Acts 2

“Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day... For David did not ascend into the heavens." vv.29,34

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David was pretty legit dude, godly man, one of the most well known men of the Old Testament and highly praised even in the New Testament as well.  We see in these verse that David died and "is dead" a present truth and that he didn't go to heaven.  So I have to ask myself if David, this highly anointed by God Himself man, didn't go to heaven when he died what makes me think I am?  We know from other scriptures that David will be in God's kingdom so the question instead maybe is where did David go when he died and what happened when you die and when does one go to heaven?  We know that as believers today we will inherit the kingdom and be raised with Him in glory.  I'm not trying to promote or slip in an idea of purgatory at all but trying to understand what death means and what's next and what does scripture say over the tradition of most believers thinking all are in heaven once they die.  So how does this change your understanding?  Or how else could you interpret this passage?  Can you find a verse in  scripture that says we go to heaven when we die?