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The soul after death
When a person dies, the soul will leave the body and return to the One who gave it.
The soul will immediately praise the glory of the Most High God.

Now for the people who had no use for the ways of the Most High God and hated those who worshipped Him,
thier souls wander in torment, grief and sorrow forever.
They will go through the SEVEN STAGES OF TORMENT
1st: they will ignore the Law of God Most High
2nd: they will no longer make sincere repentance and obtain life
3rd: they will see the reward stored up for those who put thier faith in the covenants of God Most High and those who have accepted Jesus as LORD
4th: they will think about the torment stored up for them in the last days
5th: they will see angels guarding the homes of other souls in complete silence
6th: they will recognise that they must soon be tormented
7th: ( this is the worst of all) when they see the glory of God Most High, they are sick with remorse and shame. They will cringe in fear, because while they were alive they didn't repent and sinned against the Most High God.
Then on Judgement Day they will be judged by Him on the last day.

Now for those who worshipped and followed the ways of the Most High God, when it comes for them to
leave thier mortal bodies. They lived on earth, through constant difficulty and danger they served the LORD and carefully kept the Law given by the Lawgiver.
Their soul will go though the SEVEN STAGES OF JOY
1st: they have struggled hard and won victory through Jesus Christ over the evil impluse which was formed in them.
2nd: they will see the endless wandering of wicked souls and the punishment that is waiting for them
3rd: they will know what a good report thier Maker has given them, during thier life on earth
4th: they will appreciate the rest that they will enjoy in the place where they have been brought together
5th: they will rejoice that they have escaped the corrupted world and will receive their future life as possession. They can see both the norrow, troubled world they have been freed from and the spacious world they will receive and enjoy for ever.
6th: they will be shown how their faces will shine like the sun and how they are to be like the light of stars that never die
7th: ( the best of all) they will rush to meet God face to face, with perfect trust and happiness, without fear or shame.
They have served Him during their lifetime and now they will receive from Him their reward and glory.

Referenced from 2 Esdras 7: 78-99