Where Will You Spend Eternity?

Excerpt from Jewish Jewels April newsletter...

All die. Jew and non-Jew alike. According to the Holy Scriptures, there is life after this one, since man is made in the image of God which is eternal. The question is: Where will you spend eternity? The Tanach tells us in Daniel 12:2, "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt."

The truth concerning hope for one's eternal destiny is found in the PASSOVER. Israel's deliverance from Egypt was contingent upon their obedience to God's command to sacrifice unblemished lambs and apply their blood by faith to the doors of their homes. When they did this, God promised that the Angle of Death would pass over their homes. (Exodus 12:1-13) Yeshua's first introduction to His people was as "...The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29) Yeshua was sent by God to solve the world's sin problem which entered through Adam in the Garden of Eden, and like a cancer, has affected every human being since.

We all sin, and sin separates us from God. When we apply Messiah's blood, by faith, to the lintels and doorposts of our heart, death passes over us and we are reconnected with God, our Father. The Book of Hebrews tells us that the Law was a shadow of the good things to come. The blood of the Passover lambs in the Torah was followed by the blood of the animal sacrifices performed in the Tabernacle and then the Temple, until it was destroyed in 70 A.D. Blood sacrfices for sin have always been God's way. Yeshua was the final sacrifice for sin.

When we repent of our sin, receive His forgiveness, and make a sincere decision to follow The Lamb in newness of life, we are redeemed, set free, with the guarantee of eternal life living inside of us (the Ruach HaKodesh, Holy Spirit). Our risen Messiah proclaims to us victoriously: "...Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and Death" (Revelation 1:17-18).