Afterlife ...mmmm...not convinced to be honest. Not our childish notions of Heaven nor the Dante style tortures of Hell that can grip our imagination.
We are accountable for what we do in this life. That makes perfect sense. There will be a Judgement Day I feel. I will have a lot of explaining to do. But I'm of the view that God does detention. Or he sends us back. A bit like the Buddhist idea. Karma. So in that case I will probably have to be born in Syria in the next life. Or North Korea. To pay for the dreadful sins I committed in this life. Yes I know Jesus died for our sins. But some of us need punishment to wake up.
We Australians are so lucky. I think most of us will have to be born in a 3rd world country in the next life. Then we will finally appreciate being given a life by God. The life after that, hopefully I can come back to Australia. Australia is Heaven you know.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but there is only two places of afterlife in the final judgement as one to eternal life with Christ and the other eternal damnation in the lake of fire separated from Christ forever. If your name is not found in the Lamb's book of life then there are no excuses within His righteous judgements.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
John 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Rev 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
