Afterlife

• Resurrection

  When Jesus rose from the dead, showing the idea of eternal life and giving Christians hope that they will rise from the dead as well, and showing Jesus conquering sin and death
• Judgement

  God is just and will judge people after death based on how they have lived their lives, on the Day of Judgement. Souls will go to either Heaven, Hell or Purgatory. Some believe faith is enough for heaven whereas others believe in the need for good acts as well
• Heaven

  Rarely described in the Bible, so some may think it is a physical place, whereas others believe it is the spiritual state of permanently being united with God, in a state of everlasting happiness
• Jesus: '"My father's house has many rooms .....i shall prepare a place for you"'
• Bible: '"He shall wipe every tear...... no more death or pain or crying"'
• Hell


  Where unrepentant sinners go after death as they have not accepted salvation and forgiveness through Jesus's sacrifice. Place of pain and suffering without God. Some believe it is a physical place whereas others believe it is the spiritual state of being separated from God forever
• Bible: '"The fiery lake of burning sulphur"'
• Bible: '"Wrongdoers will not inherit the Kingdom of God"'
• Belief in heaven

  Influences Christians to follow Christ because they will be saved and go to heaven through their faith in him
• Belief in heaven

  Influences Christians to worship God and follow the Bible, in hope he will judge them as being worthy to go to heaven
• Belief in heaven

  Influences Christians to do good and avoid sin because God will decide whether they go to Heaven based on how they behaved in this life
• Belief in heaven

  Inspires or influences Christians to have hope and reassurance that death will not be the end as they shall live on spiritually, and teaches them to not be scared and to have hope to see loved ones again
• Belief in hell

  Influenced by the belief they shall be judged when they die, so they will follow Jesus' teaching and try to be a good Christian
• Belief in hell

  In Christian literature and artwork hell is pictured as a place of punishment - a big influence on Christians to make them scared of going there as hell is a place of suffering
• Belief in hell

  Catholics see hell as the free choice to deliberately turn away from God - stay faithful even in difficulties (you chose to go there)
• Belief in hell

  Some Christians see the idea of being sent to hell as incompatible with the omnibenevolence of God so they are influenced to believe in universalism