After watching videos of that Bill Weise guy who went to hell and some videos other Christian pastors I have been very curious, and a little paranoid, about afterlife.
Are people in heaven and/or hell yet?
Do people not go to heaven or hell until the Rapture?
Is the fire and brimstone really physical?
I mean for communion when you drink Jesus' "blood" and eat his "flesh", the wine (or grapejuice) represents his blood and the bread represents his flesh, so why can't the lake of fire also be symbolical?
When you die do you just go straight to heaven or hell or do you go to some judgement place where the book of life is first?
Is hell really inside the earth, how can a spiritual realm be inside a physical planet, it makes no sense?!
Also god plans on destroying earth,so if he destroys it wouldn't hell also be destroyed if it is inside Earth.
Is hell in a seperate realm or in a distant place in the universe?
I have more questions but not enough space! Thanks in advance!
2007-10-25 03:45:48 · 5 answers · asked by theninjaslayer 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
my view is
ill be in heaven with Jesus eternally joyful
no pain
no sorrow
Saved by the Blood of the Lamb
2007-10-25 03:48:45 · answer #1 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all...there are some major misindoctrinations that have stemmed from the Roman Catholic Church. Let me clairify for you...though you would benefit from studying the Bible yourself..Let me start you on your journey...
1. Immediate dispensation ~ Everybuddy is dead. Cept for a few choice peeps...everybuddy who is dead..is dead. We don't each have our own immortal soul. Its not biblical. We are physical beings created from the earth and given the Breath of life..once thats over...we are over too...except in the mind of God who will call us back into being on that last day to face judgement.
2. Communion...or the "last supper" or "lords supper" is all symbolic...wine - blood, bread - scripture or blood - atonement and scripture means the Law. These are the keys to the Kingdom of God. Let me lays some serious symbology out for you and you might be able to make more sense...
Field - the entire bible
Wine - blood
Water - cleansing
Light - knowledge
bread - scripture
Word - the power of the Holy Spirit
oil - anointing of the Holy Spirit
tree - the mind
branches - people
hell - sheol, the grave, literally to be covered over or forgotten, outer darkness, to be non-exsistant.
heaven - all that bluish black space type stuff
Lake of Fire - earth in its distruction phase.
So yes, the world will be destroyed along with all those who don't belong to Him. However, all will be raised to life again..some for the second death.
Revelation 2:11
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Revelation 20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
However, as death and the grave (hell, sheol, hades) will also be thrown into the lake of fire...hell cannot be the lake of fire can it? No it will be destroyed cuz the true meaning of the word has been bastardized as well by the Catholic Church to take on a whole new meaning which states that peeps will burn eternally in a lake of fire and be tortured forever. Not true and not Biblically supported. As a matter of fact...scripture predicts that this belief will be taught...
Isaiah 28:15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Isaiah 28:18
And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Our promise and hope is in the resurrection to an eternal life with Christ in a new earth and a new heaven. When you die...you aren't waiting around for something to happen..there is no consciousness...its one instant to the other...time has ceased until you hear your name called again. So be cool. Its all good...sorta like taking a big long nap...a dirt nap...LOL...I have more on all this if you would like. Just email me..Love in Christ, ~J~
2007-10-25 11:16:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian, but not all Christians think the same. I think there are three heavens. We must all pass through the first two in an afterlife that could be hellish depending on the karma we earn in a previous life. The first heaven is where our emotional astral body will go upon our physical death.. When it dies there, the intellectual astral body will take over and proceed to the second heaven where it cannot avoid dying too and proceeding to the real Heaven to join God clothed with the causal body.
2007-10-25 11:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question of what happens after death can be confusing. The Bible is not explicitly clear on when a person will reach their final eternal destiny. The Bible tells us that after the moment of death, a person is taken to Heaven or Hell based on whether he or she had received Christ as his or her Savior. For believers, after death is to be "away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:6-8; Philippians 1:23). For unbelievers, after death means everlasting punishment in Hell (Luke 16:22-23).
This is where it can get confusing as to what happens after death. Revelation 20:11-15 describes all those in Hell being cast into the lake of fire. Revelation chapters 21-22 describe a New Heaven and New Earth. Therefore, it seems that until the final resurrection, after death a person resides in a “temporary” Heaven and Hell. A person's eternal destiny will not change, but the precise "location" of a person's eternal destiny will change. At some point after death, believers will be sent to the New Heavens and New Earth (Revelation 21:1). At some point after death, unbelievers will be thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15). These are the final, eternal destinations of all people - based entirely on whether a person had trusted Jesus Christ alone for the salvation of their sins.
Recommended Resource: What the Bible Says about Heaven & Eternity by Ice & Demy.
2007-10-25 10:54:04 · answer #4 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christian view pf afterlife as they say is that heaven is for them only
and hell is for rest of the world humans.
As a Muslim I say heaven is those who believe in the God and are righteous people regardless of which religion they belong to and repent to God for forgiveness whey they happen to commit a sin.
I know and say to you all
that Muslims will also go the heall who commit measure sins like murder, rape, and exploiting poor people, being cruel to women, children and animals who can not defend themselves and God has given them under their control as trust. When they violate the trust of God they deserve to be thrown in hell fire. Because that is how God test all humans.
2007-10-25 10:56:19 · answer #5 · answered by majeed3245 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋