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Friday, January 31, 2025
A few minutes ago, as I started writing this blog, I felt a sharp pang of disappointment. It’s because, squinting closely at the drugstore photo above, I discovered that the product’s name isn’t “Afterlife” but “Allerlife.” Were you tricked too? See how the loop of the first “e” swoops back through the “l” to its left, making it look like a “t,” and even swoops as far as the first “l,” making it seem like an “f”?
Oh, I was hoping so much for “Afterlife.” Marketers these days get really creative when thinking up brand names, and it would have been so perfect . . . .
Well, reality is reality. But let’s just pretend for a minute that it’s truly “Afterlife.” The left box bears the green title “Vitality,” and the right box has a blue “Sleep.”
So which is it? Will the afterlife be a time of vitality, or will it merely be the sleep of death and nothing more?
Actually, it’s a bit of both—in the right order. Since our minds weren’t designed to die, it’s natural to be uncomfortable with it. What we need is a solid review of what the Bible says our afterlife will be. Take a few minutes right now to click the link below and scroll through it.