The
After Life
Lu 23:43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today
you will be with me in paradise."
Acts 2:27a "You will not leave my soul in Hades" (referring to Jesus)
Php 1:22-24 If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean
fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I
am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which
is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain
in the body.
Luke 16:19-31 "There was a rich
man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every
day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs
came and licked his sores. "The time came when the beggar died and the
angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was
buried. In hell (hades), where he was in torment, he looked up and saw
Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him,
‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his
finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this
fire.’ "But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you
received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now
he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this,
between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want
to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to
us.’ "He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father’s
house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will
not also come to this place of torment.’ "Abraham replied, ‘They have
Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ "’No, father
Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they
will repent.’ "He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the
Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the
dead.’"
Mt 17:1-3 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and
John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by
themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like
the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there
appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.