All believers arrive in Heaven at the same time. The thief next to Jesus who dies with Him was promised he'd be there "this day". So if you dies as a believer today, you'd arrive in heaven on the day you died, and say it was 2005. Someone arriving from 1713 would swear it was 1713.
As for nonbelievers, they don't have it so good. Jesus told about the rich man and Lazarus-- Lazurus a beggar waited in paradise, while the evil rich nonbeliever wasted away in torment.
If your Granma was a believer-- good for her. She's "sleeping" as Jesus would put it. She'll awake and be resurrected when jesus comes at the rapture, before the Tribulation. If she wasn't a believer in Jesus.... it's hard to put a good spin on it. I hope she was.
Wow, pardon the "dies" typos. I type way too fast.... I mean "died" times 2. ha ha I type with 2 fingers-- much to fast...
So, according to the Bible, I am right that when people say things like "Grandma is looking down on us now from a better place" (assuming she was born again), they are stating something that is incorrect? Saem with Tookie being in Hell as we speak?
The reward and punishment are deferred. (Of course, time has no meaning for the dead so they can't tell)
Actually, the Bible says absent from the body, present with the lord. If you die tomorrow, you will be in heaven tomorrow.
This "sleep" nonsense is a new invention in Christianity.