Joh 11:25 Jesus said
unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though
he were dead, yet shall he live:
Joh 11:26 And
whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou
this?
Joh 11:27 She saith
unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which
should come into the world.
The dead will live.
Those alive will
never die.
1Th 4:16 For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first:
1Th 4:17 Then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the
Lord.
1Th 4:18
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
The dead shall rise
first.
Then those who are
alive will rise with them and all will meet the Lord in the air, and we will
EVER be with the Lord!
These words bring
comfort to all who would believe them, but not many do these days.
How do they explain
them away? I don't even know. Who do they think the dead are that are being
raised? I don't know. They believe people go right to heaven upon death so I'm
not sure who they believe are being raised. Perhaps they are going to make up theories
about bodies being reunited with spirit forms- but nowhere is that found in the
Bible, nowhere. When Lazarus died his spirit didn't go to heaven. If he did go
to heaven why would Jesus want to bring Lazarus back from heaven to suffer
death all over again? Jesus woke Lazarus from death's long sleep but eventually
Lazarus died again and is still sleeping death's long sleep.
Sleeping in death is
peaceful-
Ecc_9:5 For
the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing
Dead know not
anything.
What do you know
when you're sleeping? Seriously. There could be a major catastrophe somewhere
while you're sleeping and you won't know about it until you wake. We don't know
what's happening around us while we sleep. We may dream, but dreams are not knowing
things going on in the world around us.
Psa_6:5 For in
death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
No remembering.
No thanking anyone.
Death's sleep is
peaceful - the dead will not know anything until that last trump sounds and
either they will rise to meet Christ, or rise to meet their eventual eternal
destruction.
When any loved one
of mine falls into death long sleep I know they are at peace, pure peace of
sleep. They are not up in heaven looking down upon us here watching all we do-
good and bad. They are not watching us suffer, would that be heaven as we
imagine? They are not floating unseen about us doing things like watching over
us, again where is the peace in doing that if they are watching us suffer?
People somehow derive pleasure in believing their loved ones are happy now with
other loved ones, and they are all living happily in heaven. Sure, I want my
loved ones to be happy, but I do not want them aware of all the pain and
heartache in our lives. Knowing my loved ones are sleeping undisturbed, and
unable to be disturbed in any way whatsoever until our Lord returns gives me
great peace of mind.
I can't change
anyone's mind on their beliefs and I don't want to, I only hope and pray the
Lord reveal His truth to all, and all are open to His truth. I want everyone to want truth and nothing but
the Lord's truth. If people desire truth God will give it to them. It is then
my prayer that the Lord opens the hearts of all those desirous of His truth so
they will know and follow only His truth. We need eyesalve to see! May we all
be blessed with this eyesalve! May we not embrace familiar blindness just
because it's in our comfort zone. May we NOT be among the deceived content to
remain deceived, blind to our own blindness.
Please Lord, may we
be Yours, wholly Yours now and forever through Jesus Christ our Lord and
Savior!
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