The Heaven Answer Book

God had graciously given them (Genesis 3:5–7). This is the sin that saturates our hearts to this day—to believe Satan’s deceitful lies instead of respecting and honoring God’s gracious gifts. Death is the common lot of every living thing: peo ple, plants, and animals. Death afflicts all creation. From the moment a child is born, the dying process—and the fight against it—begins. But God, in His great love, made it possible for us to have victory over death, in spite of the fact that we must walk through it. The Bible tells us that death cannot separate believers in Jesus Christ from the love of God (Romans 8:38–39). The Bible also says, “I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live . . . For the Lord is your life” (Deuteronomy 30:19–20). The death of the righteous is not to be feared or shunned. It is the shadowed threshold to Heaven—the palace of God.

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