There is a very large portion of ourselves which we are unaware of. If we have a spirit, if life after death is possible then we must already be connected with and have access to our eternal existence.
Its illogical to believe that we enter heaven as a spirit of ourselves, if the world were run by dogs then there would be paintings of dogs with feathered wings thought of as angels. What we have here is non existent in heaven. So what are beliefs but egocentric delusions. If you have absolutely no idea then how can you claim to and what are the chances of being correct?
God put into everyones Soul, the ideology of Eternity ...that is....there has to be more than just living here on earth for some 80 years (if your lucky) . There is a certain longing in our hearts...a yearning for something more and greater than our experience of earthly life. We may even feel that this life is just a prelude to something that never ends in the realm of eternity. These thoughts, feelings , etc... are something thats intrinsic to our Nature .
Beliefs can be based on credible and logical data and encompass good reason , then, beliefs can be wishful thinking because they offer a sense of comfort, validation, or personal satisfying. For the Christian, it is the PERSON of Jesus Christ where we place our trust because he is a historical man that numerous eye witnesses have written about based on living with him for 3 plus years and who saw, first hand, real miracles being performed...teachings that were amazing in substance....he lived a life that no one could find any wrong or sin in .... he claimed then proved his identity as being Divine ... and fulfilled over 300 extremely narrow Prophecies made hundreds of years in advance of his arrival including crucifixion which was even invented by the Romans then. This Jesus said emphatically and without apology , that, there IS an eternity...that there is a conscious life after this one and for those who trust in him for forgiven ess of sins and so get reconciled to God...that even though they die yet shall they live . And that eternal life was theres as a free undeserved gift from God in return for them placing their trust in Christ.
So, for the Christian, his Belief of eternity is in a Person who proved himself greatly by actually beating death then returning to life as witnessed by hundreds afterward . THIS kind of eye witness evidence as recorded in the New Testament, is objective and not based on what One hopes is true with reference to eternity ; we can KNOW there is an eternity and we can KNOW that we have it awaiting us because Christ said so. Jesus taught that there were one of two places in eternity : With him in heaven, or, apart from him in a location called Hell. And it depends on what we decide to do with Christ : Either reject him as Saviour of sins, or, embrace and trust that his sacrifical death was enough to save us from sins . God will simply grant what we wanted in this life : GreatER closeness to God or greatER distance from him. We choose and he grants.
Eternity can be yours right now instead of hoping its real later on. And thats the assurance God our Creator wants us to have so we can live a full, meaningful, happy life knowing that our earthly troubles will one day give way to eternal bliss in a new environment that will never end and will have joys unspeakable.
If this sounds good to you, it IS...and to get it requires you to take some action as my signature passage says. So please click onto it and be genuine in recieving Christ as your King and Saviour. Then you will be in the family of God and will live with him forever starting now and most assuredly, after this life. Hope to see you there !
