What happens five minutes after death? Death is the separation of the body from the soul and spirit.  Various terms such as the intermediate state, Sheol, Hades, Paradise, Tartarus, Gehenna, and the lake of fire, are used to describe the intermediate state after death.

Verses: Luke 16:19-31, Acts 2:27, Psalm 16:10, Numbers 16:33, Matthew 12:40, Mark 9:43-47, Ephesians 4:9-10, Philippians 9-10, Luke 23:43b, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Ephesians 4:8, 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, 2 Peter 2:4, Jude 6, Revelation 20:13-15.