Amazing Facts with Doug Batchelor

What happens to people when they die? We don't need to be afraid of death. (Recorded in Australia in 2009)

Near-death experiences seem to reinforce the popular belief that the soul goes to heaven or hell as soon as the body dies. But the Bible repeatedly describes death as a dreamless sleep from which we awake at one of two resurrections.

The last thing Jesus says before He ascends to heaven is to go to teach and baptize. The last words of Jesus should be a first priority for believers. If it's important to Jesus, it should be important to us.

The first angel of Revelation 14 proclaims a judgment that occurs before Jesus comes in glory. Once every case has been decided in the heavenly courtroom, Jesus will return with His rewards.

There will be many people in Heaven with different views on how to live but what we cannot get wrong is what is required to get saved. What does God want from us?

God wants us to feed and to grow and to blossom as Christians but the devil keeps planting his teachings and his problems in the church to try to sap our strength and our attention. How can we know what his tricks are so that we don't fall into his traps?

A pagan king threatened to kill his wisemen because they couldn’t interpret his dream, but a Jewish captive was given the secrets. Daniel chapter 2 gives one of the most amazing prophecies ever recorded—and proves God’s Word can be trusted. This changes everything you thought you knew about prophecy!

While we cannot know the day or hour of Christ’s return, we can know it’s close by the signs given in the Bible. But God’s Word not only tells us approximately when Jesus will return; it also tells us how. Will millions of Christians suddenly disappear in a rapture?

God wants us to feed and to grow and to blossom as Christians but the devil keeps planting his teachings and his problems in the church to try to sap our strength and our attention. How can we know what his tricks are so that we don't fall into his traps?

To teach His people the way of salvation, God instructed them to build a sanctuary. This temple had three main areas: a courtyard, a holy place, and a most holy place. What the priests did in each compartment illustrates what our High Priest is doing today to eradicate sin from our lives.