Death Approaching

He said, “Look, I am old and do not know the day of my death.

The Lord said to Moses, “The time of your death is now approaching. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting so that I may commission him.” When Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting,

I continued watching in the night visions,and I saw One like a son of man
coming with the clouds of heaven.
He approached the Ancient of Days
and was escorted before Him.

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it must be put to death.

So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

“I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

Jesus wept.

As the time approached for David to die, he instructed his son Solomon,

Joseph died at the age of 110. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.

When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land He promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

For You, Lord, rescued me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.