wow this verse just blessed me
Psa 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall
receive me. Selah.
the hebrew word for recieve there
לקח
lâqach
BDB Definition:
1) to take, get,
fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring,
marry,
take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from,
take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose,
take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off
1a10) to take (vengeance)
WOOHOOi cant wait to die and get to the grave (hades)
(unless of course He returns before i kark it, what a way to go)
so THEN (later at His appearing) the Lord can do His thing WOOOO THEN can be brought to pass the sayings
grave (hades) where is your victory
the gates of hell (hades) shall not prevail
2Ti 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2Ti 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
2Ti 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
2Ti 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2Ti 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2Ti 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which
the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing