Deathly Deceptions and Treasured Truths

"Eat from that tree, and you will die," and on God’s words, you can rely. There is no need to question why, It’s deadly God’s words to deny. Fair Eve believed a fatal lie, When she was told, “You will not die, Wisdom, the good fruit will supply, You will become like God on high.” God said, “The soul that sins would die,” “The soul can’t die,” God’s foes reply. At death, the breath to God returns, The body rots and to dust turns. The saints do not to heaven go, no one in hell is burning slow. In death, all mortals sleep and wait, they cannot love nor can they hate. Eternal punishment in hell, while saints of God in glory dwell. This is the lie that devils tell, So, God’s great love men can dispel. Who claims communion with the dead, the lie of Satan seeks to spread. That humans do not surely die but live on as spirits in the sky. Don’t trust in what the preachers say, study God’s Word, the truth obey. The dead are dead, God’s word is clear, their spirits do not float in the air. Some day the trump of God will sound, And saints will arise from the ground. Then with the living saints they’ll rise to meet their Savior in the skies. The wicked living will be slain, And will lay scattered on earth’s plain. And when the Millenium is passed, Christ descends with a host that's vast. The rest of the dead will be raised, The wicked ones who are not saved. The evil host and all God’s foes One final time, God’s reign oppose. At Christ’s command hell’s fires fall, And in a flash consumes them all. The earth restored, now purged of sin, will host the city and those within. No burning hell and rising smoke Will mar God’s plan and sin evoke. The saved of earth, in peace will dwell, Joy like a wave in them will swell.