John 5:28-29

28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29. And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

resurrection

Eternal destiny

End of the world

judgment

Birth

Christian

Sinner

Infant

Rest

Torment

Infant

Sinners

Christian

Rest

Torment

Righteous

Evil

Righteous

Evil

Come

Depart

Heaven

Hell

Life on earth - V. 19-21Rich man - no nameBeggar - Lazarus

Death - v. 22-23Beggar - angels carriedRich man - in hades - punished

Rich man pleaded - v. 24-26Asked for mercyRemember

Luke 16:19-31

Luke 16:19-31

Luke 16:23 ASV “And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.”

It should be translated “hades”

“Gehenna” - place of eternal punishment

Hades is not the same as Hell

Hell - KJV

What is Hades ?“The unseen realm of the dead - the receptacle of disembodied spirits”

“Hades” - Greek word for Hebrew - “Sheol” “the unseen” “Invisible abode or mansion of the dead” “Place of departed spirits” “The abode of the dead” “Under-world - world of departed spirits” “receptacle of disembodied spirits”

What is Hades ?

Luke 16 two regions for the deceased

Bosom of AbrahamParadise

TormentFlameTartarus

“The unseen realm of the dead - the receptacle of disembodied spirits”

Where did the soul of Jesus go when He died?

“And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43

Not to extinction Not to same grave Jesus did not go to heaven - Jn. 20:17

Acts 2:27 “will not leave my soul in Hades”

Mt. 16:18 “the gates of hades shall not prevail”

What is Hades ?“The unseen realm of the dead - the receptacle of disembodied spirits”

JesusThief

LazarusWent to the paradise section of Hades

“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;” 2 Peter 2:4

“tartarus” - used only 1 time in New Testament

“place of punishment for wicked spirits before the final judgment”

Jude 6 “to be reserved unto judgment”

Rest

Torment

Body goes back to dust of the earth

Resurrection will be raised - immortal body

Body not recycled in “reincarnation”

Soul is in HadesTwo words “not” “seen” = unseenState of the spirits or souls of the dead

Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”

John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29. And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

2 Peter 3:11-12 11. “Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

12. looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?”

“Last” - - “End-of-time” things

Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

515 Gibbs Road

Evans, Ga. 30809

706-855-1249

evanscoc@bellsouth.netevanscoc@bellsouth.net

www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org

Sunday Morning October 27, 2013