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    Eternity: Understanding Life After Death
    Eternity: Understanding Life After Death
    Eternity: Understanding Life After Death
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    Eternity: Understanding Life After Death

    By Tony Evans

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    Heaven may not be what you think it is.

    We often think of heaven in two extremes: It’s either a dreamy existence where we float around on clouds with nothing much to do, or it’s something far off in the future that we don’t want to happen until we accomplish all that we want to in this life.

    Both of these are flat wrong, and Tony Evans looks to Scripture to set the record straight. Simple and straight-forward, Eternity is a short book on what eternity with God will really be like.

    “God hasn’t told us everything [about heaven],” writes Evans, “but Scripture gives us enough glimpses and enough promises about heaven for us to know we don’t want to miss this place of eternal joy.”

    Walk through Scripture with Evans as he plainly explains what heaven is like, who will be there, and what they’ll be doing. With engaging illustrations and practical insights, you’ll know what awaits believers forever and how that matters for life today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoody Publishers
    Release dateFeb 22, 2016
    ISBN9780802493798
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    Tony Evans

    Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, founder and president of the Urban Alternative, former chaplain of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, and present chaplain of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on nearly 1,000 US radio outlets daily and in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit TonyEvans.org.

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      Eternity - Tony Evans

      © 2016 by

      ANTHONY T. EVANS

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      Chapters 1–3 and 5 in this book appeared previously in the book Tony Evans Speaks Out on Heaven and Hell, © 2000 by Anthony T. Evans.

      Scripture quotations are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission.

      Edited by Jim Vincent

      Interior design: Ragont Design

      Cover design: Erik M. Peterson

      Cover photo: copyright © 2010 by ZargonDesign/iStock (14487576).

          All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 978-0-8024-1388-8

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Evans, Tony, 1949- author.

      Title: Eternity / Tony Evans.

      Description: Chicago : Moody Publishers, 2016.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2015040799 | ISBN 9780802413888 (paperback)

      Subjects: LCSH: Future life--Christianity. | BISAC: RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Growth.

      Classification: LCC BT903 .E93 2016 | DDC 236/.21--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015040799

         We hope you enjoy this book from Moody Publishers. Our goal is to provide high-quality, thought-provoking books and products that connect truth to your real needs and challenges. For more information on other books and products written and produced from a biblical perspective, go to www.moodypublishers.com or write to:

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      CONTENTS

      1. The Reality of Death

      2. Viewing Eternity through Two Lenses

      3. What Is Heaven Like?

      4. How to Make Sure You Are on Your Way to Heaven

      5. What Is Hell Like?

      The Urban Alternative

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      Friend,

      Thank you for choosing to read this Moody Publishers title. It is our hope and prayer that this book will help you to know Jesus Christ more personally and love Him more deeply.

      The proceeds from your purchase help pay the tuition of students attending Moody Bible Institute. These students come from around the globe and graduate better equipped to impact our world for Christ.

      Other Moody Ministries that may be of interest to you include Moody Radio and Moody Distance Learning. To learn more visit www.moodyradio.org and www.moody.edu/distance-learning.

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      Thanks again, and may God bless you.

      The Moody Publishers Team

      THE REALITY OF DEATH

      Let me give you a fact that shouldn’t surprise you. Unless Jesus Christ returns in our lifetime, we are all going to die.

      You may be saying, I know that, Tony. What’s your point? My point is many people are trying to deny or dodge that simple fact, even though their eternal destiny is at stake. Our culture tries to camouflage death or dress it up. People use soothing terms like pass away and laid to rest to talk about it. But the reality is that you and I are marching toward a date with death.

      On the following pages, I want to bring us face-to-face with that reality, and to answer the question of what awaits us beyond the grave by examining what the Bible says. Everyone has an opinion, from the atheist who says there’s nothing beyond death to the universalist who says God is waiting with open arms to receive everyone.

      But anyone other than Jesus Christ who gives you an opinion about death, heaven, and hell is giving you an uninformed opinion. So don’t let anybody who hasn’t been there tell you about eternity, because you can’t afford to get this one wrong. Let’s set the stage for our discussion of eternity with several important facts about the reality of death.

      DEATH IS AN APPOINTMENT

      The first thing we need to know about death is that it is not a random event. The Bible says, It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment (Hebrews 9:27). Every person who has ever lived will die by appointment. People may be late for a lot of things, but this is one appointment everyone will be on time for, because it has been set by God.

      The story is told of a man who came face-to-face with death one day. The man was standing on a street corner in his city when a stranger walked by. The stranger looked at the man in surprise, but said nothing and kept on walking.

      When the man learned that the stranger was Death, he became afraid and went to a wise friend for advice. Death just walked by and looked surprised to see me. What should I do?

      The wise friend said, If I were you, I’d flee to another city far away.

      So the man got ready and that night fled to a faraway city. But as he was walking on the streets of that city the next day, he was horrified to run into Death. I thought I left you behind in my home city yesterday, the terrified man said to Death.

      Death replied, That’s why I was so surprised to see you there yesterday. I have an appointment to meet you here today.

      All of us have a God-ordained appointment with death we will most definitely keep when the time comes. It can’t be avoided or missed. Once you accept that reality, it can help you better prepare for it. Rather than living in denial or running from something you may fear, choose to learn about eternity. In this way, you can better utilize your time on earth by focusing on the things that matter most—in light of your eternal destination.

      DEATH IS A CONJUNCTION

      The common idea of death as the end of human existence is not what the Bible means when it talks about death. In the Bible, death involves separation, but never cessation.

      Most people think we are in the land of the living on our way to the land of the dying. But actually, we are in the land of the dying on our way to the land of the living. That’s why I say death is a conjunction, not a period. It is the bridge between this life and the life to come.

      We’ll see that later in a familiar passage from the Bible, Jesus’ teaching in Luke 16. In this story of the rich man and Lazarus, Jesus said, The poor man died and, then "the rich man also died and (v. 22, emphasis added). Luke 16 could have been a very short chapter if Jesus had simply said, These men died, period. Instead, he said and."

      Without and that would have been the end of the story. But the Bible knows nothing of a concept of death that means the person ceases to exist. Death is the separation of our temporary, material body from the eternal, immaterial part of our being, the spirit or soul. James 2:26 says, The body without the spirit is dead, but

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