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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear
I sat once with a dying man as he screamed he felt the flames of hell...whatever he felt I do not know but I do know he was a lost sinner that had rejected Jesus time and time again...
I sat with a dying saint as he saw the angels and told me they had come after him...I did not see them but that was his last words...
The hope of the resurrection, was the last words that encouraged the martyers of the early church.
I cannot believe all are saved...however I wish and hope that is true. I donīt mind being wrong on that...
Lots of christians have died horrible painful deaths at the hands of cruel godless men and women...it was the hope of a better life...the meeting of those saints that had departed that helped them so noblely die.
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This seems contradictory.
People at death are going straight to Heaven to be with Christ.
Yet THE HOPE OF RESURRECTION is our encouragement?
Why is that a hope? If we are enjoying eternal life in Heaven at our death what does a resurrection give us?