Yes. You are no longer among the living. Why is it that you assume death is the end?

"“Am I really dead?” Mirror Grant almost smiled. “You keep asking this, but the answer has not changed. Yes. You are most decidedly no longer among the living.” “But I can’t be dead . . . I’m not finished! I have to ... —” Grant’s rising feelings of desperation had just reached a new peak when the other man held up a hand to cut him off, a curious expression on his face. “Why is it, Grant Borrows, that you assume death is the end?”"

          from "Merciless (Dominion Trilogy Book #3)" by Robin Parrish

No - this is not about Zombie Apocalypse.
But if that's what you were looking for, stick around.  
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When we die -

• some of us may very well expect a zombie kind of life.
• others will be shocked when they see the light at the end of their life.
  They expect nothing - oblivion.  
  Actually - they don't expect to see or feel anything,
  because this group is the poster child for the "death is the end" crowd.
• others may expect that the light at the end of their life is the fires of Hell.
  Sorry to disappoint, but that's not Biblical.
  No one will see the fires of Hell at the end of this life.
  At least - not right away.
• the rest of us - we expect to see God at the end of our life.
  So we see the light in that image as being the Light of God.

Surprise!

You may be surprised at something I said above -
about those expecting that light to be the fires of Hell.

That light at the end of the tunnel - at the end of our life -
for all of us -
will be the Light of God.

Some will look at what I just wrote and think -

• No way!  Not me.
  or
• Yes! I knew everyone was going to Heaven!
  or
• I knew I would be in Heaven, but everyone?  Even (fill in the name of the person you least expect to be there)?
  or
• Huh?

Sorry again - all of those responses are wrong.

I'm going to do something here that I wouldn't normally do.  I'm going to take verses out of context - because I think that's the best way to address what many of us think about God and Heaven.  I'll go back afterwards and put them in context - as well as explain the problems with what many of us think.

Since many people only go to church on Christmas (or Easter), these verses are pretty well known -

good news of great joy that will be for all the people

Yeah - of course we remember that one.
And if we've ever heard it and aren't totally turned off towards God already, we may be relying on it to get us to Heaven.
We even remember that one for our family, loved ones, and friends that don't believe in God - thinking it will save them, no matter what.

And then there's this one - with no context at all -

“ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me; ' "

Every knee will bow.

This puts to rest the thought that maybe someone might be going straight to Hell.
Without commenting further about final destinations (at this time) this verse means there is - at a minimum - a side trip to kneel before God.
Some may look at this as an opportunity to believe in Him and be saved - after having already died.
We'll see about that later.