What does Les say about most people's awareness of eternity?
Most people are totally ignorant of an eternity to come. They never consider that after this life ends, whether ten, eighty, or one hundred years, an eternity awaits. Many have never thought about it and do not know what they are saying about death, though everyone will live forever either in God's presence or out of it.
Les says most people are just totally ignorant of an eternity to come, and he is amazed that there is as much response as there is. He illustrates this by describing someone who was asked what will happen after death and replied, “Going to hell I guess,” not really knowing what they were saying. Another person may say they have never thought about it, and Les thinks that is where most people are. They never consider that after this life ends—whether it lasts ten, eighty, or one hundred years—there is an eternity. He explains that we will live in eternity someplace, either in God’s presence or out of His presence.