The Undercover Adventist

  Near-Death Experiences In previous lessons, we have cited the people who were raised from the dead in The Bible. Nowhere in The Bible is there any account of anyone coming back and telling people what the afterlife was like. Lazarus would be a prime example. He was dead, buried, and began the early stages of decaying. If anyone would have a story to tell, it would be him! Not a single word is written of what he saw while being dead. It is popular today to hear many near-death experiences. And not just near-death, but those who claimed to have died. Books and movies have popularized the topic, and many believe that this shows there is an afterlife. There are many possibilities for these stories. Since many people tell them, we can't just ignore them. There is speculation that they are caused by many things, including drugs that were given, brain reactions from trauma, lack of oxygen, or hallucinations. Some could be even be lying or encouraged to embellish a story. For this discus...

  On Death, Dying, and the Future Hope Sabbath School Lesson 11 End-Time Deceptions You may use this for presenting and studying the current Sabbath School Lesson. ------------------------------ >   Download the notes for this lesson's video here. ---------------------- >  Download current Sabbath School lesson here. -------------------------------------------

  The Saints in Purgatory Are there really people who are not good enough, nor wicked enough, but are in some sort of limbo as to their final reward from Jesus? We would then have to believe that there is some world or place where these people are being held. To what end? So they can make up their minds sitting around for hundreds of years? Can the living pray them into heaven? Those last two questions should be quickl y answered by Christians. We are given one life, then the judgement. Hebrews 9:27–28 (NKJV): "And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation." There is absolutely not a single verse in The Bible that says anyone has a second chance after death. There is not a single verse in The Bible that says the living can pray a dead person into heaven. There is not one verse anywhere in The Bible that s...