Monday, July 25, 2022

Description of Death - Oldest Book in Bible, Paul & Christ all say....

"In Job, believed to be the oldest book in the Bible, death is again referred to as sleep
Job 7:21: “Now shall I sleep in the dust
Job 14:12:  “They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep”.
 
Jesus described death as “sleep”: 
Matthew 9:24:  “The maid is not dead but sleepeth.
Mark 5:39:  “The damsel is not dead but sleepeth
Luke 8:52:  “She is not dead but sleepeth
John 11:11:  “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth
 
Paul describes death as sleep
I Cor. 15:20:  “Christ is risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that sleep
I Cor. 15:51:  “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed
I Thess 4:13:  “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 Thess. 4:14:  “If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus”."
 John Anderson/F7