Greg Laurie

This is the before life. Then there's the afterlife. C.S. Lewis, you know, what did he call it? He had a phrase for it that he used often in his writings about shadowlands. That's right, shadowlands. So the idea of Lewis was that what we're seeing now at its very best, take the greatest moment of your life with your friends, having a meal, enjoying life together, maybe a beautiful sunset.

This is the before life. Then there's the afterlife. C.S. Lewis, you know, what did he call it? He had a phrase for it that he used often in his writings about shadowlands. That's right, shadowlands. So the idea of Lewis was that what we're seeing now at its very best, take the greatest moment of your life with your friends, having a meal, enjoying life together, maybe a beautiful sunset.

It's a shadow of greater things to come. It's not like earth is the real thing and heaven is the imitation. It's actually, according to the Bible, the other way around. Heaven is the real thing. See, going back to Abraham, he was looking for a city that had foundations, whose builder and maker was God. He was looking for something he never found in all of his journeys.

It's a shadow of greater things to come. It's not like earth is the real thing and heaven is the imitation. It's actually, according to the Bible, the other way around. Heaven is the real thing. See, going back to Abraham, he was looking for a city that had foundations, whose builder and maker was God. He was looking for something he never found in all of his journeys.

It's a shadow of greater things to come. It's not like earth is the real thing and heaven is the imitation. It's actually, according to the Bible, the other way around. Heaven is the real thing. See, going back to Abraham, he was looking for a city that had foundations, whose builder and maker was God. He was looking for something he never found in all of his journeys.

And I think it was a longing for the afterlife. And we all have that longing. And one day when we get to heaven, I think we'll see that the greatest experiences of earth were only a shadow of greater things to come. So I believe very firmly in a real heaven where I'll do real things and I'll be reunited with my son.

And I think it was a longing for the afterlife. And we all have that longing. And one day when we get to heaven, I think we'll see that the greatest experiences of earth were only a shadow of greater things to come. So I believe very firmly in a real heaven where I'll do real things and I'll be reunited with my son.

And I think it was a longing for the afterlife. And we all have that longing. And one day when we get to heaven, I think we'll see that the greatest experiences of earth were only a shadow of greater things to come. So I believe very firmly in a real heaven where I'll do real things and I'll be reunited with my son.

Well, that's one of the biggest questions of all. You know, what happens after we die? You hear these near-death experiences, and they're hard to quantify because... How can we know, you know, really what happens? But we hear certain similarities that people say, I went up and I looked down and I saw my family grieving over me. So I prefer to go to a reliable source, which is the Bible.

Well, that's one of the biggest questions of all. You know, what happens after we die? You hear these near-death experiences, and they're hard to quantify because... How can we know, you know, really what happens? But we hear certain similarities that people say, I went up and I looked down and I saw my family grieving over me. So I prefer to go to a reliable source, which is the Bible.

Well, that's one of the biggest questions of all. You know, what happens after we die? You hear these near-death experiences, and they're hard to quantify because... How can we know, you know, really what happens? But we hear certain similarities that people say, I went up and I looked down and I saw my family grieving over me. So I prefer to go to a reliable source, which is the Bible.

And there actually is a story in the Bible of a man who died and came back to life again. I'm not talking about Christ, that's obvious. But it was the Apostle Paul. And, you know, he was beaten many times and on one occasion he was stoned. and left for dead. They thought he had died. And so Paul, in the book of Corinthians, writes about being caught up into the third heaven.

And there actually is a story in the Bible of a man who died and came back to life again. I'm not talking about Christ, that's obvious. But it was the Apostle Paul. And, you know, he was beaten many times and on one occasion he was stoned. and left for dead. They thought he had died. And so Paul, in the book of Corinthians, writes about being caught up into the third heaven.

And there actually is a story in the Bible of a man who died and came back to life again. I'm not talking about Christ, that's obvious. But it was the Apostle Paul. And, you know, he was beaten many times and on one occasion he was stoned. and left for dead. They thought he had died. And so Paul, in the book of Corinthians, writes about being caught up into the third heaven.

He says, I knew a man in Christ, whether he was in the body or out of the body, I'm not sure, but such a one was caught into the third heaven and he heard things he can't describe. You know, it's interesting because people write entire books about their experiences in heaven, but the apostle Paul, who actually had this happen, didn't write a book, but he did write a little bit of a chapter on it.

He says, I knew a man in Christ, whether he was in the body or out of the body, I'm not sure, but such a one was caught into the third heaven and he heard things he can't describe. You know, it's interesting because people write entire books about their experiences in heaven, but the apostle Paul, who actually had this happen, didn't write a book, but he did write a little bit of a chapter on it.

He says, I knew a man in Christ, whether he was in the body or out of the body, I'm not sure, but such a one was caught into the third heaven and he heard things he can't describe. You know, it's interesting because people write entire books about their experiences in heaven, but the apostle Paul, who actually had this happen, didn't write a book, but he did write a little bit of a chapter on it.

And but he says it was paradise. So the word paradise is translated like the royal garden of a king. So I don't know if we would have even a parallel to this today. But if you go to some of these incredible British estates where these gardens go on endlessly. Maybe that gives us a sense of what he was talking about. But he just used the word paradise.

And but he says it was paradise. So the word paradise is translated like the royal garden of a king. So I don't know if we would have even a parallel to this today. But if you go to some of these incredible British estates where these gardens go on endlessly. Maybe that gives us a sense of what he was talking about. But he just used the word paradise.

And but he says it was paradise. So the word paradise is translated like the royal garden of a king. So I don't know if we would have even a parallel to this today. But if you go to some of these incredible British estates where these gardens go on endlessly. Maybe that gives us a sense of what he was talking about. But he just used the word paradise.