Waiting for the New Heaven and New Earth

By William Dewberry

Events of persecution and tribulation against Christianity are taking place now and are increasing with time. This increase may be connected with, and leading to, the end times that are revealed in the book of Revelation. Revelation predicts a time of evil and persecution that causes tribulation for Christians before the second coming of Christ. Christians are being killed today simply because they are Christians, and violence and ungodliness are steadily increasing. Revelation predicts that as the time for the second coming of Christ draws near Christians may be murdered simply because they are Christians. Christians look forward to the second coming of Christ and the fulfillment of the promise of eternal life in a new heaven and new earth. Many people are not aware of Gods promises and have not made preparations for receiving Gods blessings. This book gives an overview of the history of Gods creation from the beginning of time to the end of time and explains Gods plan to reward everyone that believes in God the Creator and is faithful to obey the gospel message of His Son Jesus Christ. The reward is eternal life in A New Heaven and New Earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514468913

William Dewberry

William E. Dewberry is a retired data communications technician who lives with his wife, Uvonne, in the small community of Crowley, Texas. He is the proud father of three beautiful daughters and five wonderful grandchildren. He has a passion for gardening, loves to travel, and sometimes does volunteer work. His family and his faith mean everything in his life, and each has given him the inspiration to leave this legacy of love called Tribulations.

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Table of Contents

Preface1

Introduction

Overview and summary of God’s plan of redemption

The Bible

Satan

The Holy Spirit of God

Genesis: In the Beginning of Time–The Story of Redemption

People of faith

Abram A Man of Great Faith

A Summary of Abraham’s Part in God’s Plan of Redemption.

Overview of the History of God’s Plan of Redemption

Book of Malachi (400 B.C.)

Birth, Life and Ministry of Jesus- A Better Way

Gospel of Luke Chapter One

Birth of Christ

The Birth of John the Baptist

Jesus begins His Ministry

Satan Tempts Jesus

Jesus is accepted in most of Galilee except Nazareth Reject

Jesus the Son of God

Jesus Casts Out Demons (Luke 4)

Jesus Chooses Disciples to be Apostles

Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners

Selection of the Twelve Apostles (Luke 6 and Mark 3)

Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (Luke 6: 39-42)

Jesus Praises John the Baptist for His Ministry (Luke 7:24-35)

A Woman Anoints the Feet of Jesus (Luke 7:36-39)

Jesus Sends the Twelve Apostles to Preach the Kingdom of God

The Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36)

Jesus Casts out a Demon (Luke 9:37-42)

Jesus Predicts His own Death (Luke 9:43-45)

Jesus Goes to Capernaum

Jesus Miraculously feeds four thousand

Jesus goes to Jerusalem.

Jesus Heals a Blind Man

Jesus Selects Seventy Disciples to Teach

Jesus Triumphal entry into Jerusalem

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Judas Betrays Christ (Luke 22:1-13)

The Lord’s Supper

Christ Prays in Gethsemane, Judas Betrays Christ (Luke 22:39-53)

Christ is tried by Pilate, then By Herod (Luke 23:1-12)

Pilate Tried Jesus a Second Time and Found Him Innocent

The Sanhedrin tries Jesus.

Luke’s Account of The Crucifixion of Jesus (Luke 23:26-49)

Jesus Resurrection by Matthew and Mark

Paraphrase of John’s version –JN 20

Stephen and Saul

The Conversion of Saul

The Gospel Preached to Cornelius a Gentile

Preparatory Introduction

Chapters 1 through 3

The Book of Revelation

Introduction to the Book of Revelation

Chapter 1 Letters to the seven churches of Asia

The Martyrs of the First Century

Revelation Chapter 4–The Throne Room in Heaven

The Anti-Christ

Chapter 5 End Times

Chapter 6–Opening the Seals of the Scroll

The Fifth Seal is Opened — The Martyrs

The Sixth Seal is Opened — Great Earthquake

Chapter 7– The One Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand

Section 3– Chapter 8–11

The Sixth Trumpet Sounds

Chapter 9

The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll

Chapter 11: The Two Witnesses

The Seventh Trumpet

The Beast from the Sea

The Lamb and The One Hundred Forty-four Thousand

Section 5–Chapters 15 through 16

The Bowl Judgments

God’s Bowls of Wrath Poured on The Earth

Section 6 chapters 17 -19

Chapter 17—Great Harlot, Who Sits On Many Waters

Babylon the Great will be Destroyed

Heaven Celebrates Babylon’s Defeat

Christ Returns on a White Horse–End of Time

The Beast and His Armies Defeated

Section 7–Chapters 20-22

Judgment of the Great White Throne

The New Heaven and the New Earth

Chapter 22

Summary of New Testament Books

The Church after Pentecost

Preface1

Events of persecution and tribulation against Christianity are taking place now and are increasing with time. This increase may be connected with, and leading to, the end times that are revealed in the book of Revelation. Revelation predicts a time of evil and persecution that causes tribulation for Christians before the second coming of Christ. Christians are being killed today simply because they are Christians, and violence and ungodliness are steadily increasing. Revelation predicts that as the time for the second coming of Christ draws near Christians may be murdered simply because they are Christians. Christians look forward to the second coming of Christ and the fulfillment of the promise of eternal life in a new heaven and new earth. Many people are not aware of God’s promises and have not made preparations for receiving God’s blessings. This book gives an overview of the history of God’s creation from the beginning of time to the end of time and explains God’s plan to reward everyone that believes in God the Creator and is faithful to obey the gospel message of His Son Jesus Christ. The reward is eternal life in A New Heaven and New Earth.

Introduction

The contents of this book are adapted from the Bible and begins with an introduction of God the Creator of heaven and earth and all things. In His nature God is pure spirit. The Old Testament reveals God as a personal God. God is an all wise and almighty Spirit, and the effects of his creation are all around us. God is the same today tomorrow and forever. All Christians and Jews believe in the God of creation, even though they may disagree on many other things involving God and His Son. The spirit of the people God created is immaterial, invisible and has a mind, which can think, understand and reason. God created people with the ability to think, learn and reason, so they would be able to find Him. God’s word can have a dramatic impact on the spirit and life of people for good depending on each individual’s response to the word of God. The evidences of God can be seen by the intelligence of the human spirit. What entity is responsible for the creation of heaven and earth and the people who live on the earth is a question that has entered the minds of people from the beginning of time. There is controversy about the creation of ever- thing and scientists look for some reason other than God. Answering the questions about who God is and what our responsibility towards God is the most important question in this life.

The question of who we are and where we came from are questions people have thought about from the beginning of time and they are answered in the Bible. The Bible has been accurately preserved for thousands of years and has had a definite effect on the life of people of every generation. The Bible tells the whole story of God the creator, Christ, God’s Son, and Satan the mortal enemy of mankind. The Bible explains the need for redemption of the sin caused by the sinful nature of people. God communicates with people, through the scriptures of the Bible, and it is incumbent that people read the Bible which has survived for many ages. The authenticity of the Bible has been carefully preserved and was completed nearly 2,000 years ago. There are 66 books in the Bible. Each book reveals a part of the entire story of the creation and the history of God’s plan.

Each book is a supernatural work of God in which He communicated divine truth to men who were inspired by the Holy Spirit. The ability to identify the source of the creation requires Intelligence of the mind. The Bible says God is the creator and He breathed the qualities of intelligence into the people He created. The term intelligence is defined as the ability to reason, learn and understand, as well as other forms of mental activity that suggest an intelligent creator. Welcome to the common sense version of God Christ and the Bible and We begin to learn about God with a commentary of the history of redemption according to God’s word in the Bible. Most scriptures are paraphrased and are identified as a paraphrase by this sign–

The Bible furnishes people with all of the knowledge they need to avoid temptation and remain faithful to God and His word. The Bible tells us Satan will continue to rebel against God and tempt God’s people until he is destroyed at the end of time. The Bible is believed by millions of people to be the word of the God who created people and everything else. People have no legitimate reason or excuse to ignore and disobey the law of their creator.

Waiting for the New Heaven and New Earth

Overview and summary of God’s plan of redemption

Exodus 3–I Am who I Am. God knows, loves and cares for people’s every need. John 3:16–God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son as a sacrifice for redeeming the guilt of sin for whoever believes in him, and they will not perish but have everlasting life. God is not limited by nature, He is the creator of nature and He is eternal. The illustrated Bible Dictionary lists the names of God who created the heavens and the earth and was known by several names to several groups of people. EL (God Almighty), El Elyon (The Most High God), Elohim (The Supreme Deity), Eloah (the same meaning as EL), Jehovah and Yahweh (the Lord provides. God is one but He manifests Himself in three distinct persons. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit.

God created all matter and molded it into what we see and know as we observe the creation. All the things that can be identified as separate parts of the creation came together in a unified, intelligent design that had a purpose.–The God of the Bible is infinite, eternal, holy, unchanging, omnipotent, always present, all knowing, self-sufficient, gracious, merciful, loving and sovereign. The Lord, He is God there is no other besides Him. Everyone has a personal responsibility to learn about God and their responsibility to God their Creator.

Isaiah 46–I am God and there is no other.–God sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers to Him who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. God manifests Himself in ways that He can be perceived by people. God is infinite, eternal, holy, and unchanging. He is Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent.

God is an all wise and almighty Spirit and the effects of God’s creation are all around us. God rules heaven and His creation.

The most basic name for God in Hebrew is El, and adjectives are added to describe God at various times in his association with mankind. God’s name was defined by his actions at any given time.

Six terms that are used in the original Hebrew, Greek and English Bibles that make reference to God are: El, Eloah, Elohim the God of creation, El Elyon the Most High God, Yahweh (the Lord) and El Shaddai, the Almighty God.

Some scientists and some people fail to realize that the big bang theory put forth to explain the creation was actually the creative power of God. God is omniscient (knowing all things), He is omnipotent (all powerful). God is omnipresent (seeing and knowing all things in all places at all times). The evidence of God is realized with the five human senses of the spirit that God gave people. God is the creator of all things, and it is obvious that the Heavens and earth were designed and created by a superior intelligence. God is Sovereign-and He is the supreme ruler of all people.

God created the material that all things are made of, and the unseen elements also including the spirit that lives in people. The spirit God placed in people is immaterial and invisible and has an intelligent mind. It is through the intelligence of the human spirit that people can find the invisible God and learn about God’s invisible qualities and Godly nature. Since God is Personal He can enter into personal relationships with people. Millions of Christians realize that their existence came from a superior intelligence. God breathed those qualities into the people He created. People from the beginning of time who did not know the true God of creation invented their own false gods and worshiped them. God placed within people a desire to look for Him, and find Him. And God made it possible for people to find him and know Him in every generation since the beginning of time.

It is reasonable to believe that a Supreme intelligence and power does exist and is responsible for the creation, and God is that Supreme Being. God is omniscient (knowing all things), He is omnipotent (all powerful). God is omnipresent (seeing and knowing all things in all places at all times). God rules heaven and His creation.

The most basic name for God in Hebrew is El, and adjectives are added to describe God at various times in his association with mankind. God’s name was defined by his actions at any given time. Six terms that are used in the original Hebrew, Greek and English Bibles that make reference to God are: El, Eloah, Elohim the God of creation, El Elyon the Most High God, Yahweh (the Lord) and El Shaddai, the Almighty God. God holds the future of everyone and everything in His hands, and He still will at the end of time when eternity begins. The Bible reveals the story of God’s plan of redemption from the guilt of sin from the time of the Garden of Eden to the second coming of Christ, at the end of time.

Evidences of God are realized with the five human senses of the spirit that God gave people. God is the creator of all things, and it is obvious that the Heavens and earth were designed and created by a superior intelligence. And it is reasonable to believe that A Supreme intelligence and power we call God does exist and is responsible for the creation.

God created the material that things are made of, and the unseen elements such as the spirit that lives in people. It is through the intelligence of the human spirit that people can see God’s invisible qualities and Godly nature. The creation reveals the great glory of God, and after His creation God said, It is good. The spirit God placed in people is immaterial and invisible and has an intelligent mind. People have control over their own thoughts and actions, and they have the ability to understand God’s law that is recorded in the Bible therefore people are responsible for the consequences of their actions.

The Bible is a true story about God, people and everyone associated with God. God can be known because He has made it possible for anyone to learn about Him by reading the Bible. God is one but He manifests Himself in three distinct persons. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, and It is by the human spirit that people accept God as their Father and have a relationship with Him. Today people still proclaim God’s word all over the world and they use the Bible as a guide and source of information.

There are many arguments that point to God as the Supreme Being that created all things. God cannot be worshiped with physical elements or with people’s hands. The spirits of people were made to worship God. God must be worshiped with our spirit- heart and soul; the natural life of the body. Some scientists and some people fail to realize that the big bang theory put forth to explain the creation was actually the creative power of God. God created people in His own image, but they are limited in every way. However, God is not bound with limitations. God has infinite intelligence, and He created people with an intelligent spirit so they would have the desire to find Him and learn about his plan for them and revere and worship God above all else.

And God purposely made it possible for people to find him and know Him in every generation since the beginning of time when his Holy Spirit inspired certain people to write the Bible. The Bible is correct when it speaks about the eternal life of the spirit of people. The evidence from many people who had near death experiences supports the Bible account of Hades, the place of the spirits of the dead. Hades is a holding place for spirits of the dead to live until the final Judgment of God takes place. God is the creator of people and all people are accountable to answer to God for everything they have done whether good or bad. Hades is a holding place for spirits to live until the final Judgment of God takes place at the end of time. The Bible is the only inspired book and guide available and the Bible is dedicated to the pursuit of immortality. God holds the future of everyone and everything in His hands, and He will at the end of time reward everyone according to their association with Him during their lifetime.

The word sin is a very small word but it has a tremendous impact on the fate and destiny of every individual since the creation to the end of time. In our relationship with God sin means, missing the mark and before Christ died to take away the guilt of sin, there was no one who was righteous, everyone was condemned by their own sin. Paul wrote to the people in Rome saying the whole world was guilty of sin. And it is written there is none righteous not even one, no one understands or seeks God. (Romans 3).

The Bible reveals the story of God’s plan of redemption from the guilt of sin to make people righteous. From the time of the Garden of Eden to the second coming of Christ, at the end of time. The Bible furnishes people with all of the knowledge they need to avoid temptation and remain faithful to God and His word. The Bible tells us Satan will continue to rebel against God and tempt God’s people until he is destroyed at the end of time.

The Bible is believed by millions of people to be the word of the God who created people and everything else. The bible reveals everything people need to know and do to be credited with righteousness. People have no legitimate reason or excuse for ignoring and disobeying the law of their creator.

The creation reveals the great glory of God. After His creation God said, It is good. God is described as being immortal, invisible and wise. Considering the creation we understand that God’s invisible qualities are seen and understood by the things that are made. People are the only intelligent creatures on earth and they can understand that a superior entity with infinite intelligence and power created them and the heavens and the earth. God made people with an ability to choose their own destiny and everyone is responsible for their own decisions.

God is unlimited in every way. God communicated with people through the ages by the inspiration of his Holy Spirit. People who believe in God are instructed by the Bible to teach those who do not believe.

God created people in His own image, with an intelligent mind, and God gave them a free will to choose their own destiny. However, God also gave them a free will to make choices and He gave them a knowledge of His word with an understanding that they belong to Him and are expected to obey Him. God has infinite intelligence, and He created people with an intelligent spirit so they would have the desire to find Him and learn about his plan for them. God is an invisible infinite Spirit, and the effect of his creation is not hidden but is all around us.

The Bible was, written by 40 individual authors over a period of 1,600 years, and its authenticity has been carefully preserved. Bible scholars use James Ushers chronology. Usher lived from 1581 to1656, and he was, highly educated and was a respected historian and Christian. Usher was a Bible scholar that put the time of the creation of the earth at 4004 B.C. The Bible was the basis for his work. Whether Usher was exactly correct or not does not in any way change the authenticity of the Bible’s story of redemption. By using Ushers timeline we can follow a historical view in sequence from the time of creation to the birth of Christ. Usher had logical and historically valid reasons for arriving at his proposed beginning date of the creation. And if we defer to the Bible as our authoritative basis for the areas on which it touches, it will always prove itself to be correct.

Most people are not Rhodes scholars or scientists but they can accept the creation account in the Bible by reading the Bible with a common sense view of the beginning of time. The Bible is God’s Grace Explored and Explained. The Old Testament has 39 books and their message together includes stories that make a unified narrative about God and the Hebrews (Israelites) later called Jews. In the First Century A.D. God’s Son Jesus the Christ died on a cross so that people could have remission of their sins. And being redeemed of sin made people, sons of God called Christians waiting for their eternal home in the new heaven and new earth. The Bible was in the process of being written for more than one thousand years.

The Bible was written so that God could communicate with the people He created and communicate His will in His Law. The Bible claims that God can be known by anyone as a personal God. People can individually or in a group, approach God in humility and let the desires of their heart be known. They can also rebel against His word and law and suffer the consequences. The human spirit has the ability and the power to control a person’s thoughts and actions.

The spirit in people does not die when the body dies because it is eternal. The Bible enlightens our spirit - Spirit to spirit. All people were made by the power of God for a purpose to have a relationship with God and his Son. God has counseled His people, from the beginning of time with his word and mighty deeds. The prophet Isaiah taught God’s word and spoke of God as the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Father of eternity, and Father of glory. Since God is our Creator, Owner and counselor we must obey God’s law. God is a gracious and compassionate God who is merciful, says the Psalmist–You O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and You are gracious, longsuffering and full of mercy and truth. God showered his love upon us–Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! Children are indebted to love honor and obey their father and God expects His children to love honor and obey Him in everything.

The first part of this book contains a synopsis of God’s plan from the beginning of time as our Father, and we are to love honor and obey Him in every way. This book reveals God the creator, A, person’s spirit within them deals with daily life decisions. In the beginning of the time of the creation, God communicated with people by the inspiration of his Holy Spirit. Then through the Holy Spirit inspired word, written in the book we know as the Bible.

Since the creation people have been aware that there are certain forces around us that are invisible and cannot be detected by the senses of smell, taste, or touch, but we know they exist because of the effect they have on the things around us. It is our Spirit that receives all knowledge and communication. Since the creation people have been aware of these forces even though some are invisible and cannot be detected by the senses of smell, taste, or touch, but we know they exist because of the effect they have on us and on the people around us.

The word of God helps us develop, Faith, hope and love by our human spirit and these attributes demonstrate that we have an understanding of God and His eternal plans for the people he created.

All of the people created by God are commanded to obey God, and to praise and glorify Him, for in Him we live and move and have our being, and we are His offspring. God is personal and in the past, He was the God of the Hebrews, Israelites, Jews, and now He is the God of Christians. Most of the people God created displayed the same pattern of disobedience to God the Creator and father of us all ever since the beginning of time. God warned people of the bad consequences of disobedience. God Has revealed His Law by people called prophets and by the written word in the book known as the Bible. Since people have been aware of God and His law there is no excuse for disobedience to God’s word. Since the Bible was first written, there have been many people who have been dedicated to peaching and teaching God’s word recorded in the Bible.

The Bible

The Bible is a Holy Spirit inspired book accepted by Christians that provides guidance for the spirit of people and governs their behavior. God continues to communicate with people today through the Bible. The Bible reveals the story of God and the creation of all things including the people He created. The Bible claims that God can be known by anyone as a personal God. People can individually or in a group approach God in humility through prayer and let the desires of their heart be known. God cares about each individual person like a father who cares for his son. If a father’s son disobeys him, the father may be disappointed, even angry, but he does not disown him. God will not disown anyone unless they refuse to have faith in His Son and refuse to obey Him. God is the same today tomorrow and forever. The Bible answers all questions about the creation and all other questions that pertain to the life of people on earth and their eternal destiny. The Bible reveals a new home in a new heaven and new earth for Christians after the death of their body.

God’s plan of redemption in the Bible has been translated into the English language. The Bible tells a story of God’s Grace Explored and Explained. The word of God penetrates the soul and spirit, and gives to each person as God pleases. God’s Holy Spirit can influence our spirit’s affections and our decisions.

People must depend on the intelligence God gave them to discover Him through His word that He graciously supplied for us in the Bible. The Bible was in the process of being written for more than one thousand years. The evidences of God in the scriptures can create a belief in God as the only intelligent answer for the creation. Everything people need to know about God and his will for people has been clearly revealed and written in the Bible. The first part of this book contains a synopsis of God’s plan of interaction with the people He created from the beginning of time up to and including the first century A.D. when the kingdom of God on earth was first established in the first century A.D. This book reveals God the creator, Satan the evil adversary of God, and God’s solution to redeem people from the guilt of sin, which is disobedience to God’s law.

The Bible reveals the story of God and the creation of all things including people.

God is one but He manifests Himself in three distinct persons. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit. The Bible welcomes all people to have a relationship with God through faith in His son Jesus Christ.

The Bible simply states that God created the heavens and the earth and there is no other plausible explanation for their existence. The Bible gives proof of God’ existence, and of eternal life. The Bible was originally written in the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages. The entire Bible was translated into the Greek language and eventually into most known languages. The Old Testament begins a story of redemption, with the creation and the founding and preservation of the Hebrew nation.

A Father has compassion on his children, and the Lord has compassion on the people who fear Him. The Bible pictures God, as an all wise and almighty Spirit, and the effects of His creation are everywhere. The Bible reveals that someday God will create a new heaven and new earth and destroy the present earth and its heavens. God knew ahead of time what plans He had for people and He is faithful to give them good things if they obey His word. Sin is an act of disobedience of God’s written or implied law. And in the Bible we learn more about God the Holy Spirit, Satan, the prophets, and God’s Son Jesus Christ, and their role in the plan of redemption.

The Laws of God were given for the benefit of the people God created, but many people from the beginning of time have ignored and rebelled against the authority of God, which is defined as sin. God is described as being immortal, invisible and wise. Considering the creation we understand that God’s invisible qualities are seen and understood by the things that are made. People are the only intelligent creatures on earth and they can understand that a superior entity with infinite intelligence and power created them and the heavens and the earth. God is unlimited in every way. God is all wise and almighty. The Bible teaches people how to have a proper relationship with God and how to become a child of God. God is the Father of all people, and He can and must be accepted by people as their creator and owner.

God has communicates with people visibly through the creation and by His immutable word in the Bible. God is full of compassion, gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth. God is interested in people’s lives from the time they are born to the end of time.

The only believable explanation for the existence of these invisible qualities in people is that God put them in the spirit of people. The spirit is often referred to as the heart in regards to the whole person’s mental and moral self. There is no excuse for failing to believe in God, but the first people created began very soon after creation to ignore God’s law.

Psalm 145:18 The Lord is near to all who call on Him in truth. The world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. The intelligence of the human spirit has the ability to know God. People are without excuse if they fail to know and obey God. The Bible tells the story of God’s plan to redeem people (take away the guilt of their sin) and fully explains God’s relationship with the people He created. And it is the responsibility of all people to personally learn about God and fulfill their obligation to God that is revealed in the Bible. The Bible reveals the story of God’s interaction with people from their birth to the end of life, from the time of the first people to the end of time.

Evidences of a God and a knowledge of God can be understood by the five human senses of the human spirit. The way we think, feel, and believe about any issue in life including our relationship with God and His word was given to people by God. And by the intelligence of the invisible human spirit, that God gave us, people can see the invisible qualities and nature of God that allows them to believe in Him and understand His word that was proclaimed by his prophets and written in the Bible. God made it possible for any individual to come to Him in repentance and prayer seeking redemption before and after they have sinned. The Faith, hope and love people have for God and his Son Jesus Christ, demonstrates that they have an understanding of God and His eternal plans.

Discovering the truth in the Bible could be one of the most exciting adventures you will ever have. The evidences of God in the scriptures create a belief in God as the only intelligent answer for the creation. It is reasonable to believe that God has always existed and that He is the creator of all life. The revealing of God in the Bible was given by the Holy Spirit as He revealed God’s word to the human spirit by inspiration. Including the history of the people God created and God’s expectations for people from the beginning to the end of time.

God is one but He manifests Himself in three distinct persons. God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit of God. Christians understand that the body is temporary and is destined to die but the spirit of people continues to live after the body dies because the spirit is eternal. God owns the spirit of every human and He determines the destiny of the spirit when the body dies. And if a person has been obedient to the Law of God revealed in the Bible, the spirit waits in a place of paradise until the final judgment of God then enters the New Heaven and New Earth God has created for them. Unfortunately if a person has not been faithful to obey God’s revealed word their spirit will enter the fiery hell –Hell of fire-Matthew 5:22 a metaphorical description.

The subject of the life of the human spirit after the death of the body is evident and there is an amazing amount of evidence of the life of the spirit after the body dies. The evidence of life after death of the body is paramount in the Bible and by credible people including doctors and scientists. German scientists conducted a clinical test led by Berthold Ackerman, on testimonies from several volunteers on near death experiences by Christians from several churches, Muslims, Jewish people, Hindus and atheists.

All confirmed experiences of a clinical death of the body. And the consciousness of the spirit remained after the body was clinically dead. Experiences of spirit life after death are common and becoming more common every day. Paul’s observation of the life of the human spirit –"I must go on to boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether they were in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows." He went up into paradise, and he heard inexpressible things that man is not permitted to tell, which is not lawful for a man to utter. I will boast of him, except in my weakness. The spirit is eternal unless God destroys it, and the human spirit can and does live in or out of the body. Most evidences of life after death today comes from near death experiences.

Raymond A. moody. M.D. in his book Life after Life, documented more than 100 near death experiences.

Most people with life after death experiences describe the same sensations. They usually report a feeling of peace and seeing a bright light. Some people report seeing a religious figure that helps guide them during their transition. Dr. Jeffrey Long says if you look at the evidence of after death experiences, the answer is yes, there is life of the spirit after the death of the body. Over 1600 near death experiences have been cataloged in His new book which shows evidence of the after-life. Dr. Kenneth Ring published a scientific paper in the Journal of, Near Death Studies of a type that provides verified evidence supporting the existence of an after-life. Dr. Bruce Grayson documented a most compelling example of a person who had a near death experience and observed events while outside of his body which were later verified. These events are evidence that a person’s consciousness is from the spirit, and when the spirit leaves the dead body, the spirit continues to live it is alive and conscious and can return to the body if the body is revived.

Fearing the judgment of God implies that we have a knowledge of God and understand that we are subject to being obedient to Him. Bible scriptures are inspired by the Holy Spirit of God and the original writing of the Bible was without error because it was the very words of God.

Any supposed or real error found in the Bible came from the people who transcribed the scriptures. The Holy Spirit of God inspired the writers of the Bible meaning the scriptures of the Bible were God breathed into the minds of those who spoke or wrote the very words of the Bible and God does not make mistakes. God is the same today tomorrow and forever. God is Holy, Righteous and Sovereign. Most people on the earth have access to God’s Word in the Bible. God is Sovereign-and He is the supreme ruler of all people. Since God is a Person He can enter into personal relationships with people.

People from the beginning of time who failed to believe in the true God of creation invented