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Tag Archives: immortality

Hope Beyond Death

Steve Durkac Posted on August 19, 2023 by Steve DurkacNovember 1, 2024

The immediate shock and despair of a loved one’s passing can leave us feeling hopeless about the future. No matter how much we may think we are prepared, death is devastating. It is the perfect earthly definition of finality, and it’s why we sometimes doubt that we’ll ever feel hopeful again. However, this is an issue dealt with in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Hospice Notes | Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:52-53, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Corinthians 5:8, bereavement, coping with grief, death, Ecclesiastes 12:7, eternity, grief, Heaven, hope, immortality, resurrection, Revelation 21:4, second coming

Luke 23:43 and Today in Paradise?

Steve Durkac Posted on September 9, 2019 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

The question is about Luke 23:43 and the thief going to Heaven that day, but we know that Jesus didn’t ascend into Heaven until 40 days later, so how do we understand this contradiction? Well, let’s begin with the actual verse of Luke 23:43 says, “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, Bible Answers, death, Ecclesiastes 12:7, immortality, Luke 23:43, Seventh-day Adventist, sleep, soul, state of dead, Walk by Faith, When We Die

Lake of Fire and Loss of Consciousness?

Steve Durkac Posted on August 15, 2019 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

Sunday at CrossHope Chapel we looked at Genesis 2:7 and the composite of man which the King James explains as “dust” plus “breath” equals “soul.” We later went into overtime when I couldn’t refrain from answering a question about the Lake of Fire and the loss of consciousness following the second death. Actually, I was asked what my thought was … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged hell, immortality, Judgment, Lake of Fire, mortal, Punishment of wicked, resurrection, second resurrection, unquenchable fire

2 Peter 2:6 and Hell Fire?

Steve Durkac Posted on May 20, 2019 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

The question is, What does 2 Peter 2:6 mean by Sodom and Gomorrah being an example of what will happen to the unsaved? This can be a puzzling verse for most Christians who have a picture of the unsaved burning throughout eternity in hell when the saved are enjoying the glory of heaven. However the verse and it’s parallel passage … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged 2 Peter 2:6, difficult text, eternal fire, hell, hell fire, immortality, Jude 1:7
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