IS THERE AN AFTERLIFE? A logical approach.



      SECURITY IN THE AFTER LIFE
Luke 16:22 "And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;"
LUKE 16:19-31
          There is life after death as portrayed in this narrative by Jesus Christ of a real event .  If today is yesterday’s future then it means tomorrow is today’s future and so on it goes through eternity. It is the activities within a time frame that defines the period of an event for example; a wedding anniversary date is defined by the wedding that took place on that date. Therefore, it follows that for every existing time there must be an event, even eternity. Based on this logic, there must be an afterlife since time has no end or else there won’t be eternity.   
    There is no transition period or dimension where souls are kept frozen for a futuristic resurrection of our bodies. From the above scripture we immediately go into a conscious eternity, Heb 9:27” And just as it is destined that men die only once, and after that comes judgment”,TLB. There is no middle ground in divine justice, no“soul sleep", "limbo" or "purgatory" and there is no second chance , there are only two destinations possible after death. We either go to a place of torment for the wicked or a place of joyful bliss for the righteous 
        Heaven and hell are two dimensions of the Holy Spirit just as there is the waste bin and the useful home page on an email on the internet. Hell is like the waste bin , a place of intense pain with no end. The human soul is a mirror image of our bodies and can feel pain and experience joy.  The rich man's body was in the grave and yet this scripture speaks of him lifting up his eyes and seeing Lazarus in Abraham's bosom. Your soul is like your mirror image but alive. We would be able to recognize people who did not make heaven and vice versa  .Part of this man's torment was from the flames. The thought of his loved ones' lives on earth and their eternal destiny increased his misery  and seeing Lazarus and Abraham in a place of bliss and comfort further reinforced how hopeless and helpless his situation was .
         Hell is a place of physical, emotional and intellectual torment , imagine all the pain  , heartbreak, depression ,shock , disappointment and  fear that a person can ever experience all rolled in to one . The greatest gift one could ever give to a person is the gift of salvation that comes through  the gospel  of Jesus  and the greatest reward is that of being used to save a soul from hell . As you read this now receive boldness to declare the gospel with all passion with signs and wonders following in Jesus name.

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