Death’s Silent Truth
Michael Jackson’s untimely death on
June 25, 2009 shocked the world. At his July
7 memorial service at the Staples Center in
Los Angeles, actress Brooke Shields valiantly
attempted to comfort the King of Pop’s grieving
fans when she tearfully moaned, “we need to
look up where he is undoubtedly perched in a
crescent moon.”
Where did Michael Jackson really go?
Where does anyone go after they die? Do saints
instantly soar to heaven while lost sinners
plunge into hell? Is there a “holding tank” called
purgatory? Do we slip into the spirit world to
float around on the Other Side? What about
reincarnation? Might we return as mice?
Our world is full of conflicting theories, but
we will consult only one source: The Holy Bible.
The Bible’s last book, “The Revelation,” solemnly
warns that an invisible fallen angel named
Satan “deceives the whole world” (Revelation
12:9). If this is true, we can’t expect the majority
of human beings to be right about anything,
especially about something as important
as what happens to a dead person after the
preacher says, “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” at