Bible Discussion Thread

Part 2: Satan's version of heaven

I would ask for prayer for myself and anyone reading this as it is deep and no doubt the enemy will be at work to thwart this message.

Ask anyone if they are a good person and where they are headed and they usually think they are going to heaven but some will agree they aren't. If you bring up relatives of a person who were clearly unsaved then often you see people holding onto memories and convinced they are in heaven. Such sadly was the case with my mother who said her mom was too good not to be in heaven; I can't remember what she thought about the quick dream I had for a few seconds the night before she died about her having to prepare to stand in front of God. My mom got a Gospel presentation and song the day she died as an answered prayer on my part not to be there with anyone unsaved when they died.

I am not recommending that you ask someone this however if they bring it up then you have to be real and say that you can't be certain but you simply cannot bank on memories of anyone no matter how kind they were and make any assumption that they are saved if they never showed evidence of it. In fact I am wary of those I don't know personally who are supposed to be Christians unless I see clear evidence of it. Jumping on the bandwagon is something we should be cautious about.

Now I don't want to harp on Predestination but will say it appears that those who die and are lost only want to end their suffering but have no desire to serve or love God; and it seems evident even for some who die with losing heartbeat for minutes may not be fully dead; where the soul goes back to the one who created it. It also shows many times that a person is still decieved unless a clear Gospel message comes from their experience; again scripturally everyone seeing God's presence is flat on their face; why should we be any different? The fear of the Lord is rarely present and this is clear indication of Satan's deception.