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AFTER DEATH WHAT THEN. JAMES 4:13-15 - TEXT. AFTER DEATH WHAT THEN. JAMES 2:26 - DEATH DEFINED ECCL. 12:7 – SPIRIT DOES NOT DIE WITH PHYSICAL BODY PHIL. 1:21-24 – STATEMENT OF PAUL. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH?. 4 WORDS TRANSLATED HELL IN KJV
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AFTER DEATH WHAT THEN JAMES 4:13-15 - TEXT
AFTER DEATH WHAT THEN • JAMES 2:26 - DEATH DEFINED • ECCL. 12:7 – SPIRIT DOES NOT DIE WITH PHYSICAL BODY • PHIL. 1:21-24 – STATEMENT OF PAUL
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH? • 4 WORDS TRANSLATED HELL IN KJV • Sheol – Hebrew word for Hades – often meant the grave but also has reference to a spiritual realm • Hades – Greek word that represents the same concept as the Hebrew word sheol. The place of disembodied spirits • Tartarus – Greek word for compartment of Hades known as torment • Gehenna – hell, lake of fire place of eternal punishment
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH? • OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING – REFERS TO GRAVE BUT NOT ALWAYS • 2 SAM.12:19-23 – EXAMPLE OF DAVID STATING HE WANTED TO GO TO HIS CHILD • WHERE DID HE WANT TO GO?
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH? • NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING – IN THE ACCOUNTS OF THE D-B-R OF CHRIST • MATT. 27:5 – HIS SPIRIT DID NOT DIE • LUKE 23:46 – WHERE DID IT GO? • LUKE 23:43 – PARADISE – WHERE IS PARADISE? • ACTS 2:31 – HADES • REV. 1:18 – CHRIST HAS THE KEYS OF HADES AND DEATH
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH? • NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING – IN THE STORY OF LAZARUS • LUKE 16:19-31 – PICTURE OF TWO MEN IN HADES • LUKE 16:22 – BOTH DIED • LUKE 16:23 – RICH MAN WAS TORMENTED IN HADES WHILE LAZARUS WAS COMFORTED
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH? • NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING – IN THE STORY OF LAZARUS - CONCLUSIONS • LUKE 16:26 - HADES HAS TWO COMPARTMENTS WHICH ARE SEPARATED. THE PLACE OF COMFORT IS SEPARATED FROM THE PLACE OF TORMENT. THERE IS A GREAT GULF FIXED THAT SEPERATES THE TWO – SO ONE CANNOT CROSS FROM ONE TO THE OTHER • 2 PET. 2:4 – TARTARUS IS THE BIBLE NAME FOR THE PLACE OF TORMENT
AFTER DEATH WHAT THEN • JUDGMENT • HEB. 9:27 – DEATH THEN JUDGMENT - BUT AT WHAT POINT? • MATT. 13:38-42 – END OF THE WORLD • JN. 5:28-29 – RESURRECTION OF ALL THE DEAD • JN. 12:48 – BY WHAT STANDARD? • MATT. 16:27 – HOW WILL WE BE JUDGED? • MATT. 25:31-34 - CONSIGNED TO HEAVEN OR HELL AS FINAL REWARD
CONCLUSION • WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE OUR ETERNAL DESTINY WHILE WE ARE LIVING • AFTER DEATH MY ETERNAL DESTINY IS SEALED AND CANNOT BE CHANGED • CHOOSE TO SUBMIT TO GOD TODAY!!!