What Happens When You Die? – Bill of
Rights Coming For Parents - Affirmative Action Nearly Killed Me - Maryland
Mayor Arrested For Child Porn - CCP & Tech-Powered Dystopia - WORLD ISRAEL
NEWS – Christian Post – Dan Bongino and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
March 3rd 2023
Republicans introduce ‘Bill of
Rights’ to give parents a voice in education of their children - Friday, March
3, 2023 13:25 - Washington D.C., Mar 3, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA) - Republican
lawmakers introduced a resolution to establish a “Parents Bill of Rights” this
week, which is meant to bolster parental rights in the public education system
with a new set of federal standards for schools. The resolution, which has 73 Republican
co-sponsors, would make parents active participants in the education of their
children. According to a news release sent out by the primary sponsor, Rep.
Julia Letlow, R-Louisiana, the resolution is based on five principles: https://beforeitsnews.com/religion/2023/03/republicans-introduce-bill-of-rights-to-give-parents-a-voice-in-education-of-their-children-2568165.html
Affirmative Action Nearly Killed Me -
Friday, March 3, 2023 10:17 - Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court will likely
officially kill affirmative action this summer, but it will probably survive
and get worse in some other form. Merit based hiring and admissions will go
before diversity. DEI has become the established religion of the United States.
– HW - By Krystal Knight - It’s all fun and games until a Fedex 767 lands on
top of your Southwest flight and you never make it to Cancun. - A few months
ago, I flew Southwest to Cancun out of Austin’s airport…and I lived. https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2023/03/affirmative-action-nearly-killed-me-3284928.html
TIM BROWN: Sodomite Mayor Mentored By
Pete Buttigieg Arrested & Charged With 56 Counts of Possession &
Distribution of Child Pornography - Friday, March 3, 2023 9:28 - The flaunting
of the natural order & law, along with the law of God regarding sodomy
opens up the floodgates for all kinds of sexual perversions, which will
ultimately lead to targeting children for those very perversions. Such is the case of Secretary of State and
open sodomite Pete Buttigieg, who was the mentor of College Park, Maryland
Mayor and open sodomite Patrick Wojahn, who was recently arrested and charged
with 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography…. https://beforeitsnews.com/u-s-politics/2023/03/sodomite-mayor-mentored-by-pete-buttigieg-arrested-charged-with-56-counts-of-possession-distribution-of-child-pornography-2601618.html
WORLD ISRAEL NEWS: Hungary moving
embassy to Jerusalem within the month – report - March 3, 2023 - Senior
officials at the Foreign Ministry linked Orban’s gesture to his ally
Netanyahu’s current political challenges. - By Adina Katz, World Israel News - The
Hungarian embassy in Israel will be moved within the next few weeks from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem, Hebrew-language media reported Friday morning. - https://worldisraelnews.com/hungary-moving-embassy-to-jerusalem-within-the-month-report/
ZERO HEDGE: CCP Seeks To 'Replace' US
With 'Tech-Powered Dystopia': Select Committee Testimony - BY TYLER DURDEN - THURSDAY,
MAR 02, 2023 - 08:00 PM - Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times -
China’s communist regime is engaged in a concerted effort to undermine and
replace the United States by weaponizing Americans against one another,
according to testimony received by a new congressional committee focused on
competition with the regime. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ccp-seeks-replace-us-tech-powered-dystopia-select-committee-testimony
WORLD ISRAEL NEWS: UK navy busts
Iranian missile smuggling ring - March 2, 2023 - The British Navy said it
intercepted Iranian smugglers who were attempting to transport anti-tank
missiles, ballistic missile components, and other weapons through the Gulf of
Oman last month, Reuters reported. According to the Reuters report, UK forces –
including a helicopter – worked in collaboration with an unmanned U.S.
intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance plane to track Iranian smugglers
who were speeding through the Gulf under the cover of darkness. https://worldisraelnews.com/uk-navy-busts-iranian-missile-smuggling-ring/
CHRISTIAN POST: ‘A ripple effect from
Asbury’: Secular universities now seeing revival gatherings on their campuses -
By Michael Gryboski - Mainline Church Editor - As the Asbury revival movement
continues to influence Christian universities, churches and secondary schools,
some secular institutions of higher learning are also seeing students gather on
their campuses to hold worship gatherings. Students at Western Kentucky
University of Bowling Green have been holding gatherings, including one last
week that was attended by a few hundred people on the main lawn of the campus
to worship and pray together and share their testimonies. Tommy Johnson, a
campus minister for WKU’s Baptist Campus Ministry, told The Christian Post that
the gatherings were directly tied to the revival at Asbury. - THURSDAY, MARCH
02, 2023 - https://www.christianpost.com/news/secular-universities-now-seeing-revival-gatherings-on-campus.html
CHRISTIAN POST - CPAC 2023: GOP
lawmakers want to 'fire bureaucrats' in response to DOJ 'weaponization' - By
Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter - THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 2023 - NATIONAL
HARBOR, Md. — At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday,
Republican members of the U.S. Congress called for the downsizing of the
federal government in response to what they say has been the weaponization of
federal law enforcement agencies against conservatives and people of faith. CPAC,
one of the most prominent annual gatherings of conservative activists and
politicians, made its return this week to the Gaylord National Resort and
Convention Center for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. - https://www.christianpost.com/news/cpac-2023-gop-lawmakers-criticize-doj-weaponization.html
David Nino Rodriguez Live - Trump's
WARNING To MSM!! Consequences To Come!! - Must Video - Friday, March 3, 2023
11:39 - https://beforeitsnews.com/media/2023/03/david-nino-rodriguez-live-trumps-warning-to-msm-consequences-to-come-must-video-2514054.html
Tucker Carlson for March 2nd, 2023 - Friday,
March 3, 2023 11:01 - https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2023/03/tucker-carlson-for-march-2nd-2023-2701059.html
SG Anon Sits Down With Sabrina &
Jamie With Great Intel! - Must Video - Friday, March 3, 2023 13:15 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/03/sg-anon-sits-down-with-sabrina-jamie-with-great-intel-must-video-3656548.html
Pentagon I G: Biden Hiding Classified
Docs Detailing Side Deals Made with Taliban Against US Troops - Friday, March
3, 2023 10:42 – SSTN – By MARK MATHENY - Joe Biden forced US troops to stand
down even when checkpoints were attacked in Afghanistan. Via investigative
reporter Paul Sperry. And Joe Biden is hiding the side deals he made with the
Taliban before the calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan. https://beforeitsnews.com/new-world-order/2023/03/pentagon-i-g-biden-hiding-classified-docs-detailing-side-deals-made-with-taliban-against-us-troops-12541.html
THE DAN BONGINO SHOW: Get Your Kids
Away From Libs ASAP! - Dan Bongino - Friday, March 3, 2023 13:37 - Get your
kids away from liberals as soon as possible. In this episode, I address the
stunning increase in mental health disorders, and why liberals are the cause. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/03/get-your-kids-away-from-libs-asap-dan-bongino-3656550.html
THE DR. JANE RUBY SHOW: Military Now
Denying Care For C19 Shot Wounded - Friday, March 3, 2023 13:02 - The hospital
killing fields are in full cover up mode, insisting on investigating themselves
for the brutal murders of hundreds of thousands of patients under the CDC Death
Protocol. Sarasota Memorial Hospital is an example and we are only able to see
the deep level of crimes and corruption because their Board of Directors is
elected by the public. This is the Dr. Jane Ruby Show and you’re about to enter
Truth in Medicine. https://beforeitsnews.com/entertainment/2023/03/military-now-denying-care-for-c19-shot-wounded-2676831.html
What Happens When You Die?
by Dr. David R. Reagan
Published on: November 7, 2013
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
March 3rd 2023
If several years ago you had asked me
what happens when you die, I would have given you a pathetic answer. I would
have told you that when you die your soul goes to sleep until the Lord returns.
At the return of the Lord, your soul is resurrected and judged, and you are
either consigned to Hell or allowed to enter Heaven.
My conception of Heaven was that of a
spirit world where the saved spend eternity as disembodied spirits, floating
around on clouds, playing harps.
A Mistaken View
Needless to say, I couldn’t get very
excited about all that. I sure didn’t like the idea of being unconscious in the
grave for eons of time. Nor could I develop any enthusiasm for the prospect of
being a disembodied spirit with no particular identity or personality. And the
idea of playing a harp for all eternity was downright scandalous, for I had
been taught that instrumental music in worship was an abomination!
You can imagine, therefore, the sense
of shock I felt when I started studying Bible prophecy and discovered that all
these ideas of mine about life after death were foreign to God’s Word. But my
shock quickly gave way to exhilaration when I discovered what the Lord really
has in store for me.
The Biblical View
I learned from God’s Word that when
those of us who are Christians die, our spirits never lose their consciousness
(Phils. 1:23). Instead, our fully conscious spirits are immediately ushered
into the presence of Jesus by His holy angels (2 Cor. 5:8).
Our spirits remain in the Lord’s
presence until He appears for His Church. At that time, He brings our spirits
with Him, resurrects our bodies, reunites our spirits with our bodies, and then
glorifies our bodies, perfecting them and rendering them eternal (1 Thess
4:13-18).
We return with Him to Heaven in our
glorified bodies where we are judged for our works to determine our degrees of
rewards (2 Cor. 5:10). When this judgment is completed, we participate in a
glorious wedding feast to celebrate the union of Jesus and His Bride, the
Church (Rev. 19:7-9).
Witnesses of Glory
At the conclusion of the feast, we
burst from the heavens with Jesus, returning with Him to the earth in glory
(Rev. 19:14). We witness His victory at Armageddon, we shout “Hallelujah!” as
He is crowned King of kings and Lord of lords, and we revel in His glory as He
begins to reign over all the earth from Mt. Zion in Jerusalem (Zech. 14:1-9;
Rev. 19:17-21).
For a thousand years we participate
in that reign, assisting Him with the instruction, administration, and
enforcement of His perfect laws (Rev. 20:1-6). We see the earth regenerated and
nature reconciled (Isa. 11:6-9). We see holiness abound and the earth flooded
with peace, righteousness and justice (Micah 4:1-7).
At the end of the Millennium we
witness the release of Satan to deceive the nations. We see the truly
despicable nature of the heart of Man as millions rally to Satan in his attempt
to overthrow the throne of Jesus. But we will shout “Hallelujah!” again when we
witness God’s supernatural destruction of Satan’s armies and see Satan himself
cast into Hell where he will be tormented forever (Rev. 20:7-10).
We will next witness the Great White
Throne Judgment when the unrighteous are resurrected to stand before God. We
will see perfect holiness and justice in action as God pronounces His terrible
judgment upon this congregation of the damned who have rejected His gift of
love and mercy in Jesus Christ (Rev. 20:11-13).
Jesus will be fully vindicated as
every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord. Then the
unrighteous will receive their just reward as they are cast into Hell (Rev.
20:14-15).
Witnesses of a New Creation
We will then witness the most
spectacular fireworks display in all of history. We will be taken to the New
Jerusalem, the eternal mansion prepared by Jesus for His Bride, and from there
we will watch as God renovates this earth with fire, burning away all the filth
and pollution left by Satan’s last battle (2 Peter 3:12-13).
Just as the angels rejoiced when God
created the universe, we will rejoice as we watch God superheat this earth and
reshape it like a hot ball of wax into the New Earth, the eternal earth, the
paradise where we will live forever in the presence of God (Rev. 21:1).
What a glorious moment it will be
when we are lowered to the New Earth inside the fabulous New Jerusalem (Rev.
21:2). God will come down from Heaven to dwell with us (Rev. 21:3). He will
proclaim: “Behold, I make all things new” (Rev. 21:5) We will see God face to
face (Rev. 22:4). He will wipe away all our tears (Rev. 21:4). Death will be no
more (Rev. 21:4). We will be given new names (Rev. 2:17), and we will exist as
individual personalities encased in perfect bodies (Phils. 3:21). And we will
grow eternally in knowledge and love of our infinite Creator, honoring Him with
our talents and gifts.
Now, I can get excited about that!
The Word vs. Tradition
Isn’t it amazing how far we can drift
away from the Word of God when we stop reading His Word and start mouthing the
traditions of men?
As I kept making one discovery after
another in God’s Prophetic Word that ran contrary to what I had been taught, I
began to wonder about the origin of the doctrines I had learned. It didn’t take
me long to discover that the source was Greek philosophy.
The first attempt to mix the concepts
of Greek philosophy with the teachings of God’s Word came very early in the
history of the Church. The attempt was called Gnosticism. The Gnostic heresy
arose among the first Gentile converts because they tried to Hellenize the
Scriptures; that is, they tried to make the Scriptures conform to the basic
tenets of Greek philosophy.
The Greeks believed that the material
universe, including the human body, was evil. This negative view of the
creation was diametrically opposed to Hebrew thought, as revealed in the Bible.
To the Hebrew mind, the world was created good (Genesis 1:31). And even though
the goodness of the creation was corrupted by the sin of Man (Isaiah 24:5-6),
the creation still reflects to some degree the glory of God (Psalms 19:1). Most
important, the creation will someday be redeemed by God (Romans 8:18-23).
The Gnostic Heresy
When the first Gentiles were
converted to the Gospel, their Greek-mind set immediately collided with some of
the fundamental teachings of Christianity. For example, they wondered, “How
could Jesus have come in the flesh if He was God? God is holy. How can He who
is holy be encased in a body which is evil?”
In short, because they viewed the
material universe as evil, they could not accept the Bible’s teaching that God
became incarnate in the flesh. Their response was to develop the Gnostic heresy
that Jesus was a spirit being or phantom who never took on the flesh and
therefore never experienced physical death.
This heresy is denounced strongly in
Scripture. In 1 John 4:1-2 we are told to test those who seek our spiritual
fellowship by asking them to confess “that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.”
The Augustinian Corruption
About 400 A.D. a remarkable
theologian by the name of St. Augustine attempted to Hellenize what the
Scriptures taught about end time events and life after death. Augustine was
very successful in his attempt. His views were adopted by the Council of
Ephesus in 431 A.D. and have remained Catholic dogma to this day.
The influence of Greek philosophy
would not allow Augustine to accept what the Bible taught about life after
death.
For example, the Bible says the
saints will spend eternity in glorified bodies on a New Earth (Revelation
21:1-7). Such a concept was anathema to the Greek mind of Augustine. If the
material world is evil, then he reasoned that the material world must cease to
exist when the Lord returns. Augustine solved the problem by spiritualizing
what the Bible said. He did this by arguing that the “new earth” of Revelation
21 is just symbolic language for Heaven.
Augustine’s views are held by most
professing Christians today, both Catholic and Protestant. That means that most
of Christianity today teaches Greek philosophy rather than the Word of God when
it comes to the realm of end time prophecy and life after death.
The Intermediate State
Some of the greatest confusion about
life after death relates to the intermediate state between death and eternity.
Some people advocate a concept called “soul sleep.” They argue that both the
saved and unsaved are unconscious after death until the return of Jesus.
But the Bible makes it crystal clear
that our spirit does not lose its consciousness at death. The only thing that “falls
asleep” is our body — in a symbolic sense. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:8 that
he would prefer to be “absent from the body and at home with the Lord.” In
Philippians 1:21 he observes, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” He
then adds in verse 23 that his desire is “to depart and be with Christ.” Paul
certainly did not expect to be in a coma after he died!
If then our spirits retain their
consciousness after death, where do they go? The Bible teaches that prior to
the resurrection of Jesus, the spirits of the dead went to a place called Hades
(“Sheol” in the Old Testament). The spirits existed there consciously in one of
two compartments, either Paradise or Torments. This concept is pictured
graphically in Jesus’ story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31).
The Bible indicates that after the
death of Jesus on the Cross, He descended into Hades and declared to all the
spirits there His triumph over Satan (1 Peter 3:18-19; 4:6). The Bible also
indicates that after His resurrection, when He ascended into Heaven, Jesus took
Paradise with Him, transferring the spirits of dead saints from Hades to Heaven
(Ephesians 4:8-9 and 2 Corinthians 12:1-4). The spirits of dead saints are
thereafter pictured as being in Heaven before the throne of God (See Revelation
6:9 and 7:9).
The spirits of the righteous dead
could not go directly to Heaven before the Cross because their sins were not
forgiven. Instead, their sins were merely covered by their faith. The
forgiveness of their sins had to await the shedding of the blood of Christ
(Leviticus 17:11; Romans 5:8-9; Hebrews 9:22).
Events at Death
So, what happens when you die? If you
are a child of God, your spirit is immediately ushered into the bosom of Jesus
by His holy angels. Your spirit remains in Heaven, in the presence of God,
until the time of the Rapture. When Jesus comes for His Church, He brings your
spirit with Him, resurrects and glorifies your body, making it eternal in
nature (1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4). You reign with Christ for a
thousand years and then live eternally with Him on the new earth (Revelation
20-22).
If you are not a child of God, then
your spirit goes to Hades at your death. This is a place of torments where your
spirit is held until the resurrection of the unrighteous which takes place at
the end of the millennial reign of Jesus. At that resurrection you are taken
before the Great White Throne of God where you are judged by your works and
then condemned to the “second death,” which is the “lake of fire” or Hell (Revelation
20:11-15).
Preparing for Eternity
One thing is certain: “Every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess that ‘Jesus is Lord!'” (Isaiah 45:23; Romans
14:11). Your eternal destiny will be determined by when you make this
confession.
If it is made before you die, then
you will spend eternity with God. If not, then you will make the confession at
the Great White Throne judgment before you are cast into Hell. To spend
eternity with God, your confession of Jesus as Lord must be made now.
“If you confess with your mouth Jesus
as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall
be saved”
— Romans 10:9
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