March 20, 1991, was a horrific day for one of rock music’s most famous artists, Eric Clapton.

For more than 50 years, death was a poignant part of Stephen Hawking’s remarkable life.

Ever since the Fall in the Garden of Eden, we were born to die (Adam and Eve chose death for all their descendants). But because of Jesus’ Sacrifice, because we live A.D., death is no longer the same.

Neither Jesus, nor the Hebrew Bible he interpreted, endorsed the view that departed souls go to paradise or everlasting pain.