How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? – 1 Corinthians 15:35. Some doubting man may say: “How are the dead raised up?  And with what body do they come?”  Are they not dust and …

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Awake to righteousness! – 1 Corinthians 15:34. St. Paul wrote: “Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?  Why are they, then, baptized for the dead?” (1 Corinthians 15:29).  These …

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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.  – I Thessalonians 4:13 Regarding our loved ones who fell asleep in Christ and …

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Thou shalt rest and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.  – Daniel 12:13 Thus spoke the Lord to the Prophet Daniel through the heavenly messenger.  And thus the Lord speaks to His children concerning their death, …

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The day of death (is better) than the day of one’s birth. – Ecclesiastes 7:1 To the children of this world this statement of Holy Writ is utter nonsense.  And that should not surprise us, for “the natural man receiveth not [does …

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Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.  – Psalm 116:15 Who are the “saints” of the Lord?  All true believers in Christ, their Savior, without exception.  A “saint” by definition is a holy person; …

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So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.  — Psalm 90:12 Everybody knows that one day he must die.  No one, however, knows when he will die.  And, although death is so “final” …

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I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord.  – Genesis 49:18 Jacob, the son of Isaac and the grandson of Abraham, was at the point of death in the land of Egypt.  By the Holy Ghost, working through the Word …

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Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.  – Genesis 3:19 This word was originally spoken specifically to Adam, who had been formed “of the dust of the ground” (2:7).  But it was meant for Eve also and for …

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Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.  – Psalm 37:7 My dear Christian, you know that sometimes the sea that bears your life’s fragile skiff runs very high in consequence of a heavy storm.  Everything seems tumultuous and …

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