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The eternity of God, and heaven, and hell ( J. C. Ryle )

"And just as each person is appointed to die once  and after that comes judgment !" Hebrews 9:27 "And they will go away into eternal punishment ; but the righteous will go into eternal life." Matthew 25:46 The state of things after the judgment is changeless and without end. The misery of the lost, and the blessedness of the saved are both alike forever. Let no person deceive us on this point. It is clearly revealed in Scripture. The eternity of God, and heaven, and hell  all stand on the same foundation. As surely as God is eternal so surely is heaven an endless day without night, and hell an endless night without day!

On that death bed

A lot goes through your mind when you’re dying. What they say about life flashing before your eyes is true. You remember things from your childhood and adolescence—specific images, vivid and real, like brilliant sparks of light exploding in your brain. Somehow you’re able to comprehend the whole of your life in that single instant of reflection, as if it were a panoramic view. You have no choice but to look at your decisions and accomplishments—or lack of them—and decide for yourself if you did all that you could do. And you panic just a little, wishing for one more chance at all the beautiful moments you didn’t appreciate, or for one more day with the person you didn’t love quite enough. You also wonder in those frantic, fleeting seconds, as your spirit shoots through a dark tunnel, if heaven exists on the other side, and if so, what you will find there. What will it look like? What color will it be? Then you see a light—a brilliant, dazzling light—more calming and loving than any