Sunday Izuagie - After Death, What?: A Panacea to Your Intrigue Question

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Published by AuthorHouse 11/20/2013

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CONTENTS

1. Chapter1
2. Chapter2
3. Chapter3
4. Chapter4
5. Chapter5
6. Chapter6
7. Chapter7
8. Chapter8
9. Chapter9
10. Chapter10

Sunday Izuagie is a writer, and a teacher of Gods word. His area of interest in the field of Theology and philosophy is Metaphysics. His task and objective in these two disciplines is to see the Metaphysical problems in Christianity resolved.

He believes that philosophysical theories have been infiltrated to almost all the Christian doctrine, because translators have used their subjective thoughts to colour the work of translation and transliteration, he says there is need to knock off mental laziness and search for the truth that satisfied mankind. He does not believe in vague and obscured works. To him, pragmatism should be the guide in all institutions of human endeavours and agents of socialization to avoid wrong division of Gods word, which leads to perpetual misconception and confusion.

To my father, Izuagie Asunomeh whose sunset begins on the 29th of November, 2002 and my sister Mrs Ruth Imabele whose sunset was on the 21st of June 2003. Also my good neighbour Mrs Ngozi, a Deeper Life member married to Mr. Leke, who latter abandoned her. She died in an auto accident in 2009; I look forward to her better resurrection.

Written in 1996 published in . . . .

My profound acknowledgement is to my able friends, sisters and brothers who contributed in no small measure to make this work a reality.

I sincerely thank the following: Mrs Angela Sodimu, Miss Naomi Adinoyi, Mr Goddy N.Nnadi, Miss Imorobebi A. Amos, Rev. Timothy Eboye, Mr Babarinde Solarin and the late pastors Emmanuel Irhekponor and Daniel Isah, for all their invaluable assistance.

My gratitude also goes to Mr Halilu Ojochide, Mr Samuel George, Mrs Regina Okeke and pastor Omagbemi J. Lawrence who proof read the typescript, to them I owe my gratitude.

For too long, the error of scriptural misinterpretation has been the vogue of independent christianity. Diverse modes of preaching by people who have no formal theological training show that mediocrity is the order of the day, as they are unable to give informed interpretation of bible scriptures. What a great disservice to great commission of believers.

There is absolute truth from God to mankind. However, truth is relative to various cultures, even at this we have no reason not to believe the Holy Scriptures as the authoritative canon. But then, there is the problem of lack of good translation as well as transliteration, because contextual interpretation has become a scarce commodity to modern preachers who are out there to make it at all cost through messages that dont hold water in the lives of the hearers.

However, scriptural exegesis reveals that, while it is pertinent to mention that both the Old and New Testaments have pictures of life, death and the beyond well depicted, it is also sad to note that the majority have not been able to align these concepts properly due to scriptural misinterpretation.

I do not know what view you hold as regards this subject, but I think Sunday Izuagie has something to tell you and he has told it systematically. Therefore I recommend the book After death-what? to mankind.

Dr. Francis E. Okponaviobo

The mind of the average man and most humanists have pondered variously, the existential nature of man, the quest for man, the objective of his being and his constituents as man.

At the forefront of this controversial and often misunderstood philosophyical thought is the church of God with its responsibility of presenting spiritual truth to man. In its bid to find answers to mans questions about soul, spirit i.e. the realness of man, his end and after life, lots of polemical ideas have been proffered which had tended to confuse the topic the more.

As a result, this book After DeathWhat? written by erudite researcher to the glory of God Almighty, is presented to tackle this question in order to put mans mind to rest with respect to his being. The book After DeathWhat? is a Bible based treatise with the explicit aim of raising the appreciative instincts of man for religious truth.

It is a great pleasure to commend the book After DeathWhat? to the reading public and to the glory of Almighty.

Babarinde A. S olarin (B.A.)

If the Old and the New Testaments are canonical, we ought not to divorce the New Testament from the Old; the New Testament is conceived in the Old and the New is the Old clearly revealed.

Adam was a dead soul after having been formed from the dust of the earth. The breath of life through his nostrils animated him to become a living soul Genesis 2:7. The soul is what you are, not what you have. Acts 2:31 says, he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. This followed after Christ had committed his spirit into Gods hands before his death. Luke 23:46.

Christ spirit was not a spiritual person; neither did his spirit returns to the so-called hell to preach to the so-called living dead. After his resurrection, he refused to be touched saying he had not yet ascended to the Father. John 20:17.

Are the dead in a literal place of torment and paradise bliss? Does man possess a spiritual replica inside him that survived death as a personal immortal soul? Is the breath of life through Adams nostrils a spiritual Adam? Adam didnt exist before he was formed from the dust, in death, Adam return to a state of no existence. After Adam sinned, he was sent out from the Garden of Eden, not to eat from the tree of life. Adam died and return to dust. Genesis 3:22-24. Take away resurrection, Adam is without hope; this is applicable to all mankind. 1 Cor. 15:16-18.

There have been lots of arguments about the existence of paradise, often referred to as Abrahams bosom and hell, popularly known as a literal place of torment. The Bible narrates that the angels took Lazarus to Abrahams bosom. The Jerusalem Bible footnote attests that, it is a parable in a story form without reference to any historical personage. When reading the Bible account on how Adam was made, it will be naive to believe that Lazarus who desired to eat the crumbs that fell from the rich mans table ever exist as a non-fictional person.

David in Psalm 37:25 says, I have been young and now am old; I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. If the words of David are biblical truths, was Lazarus a child of God who took the position of a dog in a rich mans house?