Summary of last 3 weeks

Human - body soul spirit

Death – SeparationSeparation of Soul and Spirit from the body

to the GRAVE

Separation of soul and spirit from Godthrough sin … 1st Death

Separation of soul and spirit from God eternally … 2nd Death

Summary of last 3 weeks

The underworld – Sheol/Hades

5 compartments of the underworld

1. Tartarus – fallen angels Noah’s day

2. Hell – departed wicked

3. Paradise – departed righteous

4. Abyss bottomless pit – all demons

5. Lake of Fire – final place for all evil

The Underworld

The GraveBody

Sheol/Hades

The Flood

Tartarus the

Prison of

fallen angels

2Pet 2:4

Jude 6

G

U

L

F

HUMAN BEING

Abyss

Bottomless Pit

HellWicked DeadLuke 16

Paradise

Righteous

DeadLuke 16

The Lake

of Fire

THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST

Where do WE go when we die?

The Power of Jesus

JESUS HOLD THE KEYS TO DEATH AND HADES

Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Where did Jesus go when he died?

Luke 43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

Jesus went to the paradise compartment of Hades Sheol

What did Jesus do there?

First: He preached His gospel

1 Peter 3:18-21 … He (Jesus) was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19 through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison (THE UNDERWORLD) 20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah ….

What did Jesus do there?

Second: He led the righteous out of Paradise and took them to heaven

Ephesians 4:8-10

8 This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men."9 (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)

The Underworld

The GraveBody

Sheol/Hades

The Flood

Tartarus the

Prison of

fallen angels

G

U

L

F

Unsaved

Thief

Saved

Thief

Christ

Jesus preached in the underworld all heard 1Pet 3:19-20

Jesus took all

OT saints to

heaven

Paradise

Righteous

DeadLuke 16

HellWicked DeadLuke 16

Where is Jesus now?

1 Peter 3:21b-22 It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand-- with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

Jesus is in HEAVEN

HEAVEN

Heaven comes to Earth

Where is Heaven?

There are 3 heavens:

Clouds – our atmosphere

Space our universeBeyond our atmosphere

Third heaven? Also known as Paradise!

John 14: My Fathers House

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms [MANSIONS]; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place [TOPOS] for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place [TOPOS] for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

4 You know the way to the place [TOPOS] where I am going.“ 5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?“ 6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.“

Jesus is the way to heaven

4 Things Jesus said about Heaven

1. Heaven is a Real Place2. Heaven is a Different

Place than Earth3. Heaven is the Father’s

Big House4 . The Way to Heaven is

through Jesus

Where is Heaven? Apostle Paul’s view

2 Corinthians 12:2-5 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know — God knows.

3 And I know that this man — whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows — 4 was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell. 5 I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.

Heaven … Apostle Paul’s view

Phil 1:21-24 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labour for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;24but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. (NIV)

Where do I go when I die?

Its simple really ….

Those who die in Christ go to be with Christ and He is in heaven therefore those in Christ

go to heaven.

Post Jesus ResurrectionHEAVEN

TartarusHellParadiseAbyssLake of fire

The future state

Rev 21:1-7 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

THE NEW JERUSALEM … CITY OF GOD

Fathers house comes to Earth

1,363 MILES SQUARE

CONCLUSIONS

What happens when I die?

Conclusions of 4 weeks

What type of creature is mankind?

What is death?

What is the underworld?

What is the power of the cross?

What happens when I die?

Conclusions of 4 weeks

What type of creature is mankind?

What is death?

What is the underworld?

What is the power of the cross?

What happens when I die?