Life after Death…
This must be the biggest question mark that humanity have and will always do.
What happens to our soul after leaving the body? Does it stay near the body, faces the judgment day, travels in time, wonders between the livings, or simply evaporates to no return?
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” (Genesis 1:27) and this is where it all began and will all end.
After the Creation, God has given Adam and Eve the World. All existing was virgin and allowed for only two humans, except one tree in Garden of Eden, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Eve got seduced by Satan, Adam got weak, and the original sin was transfered to mankind. It took one human being only, in few days, to destroy a specie, our specie, and make every human existing to face the Truth one day, be judged, and chooses his eternal path.
As every human after making a mistake, Adam and Eve both regretted, and asked forgiveness from God; but God was clear and firm about the only rule he made.
This was the first success the Devil has ever made on humans and started his eternal challenge with God.
After this first sin, humans opened a big door for the Devil to act and take over. This is when people started to kill, rape, steal, curse God and worship Satan. Some were aware about the results of their sins and about what they will face on judgment day and other were not; but they were and will still all be judged.
“Those who follow me shall live forever” praised the son of God.
For Christians, this is the answer to the big question mark. Whoever walks the right path and live by Jesus’ instructions shall be in Heaven. Different religions and sects have different understanding for the after life. The three holy religions share the same belief of Heaven and Hell, thought they have different understandings about the same.
As a Christian believer, I believe in Judgment day, the day where we will be facing God, exploring ourselves, seeing the deepest memories of our life flashing in our mind. This is the day when we die, only on Earth.
A preparation period has been completed with our death. We should simply learn about the good and bad.
In Christianity, the soul might go to Heaven if it was pure, to Hell if it was impure, or might be given a chance to explore itself, pray and ask forgiveness for all committed sins to go Heaven; this place is called Purgatory.
Few are the souls that are pure and go straight to Heaven; maybe only few saints did. Many go immediately to Hell as this is the road they chose. The biggest part might be stuck in the Purgatory, praying for forgiveness. This is where all kind of challenges might happen; this is where the Soul gets to know the true meaning of Life.
When Satan challenged God with Adam and Eve, it was just the beginning. His biggest challenge comes in the Purgatory, where souls are roaming in loneliness asking forgiveness, trying to reach Heaven; this is where he tries to strike and win more souls and get them away from the Creator. Some fall, some resist; strong and great are who succeed. The doors of Heaven shall open for them and they shall be greeted like heroes.
The strongest weapon Satan uses to attack and attract the living and dead souls, is Wisdom. This is the trick he used with Adam and Eve when he succeeded convincing them that the mushroom will give them all wisdom.
He tries it with the livings by giving power, money, lust and wisdom; but his offerings are all fake and temporary.
The soul faces the same challenges and temptations when asking forgiveness. Weak believers might not stand and will fall to the temptations. Satan will come to them offering immediate relief from praying by giving power, wisdom and lust. The only thing he will be offering them is eternal pain and suffering.
As for the heroes who made it to Heaven, they will have the Knowledge of Life. They will have answers to every question they have asked on Earth and in Heaven. They will be blessed to be next to the God and Angels, and even become angels in God’s army to fight Evil.
Life is beyond lust, money and power… Life is knowledge, a knowledge you can only get with God.
image "Of Heaven and Hell" by Jorge Luis Borges
