Topic: “GONE WHERE” – Daily Devotional By Dag Heward-Mills Ministry 18 July 2021

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READ: 2 Peter 2:4-9

“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” – Matthew 25:46

As a medical doctor, I have probably seen more people dying than the average person. I remember my horror when, as a new medical student, I entered the mortuary for the first time. The place was filled with the stench of death, and all around me were naked bodies of men, women and children. Some were young; others were old. Most had been struck in the prime of life. Rich and poor lay side by side, all pride and dignity forgotten in this helpless state.

It was very distressing, and made one wonder where all these souls were going. When a man dies, his spirit leaves his body. When Jesus died on the cross, the Bible makes us to know that he yielded up the ghost. This means that He gave up the spirit. His spirit came out of his body.

We can see here that when a man dies, his spirit moves from one point to another. The spirit is not affected by physical death. Therefore, although the body itself decomposes and returns to dust, the spirit lives on eternally.

Let us go beyond the grave and find out where they went. You see, according to God’s Word, there is an appointment (a time for judgement) we must all keep after death (Hebrews 9:27).

Basically, this judgement is a time for separation when Christ (our Judge) takes His own (those who have yielded their lives to Him), and casts the rebellious sinners into Hell (Matthew 25:32)