Tuesday, April 20, 2010

What happens after death?

The parable of Lazarus and the rich man gives us an indication of what happens after death. (Luke 16:19-31) Immediate separation takes place between the children of God and those who would not serve Him.

Final judgment will take place in the end: "And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelations 20:12-15

Spiritual bodies are resurrected for judgment, not physical bodies. "They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies." 1 Corinthians 15:44

2 comments:

  1. When babies die. People say if Jesus loves us why does He let innocent babies die? They have no psychological illness ore demons in them when they are babies - what is your answer
    to this? Does God have a plan for babies that
    dies when they are innocent and did not committ
    any sin?. If also a psychological illness comes
    from an accident we would say that the person
    has been doing bad things and thus suffers from
    demons that. We would say that the person has
    been in accident and their does not work so
    well and the psychologcial illness result from that accident. The person would not be possessed by demons in the sense of doing
    wrong things, but suffers that illness due to
    accident injury. I do nt feek Jesus would
    say a person in such a state is possessed of
    Demons, but the Lord would have a compassionate
    understanding looking at the accident to be unfortunate and can heal the person with the
    love of Christ. If person suffers accident
    the person can get cured from Jesus but the fears are not from demons but from a injury to the body.

    Can you reply to this please?

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  2. Babies do not have sin. Jesus said: To such belong the kingdom of heaven. We are only responsible and accountable for sins we willingly committed. Thus a person who is mentally deficient for whatever reason is not responsible for his deeds.
    People who are possessed by demons have often invited those demons into them through sins that they committed or they opened the door for the devil through their own actions, drug abuse, TV games, pornography etc.
    God tests the heart and will give to every man according to their deeds resulting from what was in their hearts.
    May Jesus bless you.

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