For the living know that th'); document.write('ey are to die, but the dead no longer know anything. There is no further recompense for them, because all memory of them'); document.write(' is lost. (Ecclesiastes 9:5)
Obviously, Christians have a great deal in common with people of the Jewish fai'); document.write('th. But one significant difference is that, up until the last couple hundred years before Christ, they did not believe '); document.write('in an afterlife. You lived out your time on earth, hopefully in a way that pleased God, and then you died.
Jesu'); document.write('s showed us something different. He taught us about the Kingdom of God, about heaven, and about the wonderful afterlife'); document.write(' that awaits those who follow him. Of course, sometimes it feels like we\'re never going to get there. For some people,'); document.write(' it may even feel as though it would be better if death were really the end. Have you ever felt like that? Do you know'); document.write(' what despair feels like?
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