What Happens After Death?

What happens to human who die? Do they continue existing but in other form, perhaps as angels in the spirit realm? The Bible has this simple and clear answer: The Bible book of Ecclesiastes 9:5 says that, “The living is conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.” You can read in your Bible if you have. So at death humans cease to exist. The dead know, feel, and experience absolutely nothing.
Is their hope for the dead? Yes! The Bible shows that the hope for most humans who have died is to be resurrected. The vast majority of the dead are to be raised to life as human’s on a paradise earth. (Luke 23: 43 & John 5:28)
Consider to the contrast between dead humans and living angels. Whereas deceased humans “are conscious of nothing at all,” an angel has full consciousness, and personal will. They are free moral angels. The dead are described as “impotent,” or powerless, while angels are “mighty in power.” And humans are descendants of Adam die as a result of sin and imperfection, God-fearing angels are perfect, enjoying a fully approved standing before Jehovah God.
The idea that angels are the souls of deceased humans might make for imaginative movies, but the notion finds no support from the Bible. The Bible truth set forth above help us to avoid any misconception about the fate of our love ones who die. The Bible assures us that the faithful angels are separately created, powerful servants of God superior to humans and are always ready to do God’s will. God’s will includes using angels to watch over and assist those who sincerely respect Jehovah God and seek to serve him.