Afterlife : An Enigma

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Christian believe that what happens after death depends on a single choice that you make during your life.

You can make that choice right up to the end, just before your last breath. But once you die, you can't undo your decision. Reincarnation doesn't occur. You don't come back and get to do it over. You don't get a second chance.

They say If you choose to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that he died on the cross to save you from the consequences of your sin, you receive eternal life and go to heaven to be with Him forever in fellowship, light, joy and truth. God raised Jesus from the dead-and if you believe in Him, He will raise you too.

But if you choose not to believe, you go to hell. You are condemned to loneliness, separation, never-ending regret, and fire.

Heaven or hell. Life or death. Jesus or destruction.

If you have chosen Jesus, your spirit leaves your body when you die and goes to heaven. You're absent from the body but present with the Lord.

On the Day of Judgment, God doesn't roll out all your sins and berate you and cast you away. Jesus already suffered the judgment and punishment for your sins. God sees you as cleansed by His Son's blood. You're forgiven. It's God's gift of grace, not earned by any good works that you have done on earth. Your name is written in the book of life.

You won't be judged, but you'll be evaluated for your Christian life-for your faithfulness and the things you've done that have eternal value, not for your material success on earth. You'll receive rewards of some kind for the work you allowed Jesus to do through you. But nothing will compare to the joy of being with God in the inexpressibly beautiful new heavens and earth.

You also will receive a new body. Just as Jesus was resurrected, so you'll be given a resurrection body.

When Jesus rose from the dead, He was the same and yet different. His body functioned outside the limits of space. He was able to appear in a room without entering it, and yet he ate and shared fellowship with His disciples. His hands and feet bore the holes of the nails of the cross, but He was alive and not in agony. You'll receive a resurrection body that is suited for heaven!

But if you've rejected Jesus, if you've refused to accept Him as your Lord and Savior, you'll stand before God's great white throne and be condemned. You will be rejected as you rejected Christ. It will make no difference that you now realize your mistake. You'll passionately desire to be with God, but you never will be. The book of Revelation says that anyone whose name is not written in the book of life will be "thrown into the lake of fire."

Heaven or hell. Life or death. Jesus or eternal destruction. You have a choice but no second chance once you die.