The Bible does not tell that at death, a person goes to Heaven or Hell

So, to begin a conversation about death, it must first be clear as to where we came from, and how we got here in the first place! Genesis 2:7 says, "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. "All on that Biblical 6th day of creation, we are told that God created man Himself, from the dust of the ground in the beginning. Now keep that thought in your mind, and remember that God made us from the dirt of the ground, because we come back to it! Ecclesiastes 12:7,"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. " Read the context of Ecclesiastes 12, and you will see that it is most certainly talking about death. The body turns to dust again, and the spirit goes back to God, who gave it. The spirit of every person who dies--whether righteous or wicked--returns to God at death. And what is the spirit? James 2:26,"The body without the spirit [breath, in some translations] is dead. ." and Job 27:3, "All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils"This spirit that the Scripture tells us about, is the breath of life. Nowhere in all of God's book does the "spirit" have any life, wisdom, or feeling after a person dies. It is the "breath of life" and nothing more. So, Genesis 2:7 tells us we were formed from dirt and given the breath of life, and from there, ". .man became a living soul. " (as stated in Genesis 2:7 above. ) But what is a soul? Genesis 2:7 tells us the a soul is a living being! A soul is always a combination of the two things: body plus breath. A soul cannot exist unless body and breath are combined. God's Word teaches that we are souls. So then, if souls are living, do they ever die? Ezekiel 18:20. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. .. "and Revelation 16:3,". .. Every living soul died in the sea. "According to God's Word, souls do die! We are souls, and souls die. Man is mortal (Job 4:17). Only God is immortal (1 Timothy 6:15, 16). The concept of an undying, immortal soul goes against the Bible, which teaches that souls are subject to death. But do good people go to Heaven when they die? John 5:28-29,". .. All that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth. "and Acts 2:29-34,"David . .. is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. " "For David is not ascended into the heavens. "also Job 17:13,"If I wait, the grave is mine house. .. "Scripture tells us, that no, people do not go either to heaven or hell at death. They go to their graves to await the resurrection day! And how much does someone know or comprehend after death? Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, 10, "The living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. " "There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. "Psalms 115:11,"The dead praise not the Lord. .. "God says that the dead know nothing at all! Some might even use the evidence of "ghosts" to claim that the dead still live, and talk, and are aware of what we are doing. Let's look at Job 14:12, 21 first. "So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. " "His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. "So despite popular belief, the dead cannot contact the living, nor do they know what the living are doing. They are dead. Their thoughts have perished (Psalms 146:4). The Bible says clearly and blatantly that the dead are dead, they know nothing, and they lie in the grave "asleep", waiting for Christ's second return. They are not in Heaven, or Hell, or Purgatory, or any such Limbo. I encourage each of the readers of this debate, to go and read John 11:11-14 right now. This is the brief conversation Jesus has with his disciple regarding Lazarus' death, in which Jesus speaks of death as sleep. Job 14:12,"So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more. "and 2 Peter 3:10,"The day of the Lord will come . .. in the which the heavens shall pass away. "The dead will sleep until the great day of the Lord at the end of the world. In death, humans are totally unconscious with no activity or knowledge of any kind.1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. "This verse from 1 Thessalonians tells us exactly what happens to the "sleeping" dead at Christ's second return. The dead in Christ shall rise first! If the dead in Christ were already in Heaven, then why would the Scripture tell us that they are going to rise up? There would be no purpose in a resurrection if people were taken to heaven at death!