the truth about death
The Final Destination of the Dead
What is a soul? Is it immortal?
•Body + Breath = Soul/Living Creature (Nephesh, H5315), Mankind does not have a soul, we are souls. (Gen. 2:7)
•Only God is immortal, mankind does not have an immortal soul (1 Timothy 6:14-16)
What happens at death?
•Body - Breath = Death (Ecc. 12:7)
Where do people go at death?
•The grave (Ecc. 12:7; Gen. 3:19; John 5:28-29; Job 21:13; Acts 2:29, 34)
What does the Bible compare death to?
•Sleep (Job 14:12; Psalm 13:3; John 11:11-14; 1 Thess. 4:13:18; 1 Cor. 15:51-55)
Do the dead see us or know anything?
•No, they know nothing at all (Ecc. 9:5-6, 10; Job 7:9-10; Psalm 115:17)
When do the righteous receive immortality?
•The Second Coming of Jesus (1 Cor. 15:51-55; 1 Thess. 4:16-18; John 5:28-29)
When do the wicked receive their punishment? Is it eternal?
•It is not eternal, and doesn’t happen until after the millennium (John 5:28-29; Revelation 20; Matthew 25:41)
What happens to the wicked when they are punished?
•They are reduced to ashes (Isaiah 47:14; Psalm 37:10, 20; Malachi 4:1-3; Revelation 20:9-10; Nahum 1:9-10; Obadiah 1:16; Ezekiel 18:20)
Who gets the 🔥privilege🔥 of burning forever?
•The righteous (Isaiah 33:14-15; Exodus 24:17; Deut. 4:24, 9:3; Hebrews 12:29)
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The Sabbath Controversy
When was the sabbath created?
•The end of creation week (Gen. 2:2-3)
What did God do with the Sabbath?
•He blessed it, sanctified it, and rested on it (Gen. 2:2-3)
Was it made just for the Jews?
•No, since no Jews existed at creation (Genesis 2:2-3)
•It’s for all mankind (Mark 2:27-28)
•All true believers are part of spiritual Israel anyway (Romans 2:28-29; Galatians 3:28-29)
Did anyone keep the sabbath before exodus 20?
•Yes, Adam and Eve (Gen. 2:2-3)
•Abraham (Gen. 26:5)
•Israel (Exodus 16:23, 28)
What is the Sabbath intended to remind us of?
•that God is our Creator (Exodus 20:11; Ezekiel 20:20)
•that God is our Redeemer (Deuteronomy 5:15; Ezekiel 20:12)
Can’t we keep any day holy?
•No, God only said remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8-11)
Didn’t Jesus give us a new law that says only love God and our neighbor?
•Jesus did say love God and your neighbor (Matthew 22:36-40)
Where was Jesus quoting from when He stated Matthew 22:36-40?
• He was quoting from the Old Testament (Leviticus 19:18; Deuteronomy 6:5)
Is the Sabbath found in context of the Old Testament command to love God and your neighbor?
•Yes it is (Leviticus 19:3; Deuteronomy 5:12-15)
How did Jesus ask us to prove our love for Him?
•By obedience to His Ten Commandments (John 14:15-24)
Wasn’t the sabbath part of the law added because of sin?
•No, that’s the sacrificial system. (Galatians 3:19)
•Sabbath is part of the Ten Commandments, and was there before the fall (Gen. 2:2-3; Exodus 20:8-11)
Didn’t Paul tell us in Colossians 2 not to judge each other about the sabbath and in Romans 14 that the day no longer matters?
•No, Romans 14:1 states the context is over matters of opinion, not the Law (Romans 14:1, rsv)
•Colossians 2 was referring to the feasts, also called sabbaths (Leviticus 23; Deuteronomy 31:26)
Aren’t the ceremonial law and the Ten Commandments the same law?
•No, the ceremonial law was written in a book and placed in the side pocket of the ark of the covenant
•The Ten Commandments were written by God’s finger on stone and placed INSIDE the Ark of the covenant (Exodus 31:18; Exodus 25:16, 21; Hebrews 9:4)
What law was fulfilled and abolished at Calvary?
The ceremonial law, not the Ten Commandments (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45)
Doesn’t Paul say we’re under grace, not the Sabbath?
•No, he says we’re not under legalism or condemnation of the Law (Romans 6:14-15)
•We are slaves to what we obey (Romans 6)
Did Jesus say the Sabbath would end at Calvary?
•No, He commanded His followers to continue keeping the Sabbath (Matthew 24:20)
Why do so many keep Sunday instead?
•Tradition (Matt. 15:1-9; Mark 7:1-13)
Didn’t Jesus break the Sabbath?
•No, otherwise He’d be a liar and a sinner (John 15:10)
•He came to magnify the law, and make it honorable, not abolish it (Matthew 5:17-18; 42:21)
•Jesus kept the Sabbath (Luke 4:16)
Does the Bible say where to find the seal of God?
•Yes, it is found in the Ten Commandments (Isaiah 8:16-20)
Which one of the Ten Commandments contains the seal of God?
•The Sabbath contains all three elements of a seal: Name, Title, & Territory (Exodus 20:8-11)
Do other Scriptures support this claim?
•Yes, (Ezekiel 20:12, 20)
But didn’t the apostles keep Sunday? Is there record of keeping the sabbath in Acts?
•No, they didn’t keep Sunday as that was the pagan day and they wanted to avoid the appearance of evil (1 Thess. 5:22-23)
•Acts records the early church keeping the true sabbath 84 times (twice in Acts 13:14, 44; once in Acts 16:23; thrice in Acts 17:1-2; 78 in Acts 18:4, 11)
Doesn’t the Acts 20:7 meeting show Sunday sacredness?
•No, it was Saturday night, showing Paul had been preaching all sabbath since the new day begins at sunset (Genesis 1; Acts 20:7)
Do we see the sabbath in Revelation?
•God as Creator (Revelation 4:10-11; Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 20:8-11; Ezekiel 20:20)
•God as Redeemer (Revelation 5:6; Deut. 5:12-15; Ezekiel 20:12)
•It’s part of the Gospel (Revelation 14:6-7; Exodus 20:11)
Does the Sabbath extend past the return of Jesus?
•Yes, we will keep it in heaven (Isaiah 66:23)
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Fathers and husbands this is a must read: 📖In the daily life you will meet with sudden surprises, disappointments, and temptations. What saith the word? "Resist the devil," by firm reliance upon God, "and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you." "Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me." Look unto Jesus at all times and in all places, offering a silent prayer from a sincere heart that you may know how to do His will. Then when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard for you against the enemy. When you are almost ready to yield, to lose patience and self-control, to be hard and denunciatory, to find fault and accuse—this is the time for you to send to heaven the prayer, "Help me, O God, to resist temptation, to put all bitterness and wrath and evilspeaking out of my heart. Give me Thy meekness, Thy lowliness, Thy long-suffering, and Thy love. Leave me not to dishonor my Redeemer, to misinterpret the words and motives of my wife, my children, and my brethren and sisters in the faith. Help me that I may be kind, pitiful, tenderhearted, forgiving. Help me to be a real house-band in my home and to represent the character of Christ to others." AH 214.2 . **please tag a friend, comment, and share, so that more people see these posts, and please follow @theadventtruth for more Biblical content ** #Jesus #EllenWhite #EllenGWhite #SpiritofProphecy #MoralLaw #10Commandments #salvation #TheNewCovenant #NewCovenant #BibleProphecy #TheOldCovenant #OldCovenant #RemnantChurch #Sabbath #SeventhdayAdventist #audioverse.com #ProtestantReformation #GodisLove #Christian #Protestant #TheGreatControversy #ThreeAngelsMessage #theadventtruth https://www.instagram.com/p/Cln4VlBO2he/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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My brother, I beseech of you to look away from yourself unto Christ, and live. Put your trust in the One who loves human agencies. Let your dependence be wholly on Christ. He is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto Him. Believe, believe that Christ will pardon all your transgressions and forgive all your sins. Humble yourself as a little child, and Christ will receive you and bless you and strengthen you. Do not think unbelief or talk unbelief, but take God at His word, and leave yourself in His hands, to be taught and led of Him.... UL 337.5 . Comfort your heart, my brother, by believing that the Lord wants you to be saved, and that you are His child. Do not think that your mind must be in a certain state of feeling or else you are not accepted of God. Your faith must rely not on feeling, but on the promises of God. Walk by faith in a “Thus saith the Lord.” Rest your case with the Lord, and believe in His Word. Believe, oh, believe the Word of the Lord, and walk by faith, not by sight. Consecrate yourself anew to God. Be loyal and true to a “Thus saith the Lord,” and stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ doth make you free.—Letter 388, November 19, 1907, to a church member in South Lancaster, Massachusetts. UL 337.6 . The Upward Look, p. 337 . **please tag a friend, comment, and share, so that more people see these posts, and please follow @theadventtruth for more Biblical content ** #Jesus #EllenWhite #EllenGWhite #SpiritofProphecy #MoralLaw #10Commandments #salvation #TheNewCovenant #NewCovenant #BibleProphecy #TheOldCovenant #OldCovenant #RemnantChurch #Sabbath #SeventhdayAdventist #audioverse.com #ProtestantReformation #GodisLove #Christian #Protestant #TheGreatControversy #ThreeAngelsMessage #theadventtruth https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTWPoTuwpv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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