Secrets from Beyond The Grave

Chapter 11 Who Will Be in Heaven, and Who Will Be Missing?

According to Buddhist tradition, the entrance to hell exists at Fengdu, China, which is located on the Yangtze River, a four-day boat ride from Shanghai. In this rather depressing city, there are forty-eight temples covering the entire village, all depicting hell and the sufferings of hell. One is called "The Tower of the Last Glimpse of Home." High upon a mountain overlooking the entire area is the Ghost King , a temple carved with a gigantic, frightening face. When entering the temples, one sees hundreds of statues depicting all forms of demons tormenting and punishing men and women. Some are being boiled in blood, and others are being cast into a lake of fire, where they are supposed to suffer until a cycle concludes and they have been purged.1 In the nation of China, Buddhists point out that their religion is much older than the Christian faith. However, long before Buddha, the first man to enter into a covenant with the true God was Abraham, and Christ was the seed of Abraham. Believers are the spiritual seed of Abraham through Christ. An important question to consider is this: Who taught the Buddhist that a place called hell exists? I have heard it argued that the concept of hell was begun by the Christian faith and that the Roman Church developed a detailed teaching of hell to frighten people into converting and joining the church. Even if a person believed this, it does not explain why every major world religion, including those that existed prior to the Christian faith, believed in an afterlife and a place of fire or hell. All of the world's major religions--Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism--have a belief in the afterlife, and all believe in some form of heaven and a place of punishment. All major religions believe in a place of fire and a place of "light." The religions of Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism all existed prior to Christianity. However, they did not exist before God made a covenant with Abraham! Thus, the true God, true faith, and true revelation come through the seed of Abraham and the Word of God. Among many Chinese Buddhists, the belief in an afterlife is so inbred that at set times during the year, family members will purchase a small cardboard car, television, or some other object and burn it, believing it passes into the afterlife for the use of their ancestors! Buddhists also have "hell money," which is printed and purchased to help to pay for a person's escape from hell.2 Religions that preceded Christianity boast that their beliefs are the correct beliefs and all others are wrong. However, if any other form of belief or religion had been sufficient to provide redemption and eternal life to mankind, then it would not have been necessary for God to send Christ to the earth to suffer in man's place and to establish a new covenant of eternal life through Christ if humanity received Him and His sacrifice. Who Will Be in Heaven?

In today's politically correct culture, there is a common belief that all people from all nations who are good people, follow good works, and try to help people will be in heaven. In some extremes, heretical teaching called universalism teaches that all those in hell will eventually be taken out, forgiven, and allowed into heaven.