Most people have a curiosity about the afterlife. That’s because the Bible says that “God has set eternity in the hearts of men” (Ecc. 3:11). The eternal God has put an eternal awareness in the hearts of every human being. In Luke 16 Jesus tells one of the most insightful stories about the afterlife. He details the deaths of two men and the different places they went after they died. One man went to a place of Torment where he suffered, and the other man (named Lazarus) went to a place of Paradise where he was comforted. How is Paradise different from Heaven? What happens when we die? Pastor Gary answers these questions and more as he teaches through Luke 16.
00:00 – Welcome 00:42 – Introduction 09:32 – The contrast of two lives 19:37 – 1.) Paradise is not the same as Heaven 21:14 – 2.) Jesus visited Paradise side of Hell during the three days His body was in the grave and He emptied Paradise when He escorted the occupants from there to Heaven 27:59 – 3.) The Torment side of Hell was not originally intended for people 29:53 – 4.) The present Hades (Hell) will be destroyed when it and its occupants are thrown into the Lake of Fire for eternal suffering 31:15 – 5.) Death may be inevitable, but your destination is a choice
