Bible Facts about Life, Death, the Resurrection, Judgment & Eternity Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14 1

 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.  14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. 2 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

Introduction  The Gospel of Jesus Christ consists of  FACTS to be believe  COMMANDS to be obeyed  PROMISES to be received  In this lesson we will consider a number of Bible FACTS concerning:  Life  Death  The Resurrection  The Judgment  Eternity 3 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

“FACT” Defined  1. something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.  2. something known to exist or to have happened: Space travel is now a fact.  3. a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true: Scientists gather facts about plant growth.  4. something said to be true or supposed to have happened: The facts given by the witness are highly questionable.  5. Law…Often, facts. an actual or alleged event or circumstance, as distinguished from its legal effect or consequence.  Dictionary.com 4 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord 5 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

Life - Body, Soul & Spirit  Man is a multi-fold being and consists of body, soul and spirit And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ  1 Thessalonians 5:23 6 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

Events at Death  Death occurs when the spirit leaves the body For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also  James 2:25 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it  Ecclesiastes 12:7 7 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

Between Death & The Last Day  Soul goes to the hadean realm - a place of departed spirits  Righteous in “paradise” or “Abraham’s bosom”  Luke 16:18, 25; 23:43  Unrighteous in “torments” - “Hell” or “Hades”  Luke 16:23  Separated by the “great gulf fixed”  Luke 16:26 8 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

We Choose Life or Death While Living  While living on earth we choose whether we will serve Jesus and be saved, or go our own way and die without Christ  Joshua 24:15  Matthew 11:28  If we die without Christ, we will be eternally lost  Matthew 25:46 9 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

God Has Appointed Christ’s Return  At God’s appointed day, Christ will return with his holy angels And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels…  2 Thessalonians 1:7  The dead in Christ will be raised  1 Thessalonians 4: Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

The Resurrection  Will include all who have lived and died  All will who have died will come forth 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation  John 5: Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

The Resurrected Body  The resurrected body to be alive; the spirit must be reunited with it For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also  James 2:26  Christ will bring the sprits of the saved with Him  1 Thessalonians 4:14  The bodies of the lost will be alive, thus reunited with their spirits but in eternal fire  James 2:26  Mark 9: Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

The Natural & Spiritual Body  At the resurrection, God will give a new body to the raised  While living we are in the “natural body”  When raised, we will have a “spiritual body” It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body  1 Corinthians 15:44 13 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

The“Mortal” puts on “Immortality”  Our fleshly body cannot enter heaven  Decaying & temporal  “Corruption” cannot inherit “Incorruption” 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption…. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory  1 Corinthians 15:50, Bible Facts about Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

The Living at the Lord’s Return  The living at the Lord’s returned will be changed in the twinkling of an eye In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed  1 Corinthians 15:52  We will be given a body of God’s choosing But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body  1 Corinthians 15:38 15 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

The Resurrected Body is Eternal  The resurrection body will live forever  Either with God in heaven  Or separated from God in everlasting punishment 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body  I Cor. 15:35,  John 5:28-29  Matthew 25:46; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 16 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

Spirits in Hades Given a New Body  When Christ returns all of the departed spirits now abiding in the realm of Hades will be reunited with their new, resurrected bodies.  Hades, will be emptied, then destroyed And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death  Rev. 20:14 17 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

All Faithful Will Meet Christ in the Air  The transformed living and the resurrected who are faithful will be caught up together to meet Christ in the air Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord  1 Thessalonians 4:17 18 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

All Will Stand Before Christ the Judge  All who ever lived on earth will stand before Christ to receive either their reward or penalty for the things done in this present life For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad  2 Corinthians 5:10 19 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

Eternal Destiny is Sealed at Death  Our destiny is sealed at our death, based on our personal choices in this life. This judgment will be to hear from Christ our reward for our earthly choices  This judgment is unlike the earthly courts of men For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad  2 Corinthians 5:10 20 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

In Heaven or Hell Eternally  The righteous will live forever in heaven, in blissful joy with the Father and His Son.  The lost will forever be separated from God and the saved in hell, a place of unending punishment 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world… 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels… 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal  Matthew 25:34, 41, Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

The World Will be Destroyed by Fire  The created world and all things in which we have lived this life will be destroyed by fire But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up  2 Peter 3:10  This will be the TRUE “global warming”! 22 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

A New Heaven & A New Earth  All that will be left will be the new heavens and earth wherein dwelleth righteousness Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness  2 Peter 3:13 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea  Revelation 21:1 23 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

Conclusion  These Facts Are Sure and True and Settled in Heaven!  Remember the words of Paul… 1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began  Titus 1:1, 2 24 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity

These FACTS are Forever Established 25 “For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven” - Psalms 119:89 Bible Facts About Death, the Resurrection, the Judgment & Eternity