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    I Died Last Night
    I Died Last Night
    I Died Last Night
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    I Died Last Night

    By John Orr

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    Where would your soul be if you died right now?

    Chances are, it’s not what you think. This is a fictional story of a leader in a conservative church as he takes his journey into eternity. Bible teaching, writings from early Christians and true events form the foundation of this story.

    But this book is more about your affection than your direction, because what you think will determine your journey in the afterlife.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart2Finish Books
    Release dateApr 14, 2015
    ISBN9781941972656
    I Died Last Night
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    John Orr

    John Orr attended Abilene Christian College and the Preston Road School of Preaching. He has preached for over 35 years and currently serves as the evangelism/outreach minister for the Faith Village Church of Christ in Wichita Falls, Texas. He and his wife, Susie, have five children and seven grandchildren. His greatest desire in life is to serve the Lord and help as many people as possible be with the Lord forever.

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      I Died Last Night - John Orr

      The Introduction

      Each day, 150,000 souls are hurled into eternity. Some might pass away in a hospital or in the comfort of their own home; others might die in accidents or from any other number of ailments, happenstances, and illnesses. The fact is we all die. The real question is what comes after death?

      When we die, there is an energy source that leaves the body; it is the soul leaving the mortal vessel and heading…where? Where does it go?

      There are those who think it will be reincarnated, while others believe it will be absorbed into the universe. Still some say nothing at all will happen, or worse, that the soul will burn up or dissolve. If you believe in Jesus Christ, however, you know that there are only two possible destinations for your soul, should you die right now.

      The story you are about to read concerns a conservative church official who died but ended up in the wrong place. Although this is a fictional account, it is based upon scriptural inferences of the eternal punishment for the wicked. You will see eternity through different lenses. The journey will be disturbing and unsettling.

      Jesus is the only person who walked the earth who knew of the glories of Heaven and the despair of Hell. Luke records an event, witnessed by Christ, that reveals the rewards of the faithful soul and the devastation of the wicked. There are those who consider this event to be little more than a parable, a story, but even parables can express heavenly truths. Moreover, this is the only episode wherein Christ used a man’s given name, in this case Lazarus; this detail suggests that this event actually occurred.

      There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame. But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us. And he said, Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house—for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment. But Abraham said, They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them. And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent. He said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.

      — Luke 16:19-31

      Today, we have something better than Moses and the Law: we have the Gospel or good news of Jesus Christ. The Bible—both the Old and New Testaments—is about Jesus and the salvation of man. It is a handbook for the righteous, so that we do not end up like the rich man in Christ’s story, destined for darkness and agony. Yet, surprisingly, Jesus also stated: "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and

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