Last Things

Question Is it scriptural to pray for the dead at funerals?  Answer As to this, no, there is no evidence in the Bible that we should pray anything concerning those who have died. Just a few points should help us understand why this is so. 1. The time for us to please...

Question Do the dead know what the living are diong  Answer According to What Jesus taught in Luke 16, the dead do indeed have some idea of what is going on with the living: 19“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously...

Question Does Jesus know the day and hour of: The Rapture? 1 Thess 4:13-18  Answer This is a good question because it raises some important issues. The Bible does not teach that there is going to be anything called the "rapture." What the Bible does teach is that...

Question When we die do we go straight to heaven? Or do we wait until judgement day? What about hell?  Answer The mot revealing passage that I know of is found in the story Jesus told of the rich man and Lazarus. See Luke 16:19-31. This gives us great insight into...

Question In 1Thessalonians; what does the Bible mean "sleep in Jesus" or the "dead in Christ mean?  Answer "ASLEEP IN JESUS"—"DEAD IN CHRIST" Paul is discussing "them which are asleep". These are the ones that had already died, who were Christians. (Paul is writing to...

Question Was hell created after Adam sinned? Had God already created a place of torments. God said we would surely return to the dust due to sin. So many times in the bible it says that the wages of sin is death. That the dead are unconscious. God's own law states an...

Question My wife passed away two weeks ago.my children asked if their mother can look down from heaven and see us.  Answer From reading Luke 16:19-31 we can know: 1. After death we are conscious. 2. We have feelings. 3. We have our minds and can remember. 4. The rich...

Quesiton My 19 year old son asked if their were levels of heaven  Answer Death takes place when the spirit is no longer in the body (James 2:26). The body returns to the dust and the spirit enters into a realm known as Hades, literally the unseen (Ecc. 12:7). Hades is...