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How can we have eternal life and die? (I know some believe that when they die they go into the ground until Christ's return.)
~ Anonymous
This is an excerpt from the answer posted at Bullets & Butterflies.
Innumerable people have reported credible experiences of dying and leaving their bodies, briefly glimpsing the spiritual world, and then being revived. Among the common elements many people describe is visiting a place of inexplicable beauty and profound peace, where they meet angels and / or loved ones who have already died.
A few people report a place not of beauty and loved ones, but of great torment. Jesus likewise describes such a place when He tells of Lazarus and the rich man. (Unlike other stories Jesus told, this account in Luke 16:19-31 is not called a parable, and appears to be an actual event.)
For the condemned soul, the Bible mentions the following places of torment in spiritual realms ...
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What questions do you have about Christianity or the Bible? You're invited to leave them in the comments below (anonymous questions welcome), or email buildingHisbody [plus] @ gmail.com.
Next week: Pursue this world or the next?
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I have always had a question about what Genesis 6:2 is all about. Who were the sons of God see the daughters of men?
ReplyDeleteThanks for all you do Anne. It is appreciated.
Odie
Odie ~
ReplyDeleteYou ask a fascinating question. I'll add it to the list for a future post, and provide not only the various viewpoints of scholars, but my perspective on how it may relate to end times.