The Issue More Important than the Problem of Life and Death
The Bible mentions the change in the state of a human body as follows:
1 Corinthians 15
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
This argument deals with the most important issue for a man, namely his death and afterlife. Men might wonder if there is really the afterlife or the land of the dead. The answer is clearly Yes, which should be accepted by all the followers of Christ Jesus.
The soul of a man continues to live over his death in this world as a spirit in the spirit world called the afterlife or the land of the dead. But he will have no more a natural body but a spiritual body.
So, it is a surprise that there are still many people in this world who wonder whether there is the afterlife or the land of the dead. Indeed, every elementary school should teach children that they do not have to be afraid of death since there is the afterlife.
But, there is another most important issue: good or evil. This issue is also the most important thing in the afterlife as well as in this world, since a man is destined to go to Heaven or the hell depending on his being good or evil. Good ones go to Heaven and evil ones go to the hells.
But how can a man be judged to be good or evil? The judgment adopted by Christ Jesus is based on whether one is poor or rich, so that poor men can be accepted in Heaven while rich men fall into the hells.
But, those who were poor while living in this world would be accepted in Heaven as faithful and good ones so as to be able to live happy forever in Heaven. Yet, those who are not truly faithful and good even if they happened to die as poor men in this world must not be able to stay in Heaven even if they are once accepted in Heaven.
Therefore, there are only the two types of men: those poor and thus good to be accepted in Heaven and others evil and rich to fall into the hells. Christ Jesus never told people to become rich so as to be saved, since rich men cannot be ultimately accepted in Heaven.
However, as this world is still ruled by Satan, almost everybody reveres Satan as a god who teaches him that he has to earn money no matter what evil things he has to do. Those who were brainwashed by Satan and cannot get rid of the brainwashing should seek for and keep money and wealth till their death, and they will surely go to the hells.
If there is the afterlife, it is meaningless as long as you fall into the hells.
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John 6, King James Version
9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
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John 6, King James Version
9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.