Names Written in the Lambs Book of Life Spend Eternity With God

By applying Bayes' Theorem to eyewitness accounts of the resurrection there is a 98% probability that Jesus Christ raised Himself from the dead and this is how we can be absolutely certain that He possess the power to raise us from the dead. And He promised to do so too.

• "And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day." John 6:39-40

Only someone who is perfect in every sense has the authority to redeem us for all eternity. The historical evidence for the moral, sin-free perfection of Jesus (even Jesus’s enemies, his mother, and his brothers acknowledged that he was sinless—John 8:46) and the truthfulness of His words leave no doubt that He will keep his word. 

• "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day." John 6:44

The two assurances that bring us the most confidence that there is an afterlife are the historical evidence for the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and the obvious reality of Ecclesiastes 3:11. 

• "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." Ecclesiastes 3:11

It says that God has written eternity on the heart of every human being. Humans are the only creatures on Earth that think about life after death, the meaning of life, the existence of an eternal creator, morality, judgment, the universe and our purpose for living, both in this life and the afterlife.

a. If there is no afterlife, why are we humans so compelled to think, meditate, and debate about these matters?

b. Why is it that even committed atheists acknowledge that there is a universal law that distinguishes good from evil?

c. Why do atheists also believe that their lives have value, meaning, and purpose?

d. Why are people all around the world so fixated on finding redemption from their propensity to commit evil or fixated on trying to justify themselves and their behavior?

As many scholars have pointed out (i.e., Gary Habermas, Josh McDowell, and William Lane Craig), the historical evidence for the bodily resurrection of Jesus from the dead is stronger than the historical evidence for the defeat of Napoléon at Waterloo or for the surrender of Germany in 1918. There is so much historical evidence that Gary Habermas wrote a 4,000-page multivolume set that documents 80% of the existing evidence. For his brief summary, see "Resurrection" section link below.

Richard Anderson, the Pastor at Christ Church Sierra Madre, CA for the past 40 years, has witnessed end of life experiences with over 300 coherent believers who were waiting on their death beds. He concluded that Psalm 23 message appears to be true from what he witnessed. Richard was conversing with Christian who were lucid right up to the time of their passing. He consistently observed that the believer would say just before passing; "I have to say goodbye, He's calling me by name." So, this is what it's like when you die as a believer, He will call you by name and Jesus will personally escort you from the shadow to death into the next life. This is verse is very moving because this is the exact verse my mother quoted to me while she was in the process of dying to let me know as a believer that she would be personally escorted to the afterlife.

• "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23:4

Physically, your bodies organs will begin to shut down and stop maintaining itself which will be confusing because it will affect your brain. So don't be surprised if in the last week of death, you experience confusion. Within a few days of passing, you will begin to feel really warm because the body stops retaining heat, instead it radiates heat. You'll feel like you're burning up from the release of body heat. Then within 24-48 hours of death you'll feel like you're getting better because that's the body stops trying to maintain itself, no longer burning up energy means your close. You actually start to feel better again, and your confusion goes away because the body has stopped maintaining itself. Then you will hear your name being called which will take you into the next life.

Richard also had experiences with unbelievers on their death beds who were lucid up to the moment of death. He said that consistently he witnessed that as they approached the last few hours, especially the last few minutes they would curse God in the vilest ways and were excited about the prospect of going to Hell. They wanted nothing more to do with God and were cursing and screaming until the moment of their passing. Keep in mind that most people die when they are not lucid because the body shuts down and we lose the capacity to express ourselves, then go into a coma. People do have the capacity to hear when they are in a coma state and can still become saved. God gives all humans every opportunity to hear the Word and become redeemed.

We were created to live, not to die. Death was not intended to be part of God's creation plan. Death came as a result of judgment for sin. By living in the flesh and not the Spirit we are led to sin, though through the Spirit we can put misdeeds of the body aside and live again.

"Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.” 

― Corrie ten Boom

Dutch Christian Watchmaker & Writer

Do "good" people go to Heaven? 

Most of us believe that we are basically "good" by our own human standards and because we are we meet the necessary prerequisite to enter Heaven. Our definition of "good" means that we've done more "good" deeds than bad ones, and we have invariably done our best to live an honorable life by treat our fellow man equitably. The God of the Bible's definition of "good" is a lot different.

• "Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only God is truly good." Mark 10:18

• "The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good." Psalms 14:1

How can anyone qualify as a "good" person since everyone has a different definition of "good"? Being "good" is basically a moving target which isn't "good" at all. Please answer the following questions to see if you meet some the basic criteria for being a "good".

1. Have you ever lied? That makes you a liar.
2. Have you ever taken something that belonged to another? That makes you a thief.
3. Have you ever used Gods name in vain? That makes you a blasphemer.
4. Have you ever looked at person with lust? That makes you a fornicator.

By all accounts you are a lying, blaspheming thief and fornicator at heart and so is everyone else that ever lived. Even if we don't believe in certain laws and violate them, ignorance of the law is no excuse, we are still found guilty even though we deny its existence or claim that we didn't know about it. This is our sin nature and all humans are drawn to it even though we inherently know, right from wrong. Sin mean that we missed the target. The target is God's perfect standard for righteousness.

• "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24

Most of us are aware of the Ten Commandments and we've only listed four. When you face God on Judgement Day will you be found innocent or guilty? Everyone will be found guilty as charged because none of us meet God's perfect standard. In order to enter the eternal, second creation we much become perfect like Him.

• "As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one; 11 there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one." Romans 3:10-12

In this world we are all trapped on the Titanic heading for the iceberg, but graciously God provided us a lifeboat to escape drowning. God became a human being ~2,000 years ago and died on a cross as payment for all the sins of the world past, present and future. We continually break God's commandments and Jesus willfully chose to be our substitute in order to pay our penalty. In a court of law even if your found guilty, the judge can let you go free if someone pays your fine. God can forgive your sentence in a instant and grant you the gift of everlasting life by trusting in Him alone, He'll forgive every sin we ever committed. When Jesus died on the cross, he already paid our sin debt once and for all.

• "Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-20

When we say that we do not believe God's Word, we are essentially calling Him a liar. It will take trusting in Him and faith as it would in any relationship. You can never establish a relationship with another human being without trust. We trust even though there is a chance they could let us down. We place more blind trust our doctors, bankers, dentists and pilots even if it takes some faith.

• "How much more should we trust the God of the universe? One things for sure, unlike human beings, God cannot lie." Hebrews 6:18

• "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 

It seems like the greater the intelligence, greater the education, greater the person's pride. This is why many of the society elites reject Christs free offering of salvation just as the Sanhedrin did in Jesus' day. It's a lot harder for someone that has everything to ask an invisible God for mercy and grace when you already have most or all of your Earthly needs met. It's not their wealth that makes it harder for them to enter Heaven. It's a greater degree pride that comes with having extreme wealth end education that is difficult for humans to overcome. Even Lucifer, the most beautiful and powerful being God ever created couldn't overcome pride.

• "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Mark 10:25

There is always a hidden motive found in our sinful behavior. It's much easier to become our own god, live by our own set of rules and moral standards. Our sin nature tends to draw us into caring more about what the world considers moral at the time which is constantly changing and care less about how God commands us to live our lives. If God exists, then we are ultimately and morally responsible to Him. If God doesn't exist, then we have an open license to do immoral acts without penalty or guilt. It's a much easier to ignore the evidence of God's existence and ignore His commandments and live by a world view. 

• "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." 1 John 2:15 

The world tells us that there are many ways to God and Christianity is narrow minded when Jesus says there is only one way to Father God. Christianity is a "narrow" gate that leads to salvation and eternal life with God. We are all encouraged to take it although only ~30% (Zechariah 13:7-9) will find it. 

• “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life (Jesus), and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14

Religions like Mormonism, Jehovah Witness, Judaism, Christian Science, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Transcendental Meditation, Atheism, etc. is the broad ways identified as the "wide is the gate" that lead us to eternal destruction.

If you're struggling because you truly believe that you are righteous person then, please recite the following prayer. God will open your eyes to your transgressions.

• "Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24

What we do in life, life does back to us. We cannot escape it! We cannot deceive God by having outward actions that seem godly to others yet inside we are profane. He is all knowing (Psalm 139). We cannot pull the wool over God's eyes. He says that if we sow profanity, we will reap profanity, which is basically ungodliness. Just as gravity cannot be tricked, neither can God's law. We are accountable to it whether we wish to be or not.  A hypocrite cannot fool God's laws, only others and himself for a while.

•  "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows." Galatians 6:7

What mankind sows follows the universal law of "kind reproduces kind." It is easy to become weary in doing good when people around us who seem to be sowing bad things are always being rewarded. But if we see things through God’s eyes, the eternal lens, we know that an eternal reward is so much greater. Therefore, we shouldn’t become weary in doing good, but we should always do good, knowing that God will be faithful.

"I have never seen what to me seemed an atom of proof that there is a future life. And yet -- I am inclined to expect one."

― Mark Twain

Writer & Humorist, A Biography 

God has prepared a place for every believer in the second creation. This is one of the many things Christ has been working on since He left this earth 2,000 years ago. Believe me, the room He is preparing for us in eternity is so much better than anything you can imagine here on Earth. When we pass, we will be in Heaven, a temporary holding place, waiting in a state of sleep until we are brought into a new creation where we will reside in the New Jerusalem.

• “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” John 14:1-4

How do you know if your name is written in the Lambs Book of Life? The instant you trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior your name is written in the Lambs Book of Life. This means that you a child of God who will spend eternity with God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and every believer that ever lived. 

• "He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels." Revelation 3:5

• “Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued." Daniel 12:1

My hope is that my family and friends on earth are also my family and friends in eternity. The truth is that one day everyone will recognize Christ as Lord. Unfortunately, there will be many already sentenced that rejected His offer of redemption.

• "And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:15

• "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them." John 3:36

• "for everyone born of God overcomes the world (believer). This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." 1 John 5:4-5

After reading EternalLife.info our hope is that you make a choice to accept Christ as your personal Savior. Once you're ready to make a choice It only takes a 1 minute prayer to attain eternal life. Your prayer can be as simple as:   

Lord Jesus, I know that I am sinful, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins on the cross and rose from the dead. I want to turn from my sinful past and ask You to come into my  life. From this day forward, I want You as my personal Lord and Savior to mold me into the person you want me to become for now and all eternity. 

Eternal life begins the moment when we believe. Once you become a Christian you cannot lose your salvation.

• "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand." John 10:27-28

• "Martha answered, “I know he (Lazarus) will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?" John 11:24-26 

• "Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again." John 3:5

The Apostle John calls himself a "bond-servant" frequently throughout the Book of Revelation meaning he is totally submitted to the Lord Jesus Christ. Bond-servant is another word for slave. The idea that humans are free outside of Jesus Christ is a myth although we do have free will to choose our future and our slave master. Although this world thinks we are completely free, we are either a slave to God and His Word or we are a slave to Satan and his wicked purposes. Revelation explains what happens to those who reject Jesus Christ as their slave master and the real slavery they come under, describing horrifying acts they bring upon themselves by choosing Satan as their slave master.

• "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John," Revelation 1:1

In the 1980's I was told that my Uncle Bill had leukemia. Uncle Bill was a Godly man, a school principle, very popular and well loved in the community. I knew little about leukemia at the time, but I understood the diagnosis wasn't good and it turned out to be  a death sentence. Our families spend a lot of time together because my grandmother lived in Baltimore, M.D., not far away from their home in Bel Air, M.D.. Uncle Bill was a Native American (Lumberton Indian) who grew up under challenging times and circumstances in the 1950's in Lumberton, N.C. I really admired him because when he entered a room, he immediately took command of the conversation. He was a mere ~6'2", 200 lbs., interested in running and fitness before fitness was popular. He was pleasant and personable although you wouldn't want to upset him. Some month's later, I was told that Uncle Bill would be visiting all the family members to say "goodbye". My mom's side of the family had 12 siblings (Bill married her younger sister) and Uncle Bill had 14 siblings, so he was going on a long summer tour.

That summer Uncle Bill came to visit our home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I recall looking out the front window and seeing a van with someone very frail being lowered in a wheelchair. That someone was my Uncle Bill. He had to be accompanied to the front door. As he entered the room, he was physically half the man I remembered. Surprisingly, he was all smiles and acted as if everything was great. I remember asking him a stupid question like, "how are you doing". To be honest I was in shock and at a loss for words. He responded excitedly by saying "don't worry about me, I'm going to see Jesus".  I wasn't a believer at the time, but his response never left me. How could someone be so positive facing those dire circumstances?  That day changed my life because I knew I wanted what my Uncle Bill had found, eternal life.

"There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe themselves sinners; the sinners who believe themselves righteous."

― Blaise Pascal

Philosopher & Mathematician (1623-1662)

There is a good reason why God limits our time here in the first creation, it is to constrain evil. Time is uni-dimensional, irreversible and unstoppable. Time limits our number of human contacts and space separates us, which also limits our number of human contacts. We believe in the second creation, God will give us geometric time, so we can simultaneously experience loving relationships with billions of people. Until then, we are stuck in a single time dimension where we are temporarily constrained. 

Limited time means we have a short lifespan which limits the expression of evil. In the Old Testament during Noah's time, before the flood, human's lived to be upwards of a thousand years even though many lives were cut short because of the evil that began to increase to the point where murder rate reached 95%. After the flood, God said that no man would live past 120 years because He recognize that if someone like Adolf Hitler gain enormous power and were allowed to live a thousands of years, they could cause unthinkable damage to humanity. During World War II, Hitler was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in his 50's and he knew he wouldn't live to be in is 60's which caused him to make poor judgement decisions towards the end of the war which shortened the war by at least two years saving many lives.

Halifax once called hell is a market town named after a town in West Yorkshire, England, 1630. At one time this city had a reputation for harsh punishment. Even petty crime meant being sent to the gibbet. Gibbet is an early and crude version of the guillotine adopted by the French for their revolution. Poet John Taylor wrote a poem called "Beggar's Litany" in 1622 that includes the line: "From Hull, hell and Halifax, good Lord deliver me".

"We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love."

― Madame De Stael

Writer (22 Apr 1766-1817)