Sunday, September 19, 2021

From the Lonely Bed of Earth to the Trip after the Resurrection

Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. 1 Thessalonians 4:14
"The body sleeps in its lonely bed of earth, beneath the coverlet of
grass
. ..... they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. Their quiet repose shall never be broken until God shall rouse them to give them their full reward. .....they sleep on, the heritors of glory, till the fulness of time shall bring the fulness of redemption. 
What an awaking shall be theirs! 
 
They were laid in their last resting place, weary and worn but they wake up in beauty and glory. The shriveled seed, so destitute of form and comeliness, rises from the dust a beauteous flower. The winter of the grave gives way to the spring of redemption and the summer of glory
 
Blessed is death, since it, through the divine power, disrobes us of this work-day garment, to clothe us with the wedding garment of incorruption. Blessed are those who "sleep in Jesus." Charles Spurgeon