Holy Saturday “His Final Week But Our New Beginning”
What Happens When You Die? Three Choices…
- This life is __________________________; or,
- You are _________________________; or,
- The Christian faith is right; it contends that when we die, we remain ___________ and, in a non-physical sense, _________.
See Ecclesiastes 12:7
1 Peter 3:18-20, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive, He went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water…”
- Who were the spirits? The consensus is Peter was not talking about _____________________, but ___________________.
2 Peter 2:4, ”For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment.”
Jude 1:6, ”And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.”
- “Tartarus”: a Greek term used to describe the place where the ______________________________ were sent to be punished.
- What did Jesus “preach to them?” The Greek word used simply means that Jesus made an ______________________.
So, What Happens When We Die?