God and the Life Hereafter
God and the Life Hereafter
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greatest need of certainty, for he is exceptional in
that the concept of ‘tomorrow’ is engrained in him.
He must know what lies ahead of him. No other
created entity, whether animate or inanimate, is
possessed of such a concept. It is clear that the
destination of all creatures, save man, is simply that
of ‘today’, while man’s destination pertains to
‘tomorrow’.
CAN MAN FULFILL HIS DESIRES
Every individual has desires deep within him. We
would be right in saying that man is a ‘fulfillment-
seeking animal’. But experience shows that human
desires are seldom if ever fulfilled. Every
individual, driven by his desires, wants to build an
ideal world for himself but, all too soon, he leaves
the world without having achieved the ‘tomorrow’
of his dreams.
A RAY OF HOPE
Billy Graham, a well-known American missionary,
writes that he once received an urgent message
from an American billionaire who wanted to meet
him without a moment’s delay. On receiving this
