Suffering and death are part of the curse of sin on this world. When Adam and Eve sinned, they brought upon themselves and all of their descendants the curse of death. God told Adam, "But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die" Genesis 2:17. We know that Adam did not die physically on the day that he ate the forbidden fruit. Yet when Adam sinned, he was spiritually separated from God. This is the first death. Being separated from God by sin is the first death which results later in physical death. The second death is the Lake of Fire, or hell, which is to be eternally separated from God. ”The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:14-15. Is your name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life? Have you by faith received the Lamb of God as your Savior, Lord and Life? The message this Sunday, which will also be streamed on Facebook Live, will proclaim the only remedy for the curse of sin.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.”