Eternity
to Ponder
Week of 3-7-2010
by Dr. Dennis Prutow
Death
does not end human existence. We are creatures with bodies and
immortal souls. Animals are not like us. They have bodies but do
not have eternal souls. Angels are beings that do not have
bodies. They are pure spirits. Humans are beings that have
both bodies and everlasting souls.
Death is separation of body and soul. Rachel died during childbirth.
“It came about as her soul was departing (for she
died)....” (Genesis 35:18). In like manner, Jesus Christ
also died on the cross. “Jesus, crying out with a loud voice,
said, ‘Father, Into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ Having
said this, He breathed His last” (Luke 23:46).
What happens to the soul after death, after separation from the
body? The souls of believers, like that of Jesus, pass
immediately into glory. To be “absent from the body” is to
be “at home with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).
On the other hand, there is the alternative. Jesus spoke of a rich man
who died and was buried. “In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being
in torment” (Luke 16:23).
One of the most popular verses in the Bible gives us the lay of this
eternal landscape. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but
have eternal life” (John 3:16).
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