Life after Death

Question 1

Afterlife

Answer 1

Existence after death.

Question 2

Death

Answer 2

The end of life on earth.

Question 3

Election

Answer 3

The idea that God chooses where we go in the afterlife.

Question 4

Heaven

Answer 4

A place of reward. Living with God/in God’s presence. A place of eternal happiness/bliss.

Question 5

Hell

Answer 5

A place of punishment. Fully separated from God/God’s presence. A place of eternal misery.

Question 6

Limited election

Answer 6

The view that only a few Christians will be saved.

Question 7

Purgatory

Answer 7

The Catholic Christian belief of the state after death where people are purified of their sins so as to meet God in heaven.

Question 8

Resurrection

Answer 8

Coming back to life after death.

Question 9

Salvation

Answer 9

Being saved, being united with God; being sent to heaven.

Question 10

Spiritual state

Answer 10

A non-physical state. The suggestion that heaven is a spiritual state, for example, rejects the idea that heaven is a place like London is but accepts the truth of heaven.

Question 11

Universalist belief

Answer 11

Universalism, i.e. the view that all people will be saved

Question 12

Unlimited election

Answer 12

The view that all people are called to salvation but not all are saved.

Question 13

The Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-46)

Answer 13

Parable told by Jesus to explore the afterlife. It suggests that judgement will be based on people’s actions, not beliefs, and teaches Christians to treat all they encounter as if they were encountering Jesus himself.