Ecclesiastes 3:21

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Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side.

The rich man also died and was buried.

If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.

to take the place in this apostolic service that Judas left to go to his own place.”

For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling

is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.

I am pressured by both. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ—which is far better—