Thematic Bible: After death


Thematic Bible





and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,



But they both lie in the dust,
and worms cover them.

every living thing would perish together
and mankind would return to the dust.

so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.

When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.

All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

I sank to the foundations of the mountains;
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!

Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah:

He was not left in Hades,
and His flesh did not experience decay.

Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings made to David. Therefore He also says in another passage, You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay. For David, after serving his own generation in God's plan, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed. read more.
But the One whom God raised up did not decay.


Brothers, I tell you this: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption.


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