2. As I am now, so you will be. So prepare for death and follow me. – Indiana, USA tombstone To follow you I’m not content, until I know which way you went. – Added later by anonymous vandal

3. It’s not that I’m afraid to die. It’s just that I don’t want to be there when it happens. – Woody Allen

4. Anthropological evidence suggests that every culture has a God-given, innate sense of the eternal – that this world is not all there is. – Randy Alcorn

5.  Humanity expects an afterlife.

6. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11

7. It is destined that each person dies only once, and after that comes judgment. – The Apostle Paul

8.  Humanity expects an afterlife.  There is a day of judgement.

9. For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. Matthew 16:27

10.  Humanity expects an afterlife.  There is a day of judgement.  We are judged based on our actions in this life.

11. God “will give to each person according to what he has done.” 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. Romans 2:6-8

12. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10

13. Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. 1 Peter 1:17

14.  Humanity expects an afterlife.  There is a day of judgement.  We are judged based on our actions in this life.  In Christ we are assured of the verdict.

15. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. Romans 5:1-2

16. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:18

17. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25

18. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31

19. God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:11-13

20.  Humanity expects an afterlife.  There is a day of judgement.  We are judged based on our actions in this life.  In Christ we are assured of the verdict.  Without Christ, there is no assurance.

21. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. 1 Corinthians 4:5

22.  Humanity expects an afterlife.  There is a day of judgement.  We are judged based on our actions in this life.  In Christ we are assured of the verdict.  Without Christ, there is no assurance.  God is the judge, we don’t need to be.

23. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:20-21

24. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. Hebrews 9:27-28