will be raised when Christ appears, evil is judged, and creation is renewed.

Yet Scripture also assures us that those who die in Christ are not abandoned. They remain securely held by the risen Lord.

This episode explores a careful possibility: from the standpoint of history, the resurrection remains future. But from the believer’s own experience, the interval between death and resurrection may not be consciously felt. Like sleep followed by morning, the next experienced reality may be the presence of Christ, the resurrection of the body, and the dawn of new creation.

Christian hope does not minimize death. Death remains an enemy, and grief remains real. But death is not sovereign.

Christ is.

The believer continues to exist. The believer falls into Christ.

Key Scriptures: John 11:11–35; Luke 23:39–43; Philippians 1:21–23; 2 Corinthians 5:1–10; Romans 8:18–39; 1 Corinthians 15:20–26, 50–57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; Hebrews 9:27.

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Read the complete article:
Is Resurrection Instantaneous After Death? A Christian Reflection

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