Thematic Bible: Great reaper
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death » Great reaper » Only two men in all history have escaped his scythe
As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.
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By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.
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death » Great reaper » Resistance is in vain
Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
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death » Great reaper » Wise and foolish alike are smitten by him
Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.
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death » Great reaper » He entered the world through sin
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 --
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death » Great reaper » All journey to his narrow house
I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
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