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Monthly Question Page
Q. I know I am going to Heaven when I die, and yet I still seem to have a fear of death and what is beyond that I can’t seem to shake. Can you give me some verses and thoughts from the Bible to help in this matter?
A. The more we know about what is beyond this life for the believer the less fear we will have of death, and the more we will anticipate and look forward to Heaven and being with the Lord. The Apostle Paul had no fear of death because he knew what was ahead. He had been “caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter” (2 Corinthians 12:4). He says as a result, “For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better” (Philippians 1:23). God hasn’t left us in the dark as to what comes after death.
Remember too, death is not the end of the story. It is only a means of bringing us into the unhindered presence of the Lord. Again, Paul says, “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).
Don’t forget too, that we may never have to face death. We are “looking for that blessed hope” (Titus 2:13). That hope is the Lord’s coming at any moment.
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