Thematic Bible: The Death of saints
Thematic Bible
the Death of saints » A sleep in Christ
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again [as in fact He did], even so God [in this same way—by raising them from the dead] will bring with Him those [believers] who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
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the Death of saints » Met with resignation
“I am going the way of all the earth [as dust to dust]. Be strong and prove yourself a man.
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Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up out of this land to the land which He promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob [to give you].”
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“Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God has promised concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.
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the Death of saints » Leads to » Christ's presence
we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
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But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;
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the Death of saints » Leads to » A crown of life
In the future there is reserved for me the [victor’s] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that [great] day—and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and longed for and welcomed His appearing.
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the Death of saints » Leads to » Rest
and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,
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“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
the Death of saints » Exemplified » Elisha
Now Elisha had become sick with the illness by which he would die. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, “O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”
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Elisha died, and they buried him. Now marauding bands of Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year.
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the Death of saints » Removes from coming evil
“Therefore, behold, [King Josiah,] I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be taken to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil (catastrophe) which I will bring on this place.”’” So they brought back word to the king.
Cross references:
2 Kings 22:4 : 2 Kin 12:4
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Verse Concepts
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.
the Death of saints » Leads to » A joyful resurrection
Your dead will live;
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!
For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],
And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
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the Death of saints » Survivors consoled for
Now also we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about those who fall asleep [ in death], that you may not grieve [for them] as the rest do who have no hope [beyond the grave]. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him through Jesus those who have fallen asleep [ in death]. For this we declare to you by the Lord's [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. read more.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words.
the Death of saints » Met without fear
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
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the Death of saints » Exemplified » moses
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
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the Death of saints » Is blessed
Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes, [blessed indeed],” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest and have relief from their labors, for their deeds do follow them.”
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the Death of saints » Is gain
For to me, to live is Christ [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity].
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the Death of saints » Is full of » Hope
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
the Death of saints » Exemplified » isaac
Isaac’s spirit departed and he died and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death], an old man full of days (satisfied, fulfilled); his sons Esau and Jacob buried him [in the cave of Machpelah with his parents Abraham and Sarah].
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the Death of saints » Exemplified » jacob
When Jacob (Israel) had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].
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the Death of saints » Exemplified » Aaron
After Moses stripped Aaron of his [priestly] garments and put them on Eleazar his son, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
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the Death of saints » Is full of » Faith
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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the Death of saints » The wicked wish theirs to resemble
“Who can count the dust (the descendants) of Jacob
And the number of even the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God],
And let my end be like his!”
the Death of saints » Exemplified » Abraham
Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].
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the Death of saints » Exemplified » Joshua
It happened after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, at the age of a hundred and ten years.
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the Death of saints » Precious in God's sight
Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].
the Death of saints » Is full of » Peace
He enters into peace [through death];
They rest in their beds (graves),
Each one who walked uprightly [following God’s will, living with integrity].
the Death of saints » Disregarded by the wicked
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.
the Death of saints » God preserves them unto
For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.
the Death of saints » Leads to » Comfort
the Death of saints » God is with them in
Even though I walk through the [sunless]
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.
the Death of saints » Illustrated
the Death of saints » Exemplified » Dorcas
During that time it happened that she became sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upstairs room.
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the Death of saints » Sometimes desired
“Now, Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to leave [this world] in peace,
According to Your word;
the Death of saints » Waited for
“If a man dies, will he live again?
I will wait all the days of my struggle
Until my change and release will come.
Related Topics
- Afflictions, Consolation During
- Afterlife
- Coping With Death
- Death
- Death Of God's People
- Death Of Loved One
- Death Of The Righteous
- Death Of The Saints
- Death Of The Saints, Examples Of