What Happens After Death?

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Earthly Existence

Formed out of the dust of the ground Given an eternal spirit after God's likeness Man normally lives to about seventy or eighty Man dies and his body returns to the dust Man needs to understand the purpose of his existence

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HADES

Abraham's Bosom Place of Comfort Paradise

Great Gulf Fixed

Place of Torment Kept Under Punishment Spirits in Prison

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When One Dies Present With Christ

"May be with Me where I am" "Depart and be with Christ" "Absent from the body and to be present with the Lord" "Before the throne...the Lamb will shepherd them" "They lived and reigned with Christ"

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Second Coming

Spirits of the righteous dead brought with Him Resurrection of the dead The righteous who are alive caught up to meet the Lord The wicked who are alive receive eternal punishment The earth totally destroyed

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The Judgment

One great judgment for all A revelation of the righteous judgment of God God will bring every work into judgement God will convict the ungodly God will reward the righteous

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FINAL ABODES

Heaven (A Place of Eternal Bliss)

Hell (A Place of Eternal Punishment)