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An encouraging thought about Death

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Daddysgirl:
Things are not always what they "sounds as though."  Paul knew that "the living
know that they shall die, but the dead know not ANYTHING" (Ecc. 9:5).  Therefore,
to Paul, when he died, he would be "immediately" with the Lord, even though it might
not literally happen for seveal thousands of years.  Paul SPECIFICALLY stated how
and WHEN he expected to be resurrected to life--"AT THE LAST TRUMP" (I Cor. 15:52),
NOT immediately upon death.

Thank you Kat for this. I have wondered on this and was hoping Ray had said something on it.

The rest of the email answers have also been so comforting to read again- a friend got stabbed to death by a boyfriend last night. She had just completed her MD degree 2 years ago. She leaves a 1 year old and the father(boyfriend) later got himself ran over by a moving car. these are the kind of things you'd think you can only read about in newspapers. I have not had a good day at all. Nonetheless, His Glorious Will be done.

Matty

Decky:
Brenda,

That's so funny because I was just thinking the same thing. I've had surgery about two years ago, and I remember the sense of dread that came over me when the anesthesiologist applied the anesthesia. It seemed like I blinked my eyes and then I was in the recovery room. The surgery lasted almost three hours, my experience of it was a split second. That really encourages me when I think about my loved ones who are asleep, and when I think about MY upcoming demise, whenever that is.

Matty I am so sorry to hear about your friend.

Jackie Lee:
Thanks Kat and everyone this leaves me a lot to study.
Death is something that has been hard for me to understand, I wanted to study a bit deeper. :)

Rene:

--- Quote from: Daddysgirl on December 02, 2008, 08:15:59 AM ---
The rest of the email answers have also been so comforting to read again- a friend got stabbed to death by a boyfriend last night.

Matty

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Matty,

I, too, am sorry to hear of the tragic death of your friend.  Prayerfully, the truths of God's word will help to strengthen you at this time.

I have often thought how interesting it is that God has created us in such a way that we experience a "taste" of death and the resurrection everyday of our lives.  We all must sleep daily and we all awaken from that sleep.  I believe this is another example of the physical experience which has a spiritual counterpart.

René

Akira329:

--- Quote from: Rene on December 02, 2008, 09:48:19 AM ---
--- Quote from: Daddysgirl on December 02, 2008, 08:15:59 AM ---
The rest of the email answers have also been so comforting to read again- a friend got stabbed to death by a boyfriend last night.

Matty

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Matty,

I, too, am sorry to hear of the tragic death of your friend.  Prayerfully, the truths of God's word will help to strengthen you at this time.

I have often thought how interesting it is that God has created us in such a way that we experience a "taste" of death and the resurrection everyday of our lives.  We all must sleep daily and we all awaken from that sleep.  I believe this is another example of the physical experience which has a spiritual counterpart.

René



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I agree Rene! :)

Antaiwan

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