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What Happens When We Die?. Three Things Are Clear. 1. Our souls are eternal. Genesis 2:7 “ . . . and man became a living soul.” . Three Things Are Clear. 2. Our souls are freed from our earthly bodies when we die. James 2:26 “. . . the body without the spirit is dead.”.
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Three Things Are Clear 1. Our souls are eternal. Genesis 2:7 “ . . . and man became a living soul.”
Three Things Are Clear 2. Our souls are freed from our earthly bodies when we die. James 2:26 “. . . the body without the spirit is dead.”
Three Things Are Clear 3. Christians will be given new bodies at the resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:49 “Just as we have borne the image of the earthly, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.”
Let’s Take a Closer Look Acts 2:31 “He (David) looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh suffer decay.”
Let’s Take a Closer Look Luke 16:19-26
What is Hades? The Greek Name for The Dwelling Place of the Dead
There is a place where the dead reside while the living are still on earth.
What Do We Know About It? Can be Paradise Jesus to thief: “Today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). Beggar “in Abraham’s bosom”
Are Christians whohave died “sleeping”? 2 Thessalonians 4 Paul refers to dead Christians as being asleep.
A Euphemism Referring to the appearance of the body Lazarus – Jesus said he was both “asleep” and “dead.” (John 11)
What About the Wicked? The Rich Man was in Torment (Luke 16)
Does Purgatory Really Exist? A Place Where Souls Are Purified
The Bible OffersNo Second Chances. “It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment.” Hebrews 9:27
Christians Have No NeedFor Purification. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
Hades Ends at the Day of the Lord. Revelation 20:11-15 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10
What Happensat the Resurrection? New Imperishable Bodies (1 Corinthians 15) Eternity with Christ (2 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
Unbelievers “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels’ . . . These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:41, 46)
Our Most Important Decision The Consequences Are Eternal!