Obrazy na stronie
PDF
ePub
[blocks in formation]

HEB. 9:27. It is appointed unto brought low; they are taken out of men, once to die.

1 COR. 15: 22. In Adam all die. GEN. 2:27. In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.

Ps. 49: 6. They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches, none of them can by any means redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for him... that he should still live forever, and not see corruption. For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person per ish, and leave their wealth to others.

Man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

:

JOB 4: 21. Men dwell in houses of clay their foundation is in the dust; they are crushed before the moth. They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish forever without any regarding it.

7:9. He that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more;... neither shall his place know him any

more.

9:22. God destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

14: 2. Man cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down.-10. Man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

17: 14. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.

21: 23. One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and

the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

30: 23. I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

ECCL. 8: 8. There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

JOB 34: 14. If he gather unto him his spirit and his breath, all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust.

Ps. 82: 6. I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the most High: but ye shall die like men.

89: 48. What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?

[ocr errors]

90: 3. Thou turnest man to destruction. 5. In the morning they are like grass that groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up, in the evening it is cut down and withereth.

ECCL. 12: 7. The dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God that gave it.

I. Our life in God's hand.

1 SAM. 2: 6. The LORD killeth, and he maketh alive; he bringeth

down to the grave, and he bringeth up. DEUT. 32: 39. See now, that I, even I, am He, and there is no God with me. I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

Ps. 68: 20. Unto God the LORD, belong the issues from death.

DAN. 5: 23. In whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways.

Acts 17: 28. In him we live, and move, and have our being.

JOB 14: 5. Man's days are determined; the number of his months are with thee; thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.

MAT. 6: 27. Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto his stature?

II. Death near and uncertain.

1 SAM. 20: 3. There is but a step between me and death.

1 CHRON. 29: 15. We are strangers before thee and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

JOB 8: 9. We are but of yesterday.

7: 6. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle.

9: 25. Our days are swifter than a post, they fly away.

Ps. 39: 4. LORD make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man, at his best state, is but vanity.

103: 15. Man's days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth;... he appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away.

102: 11. My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

144: 4. Man is like to vanity. His days are as a shadow that pass eth away.

JAMES 4: 14. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

MAT. 24: 42. Watch, therefore, for ye know not what hour your

[blocks in formation]

MAT. 10: 28. Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear bim which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

LUKE 16: 22. The beggar died, and was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in tor ments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

MAT. 22: 32. I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

17: 3. Behold there appeared unto them Moses and Elias, talking

with him.

LUKE 9: 31. They appeared in glory and spoke of his decease, which he should accomplish in Jerusalem.

23: 42. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

2 COR. 5: 1. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. — 6. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; (for we walk by faith, and not by sight.) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

PHIL. 1: 21. For me to live is Christ, but to die is gain. But if I

live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better; nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

REV. 6: 9. I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and the testimony which they held; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them, and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, till their fellow servants also, and their brethren that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

5: 9. Thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood.

7: 14. These are they that have come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

CHAPTER III.

RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.

JOB 14: 14. If a man die, shall he live again?

19: 26. Though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another, though my reins be consumed within me.

Ps. 16: 9. My flesh shall rest in hope, for thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thy HOLY ONE to see corruption.

DAN. 12: 2. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

[ocr errors]

read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? (Ex. 3: 6.) God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

LUKE 14: 14. Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

20: 34. The children of this world marry and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; neither can they die any more; for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

24: 38. Why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I, myself: handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they yet believed not, for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and of an honeycomb. And he took it and did eat before them.

¶ JOHN 20: 27. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.

MAT. 28: 2. And behold there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. And for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified. He is not here; for he is

MAT. 22: 29. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the pow-risen, as he said. Come, see the er of God. For in the resurrection place where the Lord lay. they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not

JOHN 5: 25. The hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live. - 28. The

hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and come forth.

ACTS 4: 2. The Apostles taught the people, and preached through Christ the resurrection from the dead.

23: 6. Of the hope of the resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

24: 15. I have hope toward God, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

26: 6. And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews, Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? 22. Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those, which the prophets and Moses did say should come; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

[ocr errors]

ROM. 8; 11. If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. — 18. For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope; because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God, For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain together until

[merged small][merged small][ocr errors]

ing for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

1 COR. 6: 14. God both raised up the Lord Jesus, and will also raise us up by his own power.

15: 3. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures: and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the Apostles, And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.-12. Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. (For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made.)

But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. - 29. Else what shall they do, which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are

they then baptized for the dead? And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die. Be not deceived. Evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

¶ But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool! that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die: and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain; it may chance of wheat or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening Spirit. Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God d; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, (for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,

Death is swallowed up in victory.

[ocr errors]

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

- 2 Cor. 4: 14. He that raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up us also, by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

5: 1. If our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

REV. 20: 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on such the second death shall have no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 13. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that were in them.

T 1 THES. 4: 13. But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the

« PoprzedniaDalej »