What happens after we die? We know that eventually we’ll be raised to life and spend eternity in the World to Come, but what happens before that? What does the soul experience in the moments after death? To answer this question, you’d have to talk to someone who died and came back to life. Well, it turns out there are millions of people who claim to have experienced just that. Our Messiah Podcast Selects article today explores the extraordinary phenomenon of near-death experiences (NDE).

– Episode Timecode –
0:00 – Welcome to Messiah Podcast with your hosts Damian Eisner and Jacob Fronczak.
3:44 – What Happens When You Die, by D. Thomas Lancaster
14:48 – Article discussion with Damian and Jacob: The scientific response to NDE.
20:02 – Similarities and distinctions in near-death experiences.
24:46 – Answering Skeptics: Despite brain and heart function ceasing, consciousness remains.
30:52 – Does a near-death experience with visions of heaven challenge the belief in a bodily resurrection?
35:20 – What does the parable of the rich man and Lazarus teach us about the afterlife and sharing the gospel?
43:31 – How do NDEs impact our idea of Jewish evangelism?
51:14 – The aftereffects of near-death experiences.
53:10 – Damian and Jacob offer personal takeaways.

– Related Resources –
First Fruits of Zion: ffoz.org
Messianic Teaching for Christians and Jews.

Messiah Podcast is a production of First Fruits of Zion (ffoz.org) in conjunction with Messiah Magazine (messiahmagazine.org). This publication is designed to provide rich substance, meaningful Jewish contexts, cultural understanding of the teaching of Jesus, and the background of modern faith from a Messianic Jewish perspective.

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What Happens When You Die

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