Do saved people, after they go to heaven, know what is going on down here on earth?<\/p>\n\t
Those who have died are no longer involved in the activities on earth. “For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.\u00a0<\/em>Also, their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; nevermore will they have a share in anything done under the sun<\/em>” (Ecclesiastes 9:5-6).\u00a0The implication is that the dead do not know what happens on earth after their death.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Do saved people, after they go to heaven, know what is going on down here on earth? Answer: Those who have died are no longer involved in the activities on earth. “For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[109],"class_list":["post-10465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-death"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24427,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-the-dead-cannot-come-back-to-earth-then-how-did-jesus-raise-the-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":10465,"position":0},"title":"If the dead cannot come back to earth, then how did Jesus raise the dead?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: If Jesus said that dead people cannot come back to earth, how did He raise Lazarus and some other people? Answer: \"So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep\" (Job 14:12). \"And as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31658,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-there-ghost-amongst-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":10465,"position":1},"title":"Are There “Ghost Amongst Us”?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jack Wise Jr. \u00a0 Many believe the spirits of dead people walk on the earth. Many \"psychics\" claim they can speak to the dead. Is it true? Do the spirits of the deceased rise from the grave and walk amongst us? 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