What do we gain from contemplating death, resurrection, the Great Day of the Lord, and eternal life or eternal suffering?

The answer

All of these encourage our desire to meet God, to accept the free salvation He offers us, and to enter into friendship with Him. Thus, through divine grace, we can conquer the attractions of this world and its pleasures and resist the temptation of sin and the deceitful trickery of the devil.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volumes 1 and 2, Books 1–7. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.