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2 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 24

An Open Letter from the Staff...

WHAT IS man?" asked the psalmist
David in Psalm 8:4.
Is man an immortal soul in a material
body? Is death the separation of body and
soul? What really happens to a man at death?
And what about the atheist who
believes that there is no HOPE OF LIFE
AFTER DEATH?
These questions have puzzled -- yes,
frightened -- millions since the beginning of
time! How can we PROVE -- how can we
really be SURE -- what happens to a human
being at death?
Death is a reality! -- a TERRIBLE HOPE OF ISRAEL MINISTRIES
reality for many religious people. Death is
often pictured as the inescapable FINAL BIBLE
PLUNGE into the unknown -- into the “next CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
world” with its heaven, its hell or its purgatory. LESSON 24
But to the average man-on-the-street,
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possibility which he feels he can worry about
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Though many today like to shove it
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from their minds, like to escape having to think
about it, death is REAL! It is the inevitable TECHNICAL ADVISOR
consequence of being ALIVE. Every living
organism follows the pattern of birth, growth, Sean C. Keyser
senility and death. Death befalls thousands
every hour -- through sickness, accidents, YOUR ENROLLMENT has been paid by
starvation, murder and war. others. Bulk copies for distribution not
Isn’t it about time we examined what is given or sold.
called life and death? Isn’t it about time we ADDRESS COMMUNICATIONS to the
finally learned WHAT MAN IS? -- and what Editor at the following address:
hope there is of life after death? Hope of Israel Ministries, P.O. Box 2186,
Death is a stark reality for every Temple City, California 91780, U.S.A.
human. Some die by war, others by starvation, _________________________________
still others by old age. Everyone must face it.
What happens after death? Is there life About Our Cover...
beyond the grave? This lesson answers these
and many other vital questions about man. This military cemetery in Naples, Italy contains the
remains of soldiers who died during the Anzio
campaign of WWII.

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