Eternity: What Does the Bible Say About Death?

Over the years, a deeply troubling pattern has emerged: some of the most confusing and contradictory preaching often takes place at funerals. In the very moments when people are most in need of hope, truth, and clarity, they’re instead met with vague ideas, mixed messages, and even unbiblical claims. If the voices behind the pulpit seem uncertain about eternity, how much more confused must the world be? The truth is, what is believed about life after death directly shapes how life is lived today. Eternity isn’t a distant thought for someday —it’s a certain reality for everyone. Eternity is far too important to leave to speculation. “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” (1 Thessalonians 4:13)