Thematic Bible: Great reaper
Thematic Bible
death » Great reaper » Only two men in all history have escaped his scythe
Then they [were] walking, talking as they went. Suddenly a fiery chariot with horses of fire [appeared] and separated between the two of them. Elijah went up in the storm [to] the heavens
By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing} to God.
death » Great reaper » Resistance is in vain
Just as no one can control the wind to restrain the wind, so also no one can control the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not deliver the wicked.
death » Great reaper » Wise and foolish alike are smitten by him
For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].
death » Great reaper » He entered the world through sin
Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.
Verse Concepts
death » Great reaper » All journey to his narrow house
Indeed, I know [that] you will bring me to death and [to the] house of assembly for all [the] living.