03/11/2023
IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?
"If a man die shall he live again?" mankind has questioned: Where did we come from? Where are we going? what's is a man's destination? if man does live again, what will life be like?
There is something within the human heart -- an instinctive longing for immortality. There is something within him that says that death and the grave are not the end. Indeed there is scarcely a people in the world that do not have some kind of belief in life after death.
Man is the highest order of all the creatures that live on the face of the earth, although even the lowly animal kingdom possesses instincts that are remarkable. For example, place a carrier pigeon in a sealed box and transport it to a point miles away where it has never been before. As soon as the pigeon is released, what happens? The bird will rise in the air , circle a few times to get it's bearings, and then takeoff on a direct line for home. Soon it will be back at it's very starting place.
Now is it possible that the instinct within the carrier pigeon leads it safely to it's home, while the instinct within man that would lead him to God and his heavenly home plays him false? How much more is a man worth than a bird? That was what Jesus said when He spoke of the sparrows.
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." (Matthew 10:29-31)NIV.
Nature teaches that there's life after death. A grain of wheat falls to the ground, seemingly only to perish . But no, nature has reserved a miracle. Out of death comes life! The grain of wheat that died not only receives life, but reproduces itself many times. Surely man is worth more than a grain of wheat!
Jesus plainly taught there's life after death. When the Sadducees denied that there was a resurrection He said, " Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of
