Summary

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Your first moment in eternity

The lights of this world grow dim as the radiance of eternity comes into focus. You have just died and are about to experience your first moment in eternity. What will it be like? What happens next? Will you be able to instantly recognize your former friends and family? Will Spot and Fluffy be there to greet you? What will your body be like? How will you occupy your time? These questions and many more are addressed in this book.

Table Of Contents

• Special Thanks
• In Memory Of Joyce DeWitt

Part 1: What We Know and Don’t Know

• Keeping Our Limited Understanding of Eternity In Perspective
• Basic Guidelines to Help You Understand the Bible
• Our Unfathomable and Unknowable God
• Who Is the Intended Audience Of This Book?

Part 2: Fear Of Death

• Death, “The Last Great Adventure”
• How Many People Die On an Average Day?
• Fear, the Predator Of Our Peace
• Fear Of Death
• Victory Over the Sting Of Death
• Death: Friend or Foe?
• The Irony Of Death Bringing Life
• Seasons Of Life
• Our Lives Are Like Vapor: Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
• Our First Moments In Eternity
• Does the Curtain Of Death Sometimes Open Before a Person Dies?
• Where Will We Enter Eternity?
• Will There Be a Welcoming Party for Us In Heaven?
• Will My Enemies Be Waiting for Me On the Other Side Of Death?
• Committing Suicide to End a Painful Death
• Artificial Life Support and Living Wills
• Near Death Experiences
• Have People Gone to Heaven or Hell and Returned?

Part 3: Learning to Trust God

• What Does It Mean To Trust God?
• The War Of the Wills
• Some Practical Suggestions On Learning to Trust God
• Walk Away When It’s Time
• Paying for a Dead Horse

Part 4: Facing Our Final Judgment

• Will There Be a Judgment to Determine Our Eternal Destiny?
• An Appointment With Death
• The Judgment Seat Of Christ
• What Will Our Rewards Be Like?
• Is It Worth the Trade?
• Is It Wrong to Strive for Rewards?
• Take a Trip to the Junk Yard
• The Rest Of the Story
• Will Those Who Die Young Receive Fewer Rewards?
• Only In This Life
• Spend Your Paycheck Wisely
• The Burden for Our Unsaved Loved Ones
• The Great White Throne Judgment
• What About Those “Without the Gospel?”
• Will There Be Degrees Of Punishment In Hell?
• Is Hell Really for Eternity?
• Will Hell Become Overcrowded?

Part 5: What Will Our Bodies Be Like?

• What Will Our Bodies Be Like (a Quick Overview)?
• Understanding God’s True Form
• What an Awesome God
• What Will Our New Bodies Be Like?
• When Will We Get Our New Permanent Eternal Bodies?
• Our Soul Needs a Body
• How Will God Resurrect a Body That Has Been Completely Destroyed?
• Will We Become Angels?
• Misunderstandings Of the “Bodies” Of Those In the Spirit World
• What Makes an Object “Physical?”
• Will We Recognize Others In Heaven?
• What Will Our Personalities Be Like?
• Will We Have Male and Female Bodies?
• Will There Be Sex or Marriage in Heaven?
• Will We Eat, Drink, Sleep, and Breathe in Heaven?
• How Old Will Our Bodies Look In Heaven?
• What Kind Of Clothes Will We Wear In Heaven?
• Will Travel In Heaven be Instantaneous?
• What Language Will We Speak In Heaven?
• Will There Be Racial and Ethnic Differences In Heaven?
• What Is God’s Race?
• Where Did Our Racial Differences Come From?
• What Race (or Color) Were Adam and Eve?

Part 6: What Will Heaven Be Like?

• A Quick Overview Of Heaven
• Where Is Heaven?
• Hades and Sheol
• Where Is Our Final Eternal Home?
• The End Of the World
• The New Jerusalem
• Being Married to Jesus
• Will the New Heaven and Earth Include a Huge Universe?
• Is There Currently Life On Other Planets?
• What Other Creatures Inhabit Heaven?
• What Was God’s Original Plan for Mankind (Before Sin)?
• What Will We Do In Heaven?
• Rising Out Of the Ashes
• Will We Face Conflicts and Problems in Eternity?
• Will We Remember Our Past (Both Good Times and Bad)?
• Will We Know About the Sins Of Others?
• The Pieces Of Your Life
• Will We Have The Same Deep Friendships We Currently Have Here On Earth?
• Will We See What’s Currently Taking Place On Earth?
• Will We Weep for Those In Hell?
• Will We Know Everything There Is to Know?
• Will There Be “Time” In Heaven?
• Do Babies Go To Heaven?
• Did You Know …?
• How Can God Give a Billion Believers Personal Attention At the Same Time?
• Will I Have a Hard Time Making Friends In Heaven?
• Sometimes I Wish That I had Never Been Born At All
• Can We Sin In Heaven?
• Do Pets Go to Heaven?
• Will Heaven Have a Specific Church Denomination?

Part 7: Understanding Salvation

• A Case for Christianity
• Does God Exist?
• How Do I Get Saved? (The Plan of Salvation, Plain and Simple)
• Got Any Milk?
• Is There Really Only One Way to Heaven?
• A Walk On the Wild Side
• Delusions Of Grandeur
• Good Intentions
• Making Up for Past Wrongs
• Misguided Commitment
• Grace: Unmerited Favor
• The Gift of Obedience

Appendix

• Verses Talking About Our Rewards
• Verses Showing that God Is Almighty, Eternal, All-Powerful, etc.