Friends death is real.
Those that die really do cease to exist there is no afterlife.
However, 2000 years ago a man named Jesus was born, he was the son of God. God, who always existed, begat Jesus, Jesus did not always exist. First there was the Father, God, then came his son. Jesus really is Gods son.

Jesus lived a perfect life, and died on the cross as a substitute for you and all the bad deeds you have committed in your life, these bad deeds are called sins, and the wages of sin is to suffer and eventually die. We are all sinners and will all eventually suffer and then die.


3 days Later after being totally dead (he ceased to exist and was in a lifeless corpse) God raised him back to life and Jesus ascended into heaven.

Thanks to this he defeated death and sin once and for all for everyone. Since he was sinless he could die in your place.

Thanks to this, everyone will one day attain immortality and enter into the Kingdom of God, hell exists but it is not forever. In the end Jesus saves all.

short
http://www.askelm.com/abc/
long
http://www.askelm.com/essentials/index.asp
https://godskingdom.org/studies/books/creations-jubilee

Here is an explanation of the mystery, check out the byte show interviews
http://www.askelm.com/doctrine/d040101.htm
http://www.askelm.com/doctrine/d920501.pdf

proof that hell is not forever
https://www.hopebeyondhell.net/articles/further-study/eternity/
http://www.askelm.com/doctrine/d041101.htm
http://www.askelm.com/doctrine/d041201.htm
http://www.askelm.com/doctrine/d050101.htm

Why certain doctrines contradict the gospel
http://thathappyexpectation.blogspot.com/2015/05/pauls-gospel-and-death-denying.html
http://martinzender.com/ZWTF/ZWTF4.29.pdf


other general links
https://bible-truths.com/
http://www.askelm.com/
http://saviourofall.org/
http://www.iswasandwillbe.com/
https://godskingdom.org/
https://godsplanforall.com/
http://martinzender.com/
https://tentmaker.org/
http://www.biblestudentsnotebook.com/