If A Man Die

[Michael The Disciple]

Part 1

The Patriarch Job gaves us teaching on what happens at death.

14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? Job 14:10

That is the question men want answered. When a man dies where is he?

14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, (Sheol) that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! Job 14:12-13

Job gives the answer of course inspired by the Holy Ghost for our benefit. He says the man that dies lies down and sleeps in Sheol. Job teaches that Sheol is a place where the dead sleep.

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. Job 14:14-15

Note when Job speaks about his death he uses the words "I" and "me". He never thought in terms this was just concerning his body but rather HIMSELF.

He never asks "Where will a mans BODY be". He asks if A MAN die where will HE be.

So we see he says that men lie down and sleep (metaphor for death) until their change comes.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. Job 30:23

It is appointed for men to die. He knew there was a house waiting there in Sheol for all the dead.

Note the imagery concerning where he believed HE HIMSELF would be going at death.

17:13 If I wait, the grave (Sheol) is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit (Sheol), when our rest together is in the dust. Job 17:13-16

Job taught that when a man is in Sheol he makes his bed in darkness. Obviously the bed is not literal but what does a man do with a bed? HE SLEEPS.

Job is instructing us about what happens when a man dies. He sleeps in Sheol, the grave. They go to the bars of the pit which is again also Sheol. So keep in mind that Jesus said the gates of Sheol/Hades would not prevail against the Church!