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GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Isaiah 65:17  says, “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.” Some interpret  Isaiah 65:17  as saying that we will have no memory of our earthly lives in heaven. However, one verse earlier in  Isaiah 65:16 , the Bible says, “For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.” It is likely only our “past troubles” will be forgotten, not all of our memories. Our memories will eventually be cleansed, redeemed, healed, and restored, not erased. There is no reason why we could not possess many memories from our earthly lives. The memories that will be cleansed are the ones that involve sin, pain, and sadness.  Revelation 21:4  declares, “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” The fact that

GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission The answer to this question has many facets. First, there is no doubt the religious leaders of Israel were responsible for Jesus’ death.  Matthew 26:3–4  tells us that “the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.” The Jewish leaders demanded of the Romans that Jesus be put to death ( Matthew 27:22–25 ). They couldn’t continue to allow Him to work signs and wonders because it threatened their position and place in the religious society they dominated ( John 11:47–50 ), so “they plotted to take his life” ( John 11:53 ).   The Romans were the ones who actually crucified Him ( Matthew 27:27–37 ). Crucifixion was a Roman method of execution, authorized and carried out by the Romans under the authority of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who sentenced

GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Within all of us there exists a strong desire to be known and to know others. The most important Person to know is our Creator. In fact, Jesus taught that eternal life is not just a span of time; it is a relationship: “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” ( John 17:3 ). The key to truly knowing God is found in what God has revealed about Himself in the Bible. He wants to be known (see  Acts 17:27 ). The problem is our sinfulness. We are all sinful ( Romans 3 ), and we fall short of the standard of holiness required to commune with God. We have “exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles” ( Romans 1:23 ). So, in order to truly know God, we must first acknowledge our sin and  repent  of it (see  Acts 3:19 ). In turning from si