Closed Is there life after death?

[Gentleman007]

UNDOUBTEDLY the saddest experience in anyone’s life is his attending the funeral of a loved one. A father, a mother, a husband, a wife or a child—the nearer the relationship the greater the feeling of loss and emptiness.

During a grievous time like that the questions are often asked: “Is there life after death?” or, “Will I meet my loved one again?”

WHAT IS DEATH?

Perhaps it would be easier to consider life first. What is it? Life is existence. We can see, hear, talk and move. We can feel warmth or cold. We can be happy or sad. Yes, with life we are able to experience the full spectrum of emotions or feelings.

Now death is the direct opposite of life. One cannot see, hear, talk or move. One cannot feel warmth or cold, be happy or sad. It is unconsciousness, nonexistence.

But someone may ask . . .

DOESN’T THE SOUL KEEP ON LIVING?

By checking the oldest human language, the Hebrew found in the Bible, we can find the word that today is rendered in English as “soul.” It is interesting to know that this word, “neʹphesh,” does not refer to something that is separate or separable from the body. Rather, its use shows that it refers to the creature itself, whether human or animal. (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Literally it means “a breather.” If the creature stops breathing it dies, that is, the soul dies.—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

For people saddened by the death of a loved one, this can be a difficult thing to believe. As a result, a vast number of beliefs and customs have developed that are not in harmony with the facts about death.

WHERE DID THE TEACHING OF LIFE AFTER DEATH ORIGINATE?

We must go back some 6,000 years to when life began for the first human couple. Adam and Eve had a beautiful environment in which to enjoy perfect human life. But the right to continue to live was dependent on obedience. “As for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) These are the words of the Creator of man, Jehovah God. Plainly the opposite of life would be death.

But sometime later another voice was heard claiming: “You positively will not die.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) That was a lie, but regrettably Eve heeded the voice that said ‘You will not die,’ and ate from the forbidden tree. At her instance Adam also ate. As a result, they were expelled from their paradise home and all their children were born under the curse of sin and death. (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) The expounder of the lie became known as Satan the Devil.

It soon became obvious that humans do die. Now what? Under Satan’s influence, there developed the teaching of immortality of an invisible human soul, and this has been handed down from one generation to the next.

HOW ARE THESE TEACHINGS KEPT ALIVE?

By religious traditions. People saddened by the death of a loved one are told that such a one is alive in the spirit world. They have been taught that bad persons who die go to a place of torment in hell; good ones, to bliss in heaven. Some religions teach a halfway place called purgatory. Religious teachers call on the people to pay for Masses, prayers and other forms of intercession to guarantee that the deceased will eventually get to heaven or nirvana.

Days are set aside for special activity. There is “All Saints’ Day” around November 1. In Japan it is called “Obon”; this comes in the middle of August, or in the middle of July in some areas. Buddhist temples keep records of the anniversaries of the death of those in families belonging to the temple. These are called on by the priests to offer prayers at the family altars.

If there is a misfortune, then pressure is brought to bear by the priest’s saying that it is because the deceased ancestors have been neglected and not worshiped as they should have been. Thus, the falsehood that the soul does not die is kept alive by compulsion and obligation.

WHAT IS THE HOPE FOR THE DEAD?

Prayers? Chanting? Candles? Or incense offered to the dead? No, it is the promise of Jehovah God to resurrect the dead through his Son, Jesus Christ. By means of his sacrificial death, Jesus Christ has provided the basis to wipe out the sin and death inherited from Adam. So the dead can be expected to be restored to life here on the earth, just as Jesus demonstrated when he was a man.—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

WHAT IS THE RESURRECTION?

It means that God re-creates the same person, with the same personality. He will bring a new body forth from the earthly elements, and in that body he will place the same characteristics, the same distinctive qualities, the same memory, the same life pattern that the person had built up until the time of his death. Is it really possible?

Can you remember some of the people with whom you went to school, even though it was 10, 15 or 20 years ago? Even with imperfect memories we can recall certain former associates.

Surely, then, God, the Originator of memory, can re-create men whom he has kept in his memory because he loves them. In God’s due time he will bring the dead to life again, just as he created the first man. Only, in the resurrection he will do it many times over.—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

Yes, there is life after death—by means of the resurrection! Do you want to be on hand to welcome back those close to you? Then study the Bible to learn what God requires of you to share in that privilege.

 

[Z E R E F]

 

[gamesauce]

Yes sir there is...
And we will all be resurrected as he was also resurrected when Christ said this in
John 11:25

 

[jayendecastro]

I dont believe that there is.

YOLO as they say .so make the most of the life that we have now.

Live, Love, Lose, Learn.

 

[Gentleman007]

Bakit Namamatay ang mga Tao?

Ang sagot ng Bibliya

Natural lang na itanong kung bakit namamatay ang tao, lalo na kung nawalan tayo ng mahal sa buhay. Sinasabi ng Bibliya: “Ang tibo na nagbubunga ng kamatayan ay kasalanan.”—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

Bakit nagkakasala at namamatay ang lahat ng tao?
Namatay ang unang mga tao, sina Adan at Eva, dahil nagkasala sila sa Diyos. (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Kamatayan ang ibinunga ng kanilang paghihimagsik sa Diyos dahil nasa kaniya “ang bukal ng buhay.”—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
Ipinasa ni Adan sa lahat ng kaniyang inapo ang depektong dulot ng kasalanan. Sinasabi ng Bibliya: “Sa pamamagitan ng isang tao ang kasalanan ay pumasok sa sanlibutan at ang kamatayan sa pamamagitan ng kasalanan, at sa gayon ang kamatayan ay lumaganap sa lahat ng tao sapagkat silang lahat ay nagkasala.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Lahat ng tao ay namamatay dahil lahat ay nagkasala.—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

Kung paano aalisin ang kamatayan
Ipinangako ng Diyos na sa hinaharap, “lalamunin niya ang kamatayan magpakailanman.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Para maalis ang kamatayan, kailangan niyang alisin ang ugat nito, ang kasalanan. Gagawin ito ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Kristo, na “nag-aalis ng kasalanan ng sanlibutan.”—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

 

[Gentleman007]

KUNG BAKIT INILAGAY NG DIYOS ANG TAO DITO

Ano ang layunin ng Diyos para sa mga tao sa lupa?

Hindi layunin ng Diyos na sina Adan at Eba ay mamatay pagkaraan ng ilang panahon at saka manirahan sa ibang dako. Mananatili sila rito upang alagaan ang lupa at lahat ng nabubuhay dito. Sinasabi ng Bibliya: “Binasbasan sila ng Diyos at sinabi sa kanila ng Diyos: ‘Magpalaanakin kayo at magpakarami at punuin ang lupa at supilin ito, at magkaroon kayo ng pananakop sa mga isda sa dagat at sa lumilipad na mga nilalang sa himpapawid at sa bawa’t nabubuhay na nilalang na umuusad sa ibabaw ng lupa.’” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Sina Adan at Eba, pati na ang lahat ng kanilang magiging anak, ay maaari sanang lumigaya sa lupa magpakailanman, na ginagawa ang mga bagay na nais ng Diyos na kanilang gawin.

(a) Papaano tayo maaaring lumigaya? (b) Ano ang magdudulot ng tunay na kahulugan sa ating mga buhay?

Pansinin na “binasbasan sila ng Diyos.” Talagang may malasakit siya sa kaniyang makalupang mga anak. Kaya bilang maibiging Ama binigyan niya sila ng mga tagubilin sa kanilang ikabubuti. Makakasumpong sila ng kaligayahan sa pagtalima dito. Batid ito ni Jesus, kaya sinabi din niya: “Maligaya yaong nakikinig sa salita ng Diyos at sumusunod dito!” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Sinunod ni Jesus ang salita ng Diyos. “Lagi kong ginagawa ang mga bagay na nakalulugod sa kaniya,” sabi niya. (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Iyan ang pinakasusing dahilan kung bakit tayo naririto. Ito ay ang pagkakaroon ng abala, maligayang buhay sa pamamagitan ng pamumuhay na kasuwato ng kalooban ng Diyos. Magkakaroon ng tunay na kahulugan ang ating buhay ngayon kung paglilingkuran natin si Jehova. At sa paggawa nito inihahanay natin ang sarili ukol sa buhay na walang-hanggan sa Paraiso sa lupa.—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

 

[Gentleman007]

Yes sir there is...
And we will all be resurrected as he was also resurrected when Christ said this in
John 11:25

May Pag-asa Ba ang mga Patay?

ANG SAGOT NG BIBLIYA: “Ang oras ay dumarating na ang lahat ng nasa mga alaalang libingan ay makaririnig ng . . . tinig [ni Jesus] at lalabas.”—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
Malinaw, inihula ni Jesus na sa ilalim ng kaniyang Kaharian, mawawalan ng laman ang mga libingan. “Namangha ako nang una kong mabasa ang You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.,” ang sabi ni Fernando, na binanggit sa naunang artikulo. “Nagkaroon ako ng tunay na pag-asa, at naging positibo ang pananaw ko sa hinaharap.”
Noong sinaunang panahon, ang tapat na lalaking si Job ay umasa na pagkamatay niya, bubuhayin siyang muli ng Diyos. Nagtanong si Job: “Kung ang isang [tao] ay mamatay mabubuhay pa ba siyang muli?” At may pagtitiwala siyang sumagot: “Sa lahat ng mga araw ng aking sapilitang pagpapagal [habang nasa libingan] ay maghihintay ako, hanggang sa dumating ang aking kaginhawahan. Ikaw ay tatawag, at ako ay sasagot sa iyo.”—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

Ang pagkabuhay-muli ni Lazaro ay nagbibigay sa atin ng pag-asa sa hinaharap
Ang pagkabuhay-muli ay hindi rin bago kay Marta na kapatid ni Lazaro. Nang mamatay si Lazaro, sinabi ni Jesus kay Marta: “Ang iyong kapatid ay babangon.” Sumagot siya: “Alam kong babangon siya sa pagkabuhay-muli sa huling araw.” Pagkatapos ay sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: “Ako ang pagkabuhay-muli at ang buhay. Siya na nananampalataya sa akin, kahit na mamatay siya, ay mabubuhay.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Kaagad na binuhay-muli ni Jesus si Lazaro! Ang kapana-panabik na ulat na iyon ay isang patikim ng mas malaking mangyayari sa hinaharap. Isip-isipin ang magaganap na pagkabuhay-muli sa buong mundo!
May bubuhayin bang muli tungo sa langit?

ANG SAGOT NG BIBLIYA: Ipinakikita ng Salita ng Diyos na ang pagkabuhay-muli ni Jesus ay naiiba sa walong iba pa na napaulat sa Bibliya. Ang walong iyon ay binuhay-muli dito sa lupa. Pero kung tungkol sa pagkabuhay-muli ni Jesus, mababasa natin: “[Si] Jesu-Kristo . . . ay nasa kanan ng Diyos, sapagkat pumaroon siya sa langit.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) May iba pa bang bubuhaying muli tungo sa langit bukod kay Jesus? Ganito ang patiunang sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniyang mga apostol: “Kung ako ay pumaroon at makapaghanda ng dako para sa inyo, ako ay muling darating at tatanggapin ko kayo sa aking sarili, upang kung nasaan ako ay dumoon din kayo.”—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
Umakyat sa langit si Kristo at naghanda para sa pagdating ng ilan sa kaniyang mga alagad. Ang bilang ng mga bubuhaying muli tungo sa langit ay aabot nang 144,000. (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Pero ano ang gagawin doon ng mga tagasunod ni Jesus?
Marami silang gagawin! Sinasabi sa atin ng Kasulatan: “Maligaya at banal ang sinumang may bahagi sa unang pagkabuhay-muli; sa mga ito ay walang awtoridad ang ikalawang kamatayan, kundi sila ay magiging mga saserdote ng Diyos at ng Kristo, at mamamahala sila bilang mga hari na kasama niya sa loob ng isang libong taon.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Ang mga binuhay-muli tungo sa langit ay mamahala sa lupa bilang mga hari at saserdote na kasama ni Kristo.

Sino ang iba pang bubuhaying muli pagkatapos nila?

ANG SAGOT NG BIBLIYA: Nakaulat sa kinasihang Kasulatan ang mga pananalitang ito ni apostol Pablo: “Ako ay may pag-asa sa Diyos, na siyang pag-asa na pinanghahawakan din ng mga taong ito, na magkakaroon ng pagkabuhay-muli kapuwa ng mga matuwid at mga di-matuwid.”—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

Tinitiyak sa atin ng Salita ng Diyos na bilyon-bilyong namatay ang bubuhaying muli
Sino-sino ang makakabilang sa mga “matuwid” na binanggit ni Pablo? Isaalang-alang ang isang halimbawa. Sinabi sa tapat na si Daniel bago siya mamatay: “Magpapahinga ka, ngunit tatayo ka para sa iyong kahinatnan sa kawakasan ng mga araw.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Saan bubuhaying muli si Daniel? “Ang mga matuwid ang magmamay-ari ng lupa, at tatahan sila roon magpakailanman.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) At inihula ni Jesus: “Maligaya ang mga mahinahong-loob, yamang mamanahin nila ang lupa.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Bubuhaying muli si Daniel at ang iba pang tapat na mga tao para muling tumira sa lupa nang walang hanggan.
Sino-sino naman ang makakabilang sa binanggit ni Pablo na “di-matuwid”? Sila ang bilyon-bilyon na namatay nang hindi nagkaroon ng pagkakataong maunawaan ang katotohanan sa Bibliya at masunod ito. Kapag binuhay silang muli, makikilala nila at mapahahalagahan si JehovaYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. at si Jesus. (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) Ang lahat ng maglilingkod sa Diyos ay may pag-asang mabuhay hangga’t nabubuhay si Jehova—walang hanggan.
Ang lahat ng maglilingkod sa Diyos ay may pag-asang mabuhay nang walang hanggan na may mabuting kalusugan at lubos na kaligayahan

Ano ang magiging kalagayan sa lupa?

ANG SAGOT NG BIBLIYA: “Papahirin [ng Diyos] ang bawat luha sa kanilang mga mata, at hindi na magkakaroon ng kamatayan, ni ng pagdadalamhati o ng paghiyaw o ng kirot pa man.” (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) “Magtatayo sila ng mga bahay at maninirahan sa mga iyon; at tiyak na magtatanim sila ng mga ubasan at kakainin ang bunga ng mga iyon.”—You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
Isip-isipin ang mamuhay sa gayong kalagayan kasama ng mga mahal mo sa buhay na binuhay-muli!