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According to the Bible, there is no activity, feeling, emotion, or thought in death. (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6,10)
The simple truth is that no person has had a prehuman existence to remember. Before you were conceived, you did not exist.
So it is logical to conclude that when we die, our consciousness returns to exactly the same state it was before we were alive.
That is why God told Adam after he disobeyed: “For dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19)
However, due to Christ’s ransom sacrifice there is the hope of a resurrection. (1 Corinthians 15:22) Consider the account at (John 11:11-14), when Lazarus died, Jesus said: “I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep.” Like Lazarus, the Bible talks about a promised hope in the future FOR US:
"The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear [Jesus'] voice and come out." (John 5:28, 29)
"There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous." - Acts 24:15
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What Will Happen When I Die?
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20121101/what-happens-when-you-die/
Death—Is It Really the End?
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g200809/death-is-it-the-end/
What Hope Is There for the Dead?
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/good-news-from-god/what-hope-for-the-dead/
