![]() ![]() The Book of Ecclesiastes also says the dead have no knowledge. Though this could refer to his present earthly knowledge, it may also apply to him in the afterlife. ![]() If his sons are honored, he does not know it if they are brought low, he does not see it ( Job 14:21). Job said that the father, who had died, did not know whether his sons were rich or poor. Many, however, feel the Scripture does not either teach, or imply, that the dead know what the living are doing. These passages are thought to teach that dead can see the living or at least know what they are doing. Rejoice over her, O heaven! Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treated you ( Revelation 18:20). They also rejoice at the fall of Babylon. For the accuser of our comrades, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down ( Revelation 12:10). Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. Those in heaven were conscious that Satan was being defeated. They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed ( Revelation 6:10, 11). The Bible says that the martyrs in heaven knew what was happening on the earth. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God ( Hebrews 12:1, 2). The writer to the Hebrews says that the living are surrounded by witnesses. Scripture says that the rich man could see Lazarus in the unseen world.Īnd being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom ( Luke 16:23). Do people who have died have any idea of what the living are doing? Are they aware of our victories and our defeats? The biblical arguments for this are as follows.
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