Near-Death Experiences and the Proof of the Soul: Why We Were Sent to This World

Testimonies of near-death experiences offer powerful evidence that we possess a spiritual soul, and that the material world is not our natural home, but a temporary realm into which we have descended for a specific mission.

A soul could not exist within a body unless there were a Creator who designed spiritual souls and physical bodies to house them. God placed these souls into bodies for about eighty years, granting them free will, the inclination toward good and evil, and the ability to choose between them.

When the body dies, the soul returns to its Creator, receiving reward or punishment based on its moral choices in this world. Its eternal place in the World to Come depends on its actions here on Earth.

The Purpose of Life: The Search for Meaning and Truth

A person who reaches this understanding realizes that spiritual life is primary and physical life is secondary, and naturally seeks closeness to the Creator and strives to fulfill His will. Once a person knows they have a soul, it is only natural to ask: What is the purpose of life? and Has God revealed to humanity how He wants us to live?

Without divine instruction, one cannot truly know how to serve God or distinguish right from wrong. Consider how wildly moral opinions differ:

• Some claim eating animals is immoral “murder.”

• Others claim it’s permissible to kill humans who request it — referred to as “assisted dying.”

• Millions of mothers believe abortion is justified for financial or personal reasons.

• Some people insist on monogamous, faithful marriage, while others promote free relationships.

• Monks in India teach total abstinence from marriage as the path to spiritual enlightenment.

Clearly, human reasoning alone produces endless contradictions about morality and divine will.

Why Humanity Needs Divine Guidance

To say simply “be good” is like saying “drive carefully.” Without detailed traffic laws, chaos ensues, as each driver defines “careful” differently. One might drive 80 km/h in a city, another 20 km/h on a highway, and both think they’re right.

Likewise, without divine law, humanity is faced with moral confusion.
We therefore need the Manufacturer’s manual — God’s instructions, to guide us in how to live righteously and fulfill our purpose.

If even a microwave oven requires a user manual (“don’t insert metal objects!”), how much more so does the most complex creation in the universe, require clear instructions from its Creator.

The Innate Need for Faith and Meaning

Every culture on Earth has developed some form of religion which testifies to the spiritual design within human nature. The Creator embedded in us a longing for transcendence, proving that humanity’s ultimate purpose is spiritual, not material.

It is therefore only logical to assume that the Creator did not leave humanity without guidance, but gave us His true “manual” through divine revelation. The task of every thinking person is to search for the authentic religion of the Creator.

Why Judaism Stands Apart from All Other Religions

1. Judaism introduced monotheism to the world.
   Before the Torah, all civilizations worshipped idols and mythological gods. Judaism revealed the concept of one eternal, infinite God, the Creator of all existence. The two largest religions today — Christianity and Islam, are both rooted in the Torah of Israel, proving that Judaism is the original source of faith in God for all humanity.

2. Judaism brought the moral code of civilization.
   Values such as “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not stand idly by your fellow’s blood,” and “Care for the orphan and widow” were revolutionary. Before the Torah, no culture considered moral obligation between people. Ancient empires like Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Persia saw human life as expendable unless one belonged to the privileged class.

3. Judaism is the only religion based on national revelation. The Torah records miracles witnessed by an entire nation — such as the Ten Plagues, the Nile turning to blood, fire and hail descending together, the death of Egypt’s firstborn, the splitting of the Red Sea, and above all, the Revelation at Mount Sinai, where three million people heard God speak amid fire and thunder.

4. Judaism alone contains large-scale prophecies that have come true. Over 3,300 years ago, the Torah foretold the exile and global dispersion of the Jewish people, the rise of antisemitism, the desolation of the Land of Israel, the spread of Torah knowledge worldwide, and finally the return of the Jewish people to their homeland in the end of days. These fulfilled prophecies testify to the hand of a divine Author who governs history.

In conclusion, near-death experiences hint at the soul’s existence; logic, morality, and history point toward a divine Creator; and prophecy itself confirms His communication with mankind.
The Torah is not only a book of faith — it is the Creator’s instruction manual for life, guiding humanity to fulfill its spiritual purpose and eternal destiny.