(Transcript is for message delivered in Northwest Arkansas on July 13, 2013)

Most religions and religious organizations, including most Christian denominations teach that good people go to some sort of paradise—usually heaven after they die. This is probably a teaching that you may have believed sometime in your life—I know that I once thought we went to heaven. I was a Methodist and that’s what they teach—that you go to heaven or to hell perhaps, depending on how good or bad you’ve been. Heaven is typically characterized as a place of unsurpassable happiness, the ultimate paradise. It is commonly thought and believed that all who go there will live joyfully forever, yet despite what a wonderful place heaven is supposed to be it does seem that very few people seem in a hurry to get there… which seems a little interesting. Even though we don’t like the consequences of growing old, most of us human beings look forward to dying a whole lot less. We’d like to stick around as long as possible—especially if we’re in decent health.

 

If a person has been less than good in his lifetime, if he’s been a bad person and knows it—he really doesn’t want to die either, does he? Sometimes people seek a deathbed repentance because they know they have not lived well and it’s scary to them. They’re afraid of dying because they’ve heard about an ever- burning tortuous hell fire that awaits them. You may have heard of Jonathan Edwards’ famous sermon, “Sinners In the Hands of an Angry God”. There was a big rebirth in religion back in England in the nineteenth century because there were a lot of ‘fire and brimstone’ preachers at the time who really ‘preached people into hell’ if they didn’t change their ways, if they didn’t repent.

 

Let’s discuss the plain truth about heaven and hell today. What does the Bible really say about what happens after one dies? Do they go immediately to either heaven or hell? What is heaven like? What is hell like? Do we have an immortal soul? What about the spirit in man?

 

Psa. 146:2-4 2 While I live I will praise the Lord;

I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3 Do not put your trust in princes,

Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;

In that very day his plans perish.

 

This is a psalm David wrote and it’s talking about the day of his death. When a person dies, he says his plans perish. In other words, at that time he is not capable of making plans when he’s in the grave—when he dies. It indicates that the spirit in man departs and goes back to God who gave it. This is a pretty clear scripture about being able to no more make plans when someone dies. The word spirit is the Hebrew word “Ruach” for the spirit that departs and goes back to God who gave that spirit. The King James Version says, “His breath goes forth. He returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.” He is not capable of thinking in the grave—his thoughts perish.

 

Ecclesiastes nine verifies this or backs this up. This is written by the son of David who believed the same as his father. Eccl. 9:5 For the living know that they will die; (We all understand that eventually we’re going to die unless Christ returns before we have that opportunity.) But the dead know nothing, (Their thoughts perish. They don’t think any longer. They’re asleep in the grave.)

And they have no more reward,

For the memory of them is forgotten. (That sadly is true except for some famous people who ‘live on’ perhaps longer. But the normal person—not too many people think of them after a couple hundred years or even less.)

 

Eccl. 9:9-10 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.

10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might;(If you want to clean up your porch, do it with your might.) for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. It’s certainly a good principle to maintain things, to keep things up. That’s why we have to do this thing. I’m going to have to weed eat my yard even though I know that grass is going to grow again but I have to admit that if no one special is coming around it’s easy to neglect. It’s easy to neglect some of those maintenance items especially when you have ten acres and you’re gone a lot and you can’t keep up with it—and on and on it goes. I think you can identify with that. But the point again in this scripture is that in the grave you’re not going to be able to accomplish anything so NOW IS THE TIME TO DEDICATE YOURSELF TO MAKING SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF YOUR LIFE. Accomplish something, do something because when you die, it’s too late. You can’t do anything when you’re dead. Your thoughts will perish, your plans will perish. There’s no knowledge, there’s no wisdom in the grave, so apply yourself today and make it a life well lived.

 

My mother lived a good life. She was a very fine example to all of us. She left a legacy behind. The seven kids were all sitting in the front row—oldest to youngest. That was a huge legacy for her because thankfully none of us are in prison—we’ve turned out pretty decent for the most part. It was a tribute to her that she did accomplish something in life. She was a very good mother to all of us as well as a Christian and a faithful member of God’s church.

 

Thankfully, the Bible shows that there is no suffering in death—once a person dies there’s no suffering. There may be some suffering as a person is dying, but once they’ve died, there is no suffering. It is very comforting to know that… to understand that our loved ones are not suffering. Death is revealed in the Bible as being like in a deep sleep. There are a number of scriptures that refer to death as sleep or being like a sleep. All who’ve died in the thousands of years of human history are all resting in peace. They’re not writhing in hell in torment—which frankly I wouldn’t wish upon anyone… to have to spend an eternity in hell fire. They have no cares or frustrations (those who have died). They have no worries, they have no troubling dreams. They are at peace.

 

Isa. 57: The righteous perishes,

And no man takes it to heart;

Merciful men are taken away,

While no one considers

That the righteous is taken away from evil.

 

(I’m sure there will be a lot more evil on the earth in the days ahead. In fact we know that the Bible tells us there are some cataclysmic events that will be happening—some very evil things that will take place.)

 

2 He shall enter into peace;

They shall rest in their beds,

Each one walking (Obviously this is a poetic verse) in his uprightness. They walk in their uprightness in the sense that the ones who have lived well can die peacefully knowing that they await a resurrection to eternal life in God’s Kingdom. That’s basically what it’s talking about when it says they are walking in their uprightness. They are asleep, but they have something to look forward to. They’re going to come out of the grave and they’re going to be able to enjoy an eternity with God in his kingdom. It seems that God may be allowing a lot of people to die these days because we may be very close to the return of Jesus Christ. There will be a difficult time on this earth before He returns.

 

Rom. 6: 23 For the wages of sin is death (this doesn’t say it’s an eternal life in hell. It says its DEATH. ), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Someone who has sinned and has not repented of those sins—what they have earned is death, eternal death, not an eternal life in an ever- burning hell fire. Ezekiel eighteen bears this out.

 

Ezek. 18:4, 20 4The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine;

The soul who sins shall die.”

20 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

 

We will reap what we sow and we will be judged according to the way we live our lives and according to the decisions that we make. It is important to make good decisions. It is important to not compromise with God’s truth and make excuses for your sins. Admit your sins and strive to put your sins out of your life because the wages of sin is death and the soul that sins shall die and this is speaking of an eternal death. If we do not repent of our sins, we will be cast into a lake of fire where we’ll be burned up. The ashes of those who have sinned against God and not repented will be under the feet of the righteous—symbolically and poetically.

 

The word “soul” that we read in Ezekiel is the Hebrew word ‘nephesh’. Undoubtedly, if you’ve been in the church very long you’ve heard this word ‘nephesh’. I want to read a portion out of the booklet “Heaven and Hell, What Does the Bible Really Teach” on pages nine and ten in regard to nephesh. There’s also a section “Does the Bible Teach That We Have an Immortal Soul?” I obviously don’t have time to go through all the scriptures that are in here. I would recommend that you read this booklet. Maybe this sermon can be a catalyst to read the booklet and to go into this in further detail. “The scriptures tell us that the dead do not have consciousness. The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They are not conscious in some other state or place. The New Testament contains several statements that confirm that the wicked will die permanently.” Eternal death. Christ exhorted the disciples to choose the way that leads to life. Jesus states that the end of those who do not choose life is destruction. He contrasts that path with one of righteousness. Matt. 7:13-14 13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

 

The Bible speaks of animals as being nephesh. No one thinks an animal has an immortal soul unless someone has a really cute little pet and then they may hope that he has an immortal soul—but for the most part people don’t believe that animals, creatures have an immortal soul. The Bible does use nephesh in reference to animals. Gen. 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being or a living soul. This is the word ‘nephesh’. Man became a living being… a living nephesh. The Bible also speaks of the animals as ‘nephesh’, so it’s not an immortal soul. It’s something that is mortal that can die.

 

This is speaking actually about the theme that we had at camp this year, “Remember Your Creator In the Days of Your Youth”:

 

Eccl. 12:1,6,7 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth,

Before the difficult days come,

And the years draw near when you say,

“I have no pleasure in them”:

 

This is speaking about growing old when life can become painful. My mother was not enjoying life as much. She had to be waited on a lot more. She didn’t have control of her bodily functions as well as she did when she was younger. Things happen as we grow older. It’s sad in many ways, but it is a reality that happens to ‘most everyone.

 

vs. 6 Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, Or the golden bowl is broken, Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, Or the wheel broken at the well. vs. 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

 

(This is all speaking of death.) The soul, the nephesh, the body—will return to the earth as it was. Dust returns to dust—that’s what happens to our physical bodies, but the spirit in man will return to God who gave it. There is a spirit in man that will go back to God who gave that spirit. That’s what happens when a person dies. The spirit in man goes back to God, but the body goes into the grave where it deteriorates. It obviously no longer has the vitality it once had when alive.

 

This is one of the strongest proofs that a person doesn’t go to heaven upon their death. This is speaking about king David who was a man after God’s own heart. King David it is said will rule over the tribes of Israel in God’s Kingdom. David had faults, he wasn’t perfect—he was a sinner, but he was a repentant sinner. The children of Israel highly respected David.

 

Acts 13:35-39  35 Therefore He also says in another Psalm:

‘You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’ [This is speaking of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Jesus Christ was not to see corruption.]

36 “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep (sleep is death here), was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption(in other words, his body deteriorated, it went back to the earth); 37 but He whom God raised up saw no corruption.(Jesus Christ was not left in the tomb long enough to see the kind of corruption we would all see. If his body had been in there longer, his body would have begun to stink, but God did not allow that. God raised Him up.)38 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; 39 and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. We are saved by grace. We are saved through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and also by his resurrection. God the Father did resurrect Him to life. But this shows that David did see corruption. Jesus Christ did not see corruption—David did. We’ll see clearly that David did not go into heaven.

 

Acts 2:29-36 29 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.

34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, [This is a very clear scripture here. David did not ascend into the heavens.] but he says himself:

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My right hand,

35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”’ [This is God the Father to his Son, Jesus Christ.]

36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins [that is what all of us need to do]; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

 

David is dead and buried. He is not ascended into heaven. His tomb is still there…not that we know exactly where it is. His body is long deteriorated. It may be that one day we’ll actually find his tomb or it may be that no one will ever find his tomb, but his body—the nephesh—went back to the earth from which it came. From the dust of the ground, God created Adam and Eve.

 

John 3:12-13 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. Christ verified what Peter said. Christ in the beginning was the Word as it shows in John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. In that sense He was in the heavens with God. He came down and was born of a human being, Mary—He was flesh and blood. He was able to die and He did die. He was crucified. But He clearly says no one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven … that is the Son of man who is in heaven. If David didn’t ascend to heaven, what makes us think we’re going to go into heaven? David didn’t ascend to heaven so to think you’re going into heaven—obviously you’re mistaken.

 

Mal. 4:1-3 “For behold, the day is coming,

Burning like an oven,

And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble.

And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”

Says the Lord of hosts,

“That will leave them neither root nor branch.

But to you who fear My name

The Sun of Righteousness shall arise

With healing in His wings;

And you shall go out

And grow fat like stall-fed calves.

3 You shall trample the wicked,

For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet

On the day that I do this,”

Says the Lord of hosts.

 

This is speaking about the ones who willfully will not repent of their sins—who cling to their pride and their vanity and will not repent. They will be cast into a lake of fire where they will be burned up. We burned a lot of things this past week and it got burned up. The pile was huge but it got a lot smaller because things were getting burned up. The wicked will be burned up and they will become ashes under the feet of those who are righteous who will live forever.

 

Job 14:1-15 “Man who is born of woman

Is of few days and full of trouble.

2 He comes forth like a flower and fades away;

He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

3 And do You open Your eyes on such a one,

And bring me to judgment with Yourself?

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

No one!

5 Since his days are determined,

The number of his months is with You;

You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.

6 Look away from him that he may rest,

Till like a hired man he finishes his day.

7 “For there is hope for a tree,

If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,

And that its tender shoots will not cease.

8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,

And its stump may die in the ground,

9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud

And bring forth branches like a plant.

10 But man dies and is laid away;

Indeed he breathes his last

And where is he?

11 As water disappears from the sea,

And a river becomes parched and dries up,

12 So man lies down and does not rise.

Till the heavens are no more,

They will not awake

Nor be roused from their sleep.

13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,

That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,

That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

14 If a man dies, shall he live again?

All the days of my hard service I will wait,

Till my change comes.

15 You shall call, and I will answer You;

You shall desire the work of Your hands.

 

Man is born of a woman and has just a few days on the earth—relatively few in comparison to eternity. Even someone who lives eighty-five years has very few days here on earth. It’s temporary.

 

Sometimes lightning strikes a tree and it kills the tree but oftentimes the tree will continue to live—it will sprout again. That’s good if it’s an apple tree or a cherry tree or something that you really want to continue growing. Unfortunately, we can sometimes cut trees down that we don’t want to live and they still live. In fact, there’s a tree I haven’t been as diligent with as I should have—and that tree is still alive and I think I started cutting that thing down fifteen years ago. It was beside a rose bush and I kept cutting it down. I didn’t do a very good job of making sure it died. In Job this analogy is used that if a tree is cut down there is hope that it will sprout again and that its tender shoots will not cease.

 

Job believed in a resurrection. He believed that he would be changed.

 

1 Cor. 15: 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

 

Those who are alive will be changed into spirit—those who are dead will actually rise first and they will be changed into spirit as well.

 

Our heavenly Father wants us to know what happens to us when we die. It is comforting to know the truth. The truth truly will set us free.

 

Heb. 9:27-28 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 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. It is appointed for us to die once, but we hopefully won’t die the second death. That’s a death none of us wants to see because that’s an eternal death.

 

The first time Jesus Christ came to this earth, He came to live a perfect life and to die for all of us that we could be forgiven our sins. He’s coming again and this time He’s bringing salvation with Him. The first time He came to live a perfect life—to keep the Commandments, to show us how we ought to live and then He was crucified, paying the penalty for our sins. He laid his life down for us, but He’s coming again a second time and this time He’s bringing salvation with Him. We will be saved at that time as we are born into His family, into the Kingdom of God. At Christ’s return, He is going to bind Satan and he will no longer be able to cause the death and violence and destruction that we see on the earth today. At His return, Christ is going to establish His government and Kingdom first on the earth and that will last for a thousand years—and it will be a kingdom of peace and happiness that will extend for all eternity.

 

1 Thes. 4:13-18 13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words. These are our words of comfort at times of the death of the ones we love. We know that they are secure and sealed by God’s Spirit. God’s Spirit seals His children. So my mother is sealed by the Spirit of God. The spirit of man went back to God who gave it, but the Holy Spirit is going to resurrect her at Christ’s return.

 

Paul didn’t want them to be ignorant in regard to what happens when someone dies—falls asleep. Death is a very very scary thing for many many people because they don’t know what’s going to happen when they die, but when you know what’s going to happen—when you understand the truth, it does really make it so much easier. Those who have died in Jesus Christ throughout the ages, like my mother, will be resurrected as Christ returns. They will actually be resurrected first and those who are alive and remain will be changed into spirit just instantaneously after that. If I’m still alive when Christ returns, my mother will rise first.

 

Scripture tells us that Christ is coming back to the Mount of Olives. Zechariah tells us that Christ is coming to rule on the earth for a thousand years and those who rise to meet Him in the clouds will go with Him and will be kings and priests on the earth.

 

1 Corinthians fifteen is the resurrection chapter. 1 Cor. 15:20-28 20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. [God the Father is excepted.] 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. Christ and God the Father are one. They are in complete unison and unity together.

 

 1 Cor. 15:50 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; [Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God , so the Kingdom of God is not yet established here on earth. The Kingdom of God being established on earth is a time yet to come. It is a spiritual kingdom that will last for eternity. There will be a physical element for a time and there will be some physical human beings who will live into the millennium and we will have an opportunity to teach them God’s ways and all will come to know God at that time. But eventually when the New Jerusalem comes down out of heaven, it will become a spiritual kingdom. There will be a new heaven and a new earth.] nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— [There will be some alive at Christ’s return who won’t even have to face the first death. They won’t have to taste the first death…some and they will be changed.] 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, [That’s when the dead will be raised. The dead don’t go immediately into heaven upon their death. The resurrection makes very little sense if they’re already in heaven. People can try to explain around that, but really it makes very little sense. IF WE’RE ALREADY IN HEAVEN, WHY DO WE NEED TO BE RESURRECTED? If we’re in the grave awaiting resurrection, that makes lots of sense.]and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality [We must put on immortality, the soul is not immortal. There is no immortality in man. Immortality is only in God. Once we’re changed into spirit, then we’ll be born into God’s family and we’ll be spirit and we’ll be immortal.], then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” Death will no longer have any hold on us.

 

55 “O Death, where is your sting?

O Hades, where is your victory?” [There is no victory in death, but there is victory in resurrection.]

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. [The law shows us what sin is. The wages of sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ.]

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. If the Lord builds the house, we don’t labor in vain. It’s wonderful to have God showing us the way—directing our steps so we need to follow those directions that God gives us in His word. We really need to understand the truth and the truth is revealed in the Bible. This booklet will go into some of the difficult scriptures people will use. It will go into greater detail than I did today so I would recommend that you read it. It’s a wonderful book to better understand what happens after one dies.

 

Christ is the first of the firstfruits. Christ was resurrected first. Notice in verse twenty-one that Man is capitalized because it is speaking of Christ. All people will be made alive in Christ. Those who have already died in Christ as we saw in First Thessalonians four will be resurrected to life and those who are alive who have remained in Christ at Christ’s return will be changed in a moment.

 

It is very comforting. I must say that knowing the truth was a great comfort to me at my mother’s death—knowing, believing what her destiny, her future holds. On this earth, my mother had a future of heartache in many ways because her health was failing—especially if she had lived very much longer and not been able to communicate and have remained paralyzed. She wasn’t completely paralyzed. She was able to move her right side—she was paralyzed initially, but she did get some of that back. The doctors were not hopeful at all in terms of her being able to swallow on her own even, so a feeding tube was an option but in my mind it was not a good option at all because she would have had to be in a nursing home for who knows how long. We’re grateful that God was merciful in allowing her to die the way that she did. It was a blessing, but it was a great blessing also knowing the truth that she awaits a resurrection and that she’s asleep—not suffering, she has no pain. It makes it a whole lot easier when you understand the truth. The truth really does set you free.

 

People can think a lot of things about what happens after death but what they really ought to do is to check the Bible to see if their thoughts are in line with what the Bible clearly says. Satan truly has deceived the whole world on this subject. The world is confused and a lot of very intelligent men and women who are scholars of the Bible just don’t get it—even though the scriptures I read today are clear. This is what the Bible teaches. Now there are some difficult scriptures that are easily explained in light of the clear scriptures I gave you today. That’s why I wanted to just concentrate on the clear scriptures. You can dig a little bit yourself if you want to have the answers to ‘Lazarus and the Rich Man’ for example—what that means and why the Bible uses that analogy or that parable. Also, the worms that never die and the one about the smoke that goes up into heaven—they are covered in the booklet. But, Satan has truly deceived the whole world in regard to this subject. So, let us be grateful that God in His mercy has revealed His truth to us.