Death & the afterlife-A
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Question A Describe the teachings and the beliefs of the afterlife in Christianity about death and what may happen after life. Christians believe the soul is as immortal, tangible, metaphysical body alive within each human. The soul is believed to be you're after life body (for heaven) until the apocalypse (Christians call this judgment day). On Judgment day the Bible says: 'Death and the world of the dead also gave up the dead they held' (Revelations) upon the deceased's ascension the physical body (from our life on Earth) will be given back to the dead. This is why most Christians used to believe in burial rather than cremation, so they may have a body for that day. Now a new interpretation of the Bible is a more popular belief-that we will be given 'new bodies' for our life with God. It is popular due to scientific development. We now know that dead...


