ADRA is passionate about restoring justice in an unjust world. One way that we do this is by designing programs that protect and preserve the human rights of Children, at home and at school. Children have the right to an education and be free of forced labor, early childhood marriage and abusive environments. ADRA's programs provide new opportunities for lifelong fulfilment and a rewarding, productive life. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thpjEphsn3k
People in Ireland Unite in Faith as They Participate in a Fellowship Day
Gathering as one body in Christ is a foretaste of what heaven will be like. Recently in Ireland, hundreds of Adventists from different cultures and backgrounds gathered for a day of worship and community at their annual Fellowship day. Discover what is to come for the church in Ireland and find more news on our website, adventist.news. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmkfMxJe9yM
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AT News Editor Rebecca Barceló Has a Bilingual Thank You for Your Year-End Fundraiser Support!
AT Latin America is growing by leaps and bounds as we expand our content in both Spanish and Portuguese. Check out AT News Editor Rebecca Barceló’s bilingual “thank you” for your support of our year-end fundraiser that is powering this exciting work! And if you haven’t yet given, do your part here! Source: https://atoday.org/at-news-editor-rebecca-barcelo-has-a-bilingual-thank-you-for-your-year-end-fundraiser-support/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=at-news-editor-rebecca-barcelo-has-a-bilingual-thank-you-for-your-year-end-fundraiser-support
Monday: Near-Death Experiences
Some of the most popular modern arguments to “prove” the theory of the natural immortality of the soul are “near-death experiences.” In his book, Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon — Survival of Bodily Death (Atlanta, GA: Mockingbird, 1975), Raymond A. Moody, Jr., presented the results of his five-year study of more than one hundred people who experienced “clinical death” and were revived. These individuals claimed to have seen a loving and warm being of light before coming back to life. This has been regarded as “exciting evidence of the survival of the human spirit beyond death” (back cover). Over the years, many other similar books have been published, promoting the same idea. (See lesson 2.)
Read the resurrection accounts of 1 Kings 17:22-24, 2 Kings 4:34-37, Mark 5:41-43, Luke 7:14-17, and John 11:40-44. How many of them talk about any kind of conscious existence while the resurrected ones were dead, and why is that answer important?
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All near-death experiences reported in modern literature are of people considered clinically dead, but not really dead, in contrast to Lazarus, who was dead for four days and whose corpse was rotting (John 11:39). Neither Lazarus nor any of those raised from the dead in biblical times ever mentioned any afterlife experience, whether in Paradise, in purgatory, or in hell. This is, indeed, an argument from silence, but it is in full agreement with the biblical teachings on the unconscious state of the dead!
But what about the “near-death” experiences so commonly recounted today? If we accept the biblical teaching of the unconsciousness of the dead (Job 3:11-13, Psalm 115:17, Psalm 146:4, Eccles. 9:10), then we are left with two main possibilities: either it is a natural psychochemical hallucination under extreme conditions, or it can be a supernatural satanic deceptive experience (2 Corinthians 11:14). Satanic deception could indeed be the explanation, especially because in some cases these people claim to have talked to their dead relatives! But it could be a combination of both factors.
With this deception prevalent, and so convincing to many, it is crucial that we stick firmly to the teaching of the Word of God, despite whatever experiences we or others might have that go against what the Bible teaches.
| How fascinating that NDEs often now come with the imprimatur of “science.” What does this teach us about how careful we need to be even of things that science supposedly “proves”? |
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