Death would not be my choice of topics…but it does come up in the Bible…it is a natural event and all of us face…when you get a cancer or other life threatening diagnosis…it is front and center…we celebrate Easter as the resurrection of Christ, pointing out that we, as believers,  will face that resurrection power as well…but, still we cling to earthly life because we want to be around family, or we don’t want to see our family go through the grief of losing a loved one…we don’t want pain or the process of dying…loss of control…

“David stated confidently that God would not leave him to die on the grace…as believers, we can be assured that .god will not forget us when we die.He will bring us to life again to live with him forever.” Bible Study Notes

We have this promise….

 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

John.14.2-3

 Thank YOU…

A few references to resurrection…

 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;

in the night also my heart instructs me. 

I have set the Lord always before me;

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 

Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure. 

For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,or let your holy one see corruption. 

Psalm 16:7-10

 For I know that my Redeemer lives,and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed,yet in my flesh I shall see God,

Job.19.25-26

 Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!For your dew is a dew of light,and the earth will give birth to the dead.

Isa.26.19

 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Dan.12.2

  But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”

Dan.12.13

 And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Mark.13.27

 Behold! I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:“Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory?O death, where is your sting?” But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

1Cor.15.51,1Cor.15.52,1Cor.15.53,1Cor.15.54,1Cor.15.55,1Cor.15.57,1Cor.15.58

1 Corinthians 15:12-58

 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.

Revelations 20:11-21:4

You make known to me the path of life;

in your presence there is fullness of joy;

at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Ps.16:11

One day….

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