What Happens To The Soul When It Leaves Its Body?

In June 2023, my grandson and nephew passed away just 5 days apart. Nico, 24, passed on due to high creatinine level; Ohnnel, 30, met his end due to brain aneurysm. Too young, gone too soon. Can you just imagine what our families went through. They will all be missed. For their families, especially their mothers, it is difficult to fathom their anguish and sorrow.

I share these thoughts with them, hoping in a little way, could lift their spirits.

When A Soul Leaves Its Body

What happens when a soul leaves its body? When a soul leaves the body, it goes back to its true self — immortal, cheerful, loving unconditionally and with wisdom beyond the physical mind. As spirits, they mingle with angels and other heavenly spirits. They even know how they were created and how the Eternal Father created the universe. They have met God even before they entered their physical bodies. They know how God looks like. They have seen His Glorious Face.

Indeed, you can just imagine how excited for a soul to be with the Eternal Father once again after many years of being away from Him. Likewise, who could be more excited to see His children back but the Eternal Father himself.

In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, we are all the prodigal children who live here on Earth. No one could be happier to see and embrace us once again but the Eternal Father himself, Adonai.

That being said, why do we have to pray for the souls of our departed loved ones?

We pray to celebrate our dearly departed’s homecoming to the Eternal Father. We pray for ourselves so that we do not lose hope for someone’s passing; so that we can move on.

Spirits are higher beings, higher than human’s consciousness. So, in a way, they are the ones who can genuinely and sincerely pray for us — limitless, eternally, unconditionally.