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To the believer, the grave is a bed, to lay down for a time until God gloriously raises the body, reunites soul and body, we are ushered

as whole persons into the presence of our God.

Although our society shields itself from the reality of death, if you push an unbeliever

with questions about what happens after they die, many will have strong opinions, even

believing in some kind of heaven or eternal life.

Hello and welcome to the Monday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

Today you'll hear a sober but necessary message on what happens when

we die. With so many wrong views out there, it's essential that we get this topic right.

Here's Dr. Guy Waters from his series, Facing the Last Enemy.

What happens when a person dies?

You want to think about what is often called the intermediate state.

That is, the period of time between a person's death and the return of Christ at the end of the age in glory.

Where do people go when they die?

What is their fate?

And to answer that question, well, we need to address some unbiblical answers that have been posed to that question,

and are answers that we face sometimes within the church and within the world at large.

So let's start by asking what doesn't happen after death.

We can look at four views.

Each of these views has been argued by learned theologians within the church and are current even today, and yet are unbiblical. The first of these is universalism.

Universalism says everybody is going to be saved. Now, for some, everybody will be saved

by following their own religion. For others, everybody will be saved by following their own religion.

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