Where did Jesus go when He died?
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Where did Jesus go when He died?
 Ultimately, when Jesus died, He went to Heaven to join His Heavenly Father-and also to prepare a place for His followers, for those who knew Him (and for those would wold know Him in future generations), for all who have received Him into their heart.

Jesus said, "I am going to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also. Where I go, you know, and you know the way."

Jesus also told His disciples the way to Heaven. He said that He was the way:

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him."

Some people believe that prior to ascending to Heaven, Jesus first descended into Hell as part of His taking on the sins of mankind. But this is a controversial belief since its biblical support is minimal if there at all. (Those who adhere to this doctrine often use the New Testament Scriptures in Ephesians 4:8-10 which say that Jesus, "had descended into the lower parts of the earth.")

What we do know is that Jesus had descended from Heaven to come to earth as a man. John`s Gospel, chapter 6, verse 38, records Jesus` words:  "For I descend from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me."

Read more on this in John`s biography of Jesus here.




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