June 24: Finishing Heaven and Hell

How would you like to die? If you got to decide how you would die, what would you choose? I would like something totally wild, nothing common. An explosion
could be cool, one where no one else dies. I don't want to be responsible for that!

For sure there are two ways I don't want to die. 1) Drowning, and 2) Burning to death. Nobody drowns or burn to death quickly.

After we die, our reward can be Heaven, or the opposite is Hell. Last week we discussed Heaven. We shared what heaven may be like, and why we're looking forward to what the Word calls our Home. (Heaven)

To truly understand why we want to go to heaven, we need to understand what the other option is. Hell is described often in the bible. I think a great description of hell is in Mark chapter 9. It is interesting to note that one of the Bible words used to describe Hell is Gehenna, referring to the garbage dump of the valley of Hen, where there was fire constantly burning and the worms and maggots never lacked something to eat. They were always alive, always in existence. That’s why I mentioned burning as, what I would consider, to be the worst way to die. So imagine burning to death but never dying. That’s what I think Hell might be like. What do you think Hell would be like?

June 10: Beginning Our Series on Heaven and Hell

Several of you commented in our survey that you'd like to see the bible verses we'll be discussing ahead of time. 10 hours ahead of time probably isn't a good gap :), but we'll post next week's verses earlier.

Here's what to read for tonight:
Matthew 5:12
Luke 6:23

We're going to be talking about heaven. For whatever reason I don't hear to many messages on heaven. Heaven is our eventual goal. In fact, the Bible tells us that heaven is our home, and that we're just strangers here in this earth. So what do you think our true home (heaven) is like? Are the streets made of gold? Do you have a mansion? Are the gates made of pearl, and is St. Peter standing there like a bouncer? (Why does he have an Irish accent)


See you at 7:30 p.m. tonight!

Next week we finish-up by talking about Hell