Reference: Death
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Is taken in Scripture, first, for the separation of body and soul, the first death, Ge 25:11; secondly, for alienation from God, and exposure to his wrath, 1Jo 3:14, etc.; thirdly, for the second death, that of eternal damnation. Death was the penalty affixed to Adam's transgression, Ge 2:17; 3:19; and all his posterity are transgressors, and share the curse inflicted upon him. CHRIST is "our life." All believers share his life, spiritually and eternally; and though sin and bodily is taken away, and in the resurrection the last enemy shall be trampled under foot, Ro 5:12-21; 1Co 15.
Natural death is described as a yielding up of the breath, or spirit, expiring, Ps 104:29; as a return to our original dust, Ge 3:19; Ec 12:7; as the soul's laying off the body, its clothing, 2Co 5:3-4, or the tent in which it has dwelt, 2Co 5:1; 2Pe 1:13-14. The death of the believer is a departure, a going home, a falling asleep in Jesus, Php 1:23; Mt 26:24; Joh 11:11.
The term death is also sometimes used for any great calamity, or imminent danger threatening life, as persecution, 2Co 1:10. "The gates of death," Job 38:17, signify the unseen world occupied by departed spirits. Death is also figuratively used to denote the insensibility of Christians to the temptations of a sinful world, Col 3:3.
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?
When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.
The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."
After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned -- for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law. read more. Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed. But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many! And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification. For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ! Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous. Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more, so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked. For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,
for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.
Easton
may be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Scripture: (1.) "The dust shall return to the earth as it was" (Ec 12:7).
(2.) "Thou takest away their breath, they die" (Ps 104:29).
(3.) It is the dissolution of "our earthly house of this tabernacle" (2Co 5:1); the "putting off this tabernacle" (2Pe 1:13-14).
(4.) Being "unclothed" (2Co 5:3-4).
(5.) "Falling on sleep" (Ps 76:5; Jer 51:39; Ac 13:36; 2Pe 3:9.
(6.) "I go whence I shall not return" (Job 10:21); "Make me to know mine end" (Ps 39:4); "to depart" (Php 1:23).
The grave is represented as "the gates of death" (Job 38:17; Ps 9:13; 107:18). The gloomy silence of the grave is spoken of under the figure of the "shadow of death" (Jer 2:6).
Death is the effect of sin (Heb 2:14), and not a "debt of nature." It is but once (Heb 9:27), universal (Ge 3:19), necessary (Lu 2:28-30). Jesus has by his own death taken away its sting for all his followers (1Co 15:55-57).
There is a spiritual death in trespasses and sins, i.e., the death of the soul under the power of sin (Ro 8:6; Eph 2:1,3; Col 2:13).
The "second death" (Re 2:11) is the everlasting perdition of the wicked (Re 21:8), and "second" in respect to natural or temporal death.
THE DEATH OF CHRIST is the procuring cause incidentally of all the blessings men enjoy on earth. But specially it is the procuring cause of the actual salvation of all his people, together with all the means that lead thereto. It does not make their salvation merely possible, but certain (Mt 18:11; Ro 5:10; 2Co 5:21; Ga 1:4; 3:13; Eph 1:7; 2:16; Ro 8:32-35).
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By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?
when they prayed: "Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
"O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!
The bravehearted were plundered; they "fell asleep." All the warriors were helpless.
When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust.
They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.
They did not ask: 'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?'
When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up," says the Lord.
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Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying, "Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace. read more. For my eyes have seen your salvation
For David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?
For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,
Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all -- how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things? Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. read more. Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. read more. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked. For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest
and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.
I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,
And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),
And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,
Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder, since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.
The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.'
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."
Hastings
DEATH
I. In the OT.
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."
Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.
"'The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs."
"Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.
Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!
He said to me, 'Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.'"
Then Samuel said, "Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites." So Agag came to him trembling, thinking to himself, "Surely death is bitter!"
The king said to her, "Don't be afraid! What have you seen?" The woman replied to Saul, "I have seen one like a god coming up from the ground!"
In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'"
There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
when they prayed: "Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord's favor in the land of the living?
My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.
The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.
I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?"
Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones. All of them respond to you, saying: 'You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!
The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
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And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
When he entered he said to them, "Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."
But Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.
Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."
Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death." Then the Judeans responded, "Now we know you're possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say, 'If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.'
We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.
When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."
After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him." Then the disciples replied, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." read more. (Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies, and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
Jesus responded, "Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?"
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --
Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The last enemy to be eliminated is death.
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --
For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"
And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),
Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.
These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit -- twice dead, uprooted;
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: 'I know your deeds, that you have a reputation that you are alive, but in reality you are dead.
The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death -- the lake of fire.
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."
Morish
This is referred to in scripture under various aspects.
1. The general appointment for sinful man
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Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
The last enemy to be eliminated is death.
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --
And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,
The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.'
The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death -- the lake of fire.
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death -- the lake of fire.
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."