The eternal sleep. The final ticket. To bite the dust.
There are a hundred ways to say it.
She gave up the ghost. He lost his battle … bought the farm … kicked the bucket … or how about this one, crossed the great divide.
Some are even funny, such as checking into the Horizontal Hilton or kicking the oxygen habit.
The real question is what’s on the other side? Once we flatline, do we sleep with the fishes, get our wings, … or are we launched into a better place?
Let’s look at 3 assurances from the Bible about entering the Pearly Gates.
Hebrews 9:27-28 tells us:
“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”
1 Thessalonians 4:14 goes on to say:
“For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.”
Finally, 1 John 3:2 reassures us:
“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.”
Here’s the real deal. Call it what you will, pushing up daisies, passing the point of no return, or knocking on Heaven’s door, if we’ve accepted Jesus as our savior, we know what’s on the other side.
Let’s not wait. Make your decision for Christ today.
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