Agree or disagree this is just for you to think about.
No need to voice your negative disagreement i have read enough posts on that. Beyond all the science, research and history of everything we need not it to be complicated and arguments only bring disbelief and aggravation.
Here are some beliefs on life after death, what do you believe?
If a man dies will he live again? A relevant question as it concerns every man and woman.What happens after death? Will you be extinct or will you live on? Where will you or your soul be? Most people believe in some form of existence beyond the grave.History bears this out.
The ancient Egyptians held that life continued on a different plane after death.So their dead were mummified, they were given a papyrus scroll to understand the next world and stone implements to work there.In line with this belief, many of the great Pharaohs were buried with their queens, their servants and their treasures in pyramids.
The early Greeks maintained that the body was the prison-house of the soul.At death the soul is released,free to enter the life hereafter.
The orthodox Jews taught that the soul will go to a place for departed spirits in a shadowy realm of existence.
The Hindus and the Buddhists believe that the soul will be reincarnated on this earth till it attains Nirvana a state of perfect happiness and nothingness.A person goes through a cycle of rebirths, if he lives a good life, he will be reincarnated into a higher form of life on earth, if he is wicked he will be reborn into a lower form of existence.His goal is to enter the state of Nirvana trough meditation and good deeds.
The Christian belief.Jesus Christ has given new insights into the subject of death and eternity.On one occasion, at the demise of his friend Lazarus, he declared:"I am the Resurrection and the Life: he who believes in me will live (again) even when he dies, and no one who lives and believes in me will ever die (spiritually)." (John 11:25-26)
These significant words of Jesus point to the following:
1)This great declaration of Jesus proclaims that there us life after death.The Bible tells us that we are made to the image and likeness of God.That he formed man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into him the breath of life and man became a living soul.
Men and women are created by a wonderful god to live in peace and harmony on earth and subsequently in heaven.This is the purpose and plan for all mankind.
Life on this beautiful planet is a preparation for eternity.Our body is transformed at death into another realm of existence.We see an analogy of this in nature.For example the ugly caterpillar is mysteriously transformed into a colorful butterfly likewise our soul will continue in the hereafter.
St. Paul the great apostle said that "this corruptible body must on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality"
Yes, there is life after death.
2)This great declaration of Jesus assures us that there is victory over death.This is the Gospel, the good news,for all people who fear death.Most man and women are afraid to die because of two primary reasons:
a)The fear of the unknown
When a person is about to die, he is entering the unknown and he does not know what is ahead of him.So he is afraid, like walking in pitch darkness.
b)The reality of guilt-consciousness
At the point of death most people become very conscious of their past sins and misdeeds.Many will weep profusely,confess their wrongdoings and try to make amends often it is too late.
But Jesus Christ tells us that we need not fear death at all.He is "the Resurrection and the Life".He has power to raise the dead and to give them eternal life.He himself has overcome death by rising from the grave.We can share His victory over death by faith and rejoice forevermore.Those who know Jesus as their personal Savior and Lord can shout with St. Paul:"Death is swallowed up in victory. Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord.
3)This great declaration of Jesus teaches us that New Life begins here and now.The wonderful new life in Christ begins on earth and continues into eternity.We need not live in fear and anxiety now under the power of sin and death.Jesus says that anyone who believes in him shall never die spiritually he shall never be separated from God in spirit he shall not experience spiritual death.
The Bible points out that every man and woman has sinned and come short of the glory or standard expectation of God.Sin always separates a person from God and often his fellowmen.The sinner is dead (spirituality separated from his Creator).But the person who comes to Christ,repents to his sin and accepts Jesus as his personal Savior and Lord enters into a new relationship with his maker.God becomes his father and he becomes a child of god.He lives in fellowship with his creator and the Church and hes goes on to eternity after physical death.So he is never separated from god in spirit,he never dies spirituality as Jesus has promised.The believer begins his new life with Christ now and goes on forever.
If a man dies, shall he live again ? Certainly!
He will live with God on earth and in heaven when his sins are forgiven through repentance, and faith in Jesus Christ.On the other hand, a man will go to hell if he continues in his sins.
The good news for us is that Jesus has overcome sin and death and he will give us victory and eternal life.He is the Way the Truth and the Life.
Won't you come to Jesus by faith,trust him and live forever?
Do you have eternal life?
What do you non Christians believe happens to you after death then?