In the previous blog we saw how the Bible warns against what we now call ‘spiritism’. Seeking contact with the dead. We also know an example of this in Scripture. SaulIn 1 Samuel 28, King Saul is besieged by the… Lees verder
In spiritism, it is believed that there can be contact with the deceased. People strive to get in touch with the dead, using various methods to ‘summon’ the dead. We have seen in the previous blogs that the dead are… Lees verder
In the previous blog we saw that Peter says about Christ that He proclaimed His victory to the spirits in prison. One often reads here that He has announced His triumph to the dead who are now in the hereafter,… Lees verder
In the 1st letter of Peter we find a section in which it is stated that Christ preached to spirits who are in prison. Is this about people? Did Christ preach the gospel to the dead in the realm of… Lees verder
When Jesus is on his way to Lazarus to raise him from the dead, Martha first meets Him and later Mary. The Lord has a conversation with Martha and in it He says the words that are among His most… Lees verder
Anyone who believes that death is really death and not a transition to another place where one lifts one’s eyes, will invariably be objected to by the fact that the Lord told the murderer on the cross that he would… Lees verder
In the previous blog we saw what happened to Enoch. He also died, just like every human being. God transferred him to another place, where he was safe from his contemporaries. But we know another figure in the Bible, who… Lees verder
Now that we have seen what death is, we will discuss some issues that are much misunderstood. For example, Enoch, because it is taught that he never died. Genesis 5 speaks of him. In this chapter we find a succession… Lees verder
Almost every religion denies death, by teaching that death is a continuation of life. Sometimes a higher form of life, sometimes a lower form. Think of the doctrine of the immortal soul, but also that of reincarnation. Both are a… Lees verder
In death there is no communication, but only silence (Ps.31:17; 115:17). The dead that we read in the Bible are resurrected, such as Lazarus, the young man of Nain and the daughter of Jairus, are also silent about experiences they… Lees verder
If death is another form of life, the dead are currently in another place. People then say that the dead are in ’the hereafter’, heaven or hell, in any case in a spiritual world. The dead are then not really… Lees verder
The idea of the immortal soul is widely accepted within Christianity, but is generally the standard teaching in every religion. The origins of this theory can be found in Greek philosophy. But what does Scripture say about the soul? Genesis… Lees verder
If death were not really death and man has an immortal soul, all people are actually immortal. The dead then live on somewhere else and only lay down their earthly life when they die to open their eyes again ‘in… Lees verder
Answering the question of what death is, should not be difficult. If we look it up in various dictionaries, we get definitions such as: the state that occurs when life ends, deceased, no longer alive, etc. Wikipedia describes it a… Lees verder