[JohnnyM]

What happens if you commit a sin against God or man for that matter and die before you repent or ask forgiveness? What would be the status of your soul? Say King David died before he was able to repent of his sin with Bathsheba. What would have happened to him in the here after?

JM

[malakhi]

What happens if you commit a sin against God or man for that matter and die before you repent or ask forgiveness? What would be the status of your soul? Say King David died before he was able to repent of his sin with Bathsheba. What would have happened to him in the here after?

Unlike some forms of Christianity, Judaism does traditionally teach that repentance after death is possible. Those who die lacking in righteousness go to Gehinnom. Similar to the Catholic purgatory, it is a place of repentance and purification.