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What happens when you die?
The short answer
Christians believe death is not the end. Jesus spoke plainly of a real life beyond, and His own resurrection is the ground of that hope. For those who trust in Him, the promise is to be with God forever, in a place where there is no more death, sorrow, or pain. Not merely living forever, but being fully home.
What happens after death is a question everyone eventually faces. Christians believe death is not the end. Jesus spoke plainly of a real life beyond, and His own resurrection is the ground of that hope.
For those who trust in Him, the promise is to be with God forever, in a place where there is no more death, sorrow, or pain. Not merely living forever, but being fully home.
“I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”
John 11:25 · King James Version (public domain)
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