2 King 20:1-5 The Bible reading! A time to be born And a time to die Ec 3:1-2… To everything there...
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Transcript of 2 King 20:1-5 The Bible reading! A time to be born And a time to die Ec 3:1-2… To everything there...
Ec 3:1-2… To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: 2 A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
1Ki 2:1-2…Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: 2 "I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man.
Thanatology = study of death & dying
Many questions
There will be a Separation
Death - means separationGod created man with a soul – Gen.2:7Body + Soul = LifeSin ~ expelled from Garden of Eden
What is death?
“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” Jas. 2:26
“That separation of the soul from the body by which the life on earth is ended.” [Thayers]
Gen. 35:18 “as her soul was departing.”Luke 23:46 “gave up the spirit”
“For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” Gen. 3:19 NKJV “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” Eccl. 12:7In that first minute after death the soul and body become separated from each other !
What happens to the soul / spirit ?
There will be an escort for the Spirit
Some have the idea that the soul wanders around -- “ghosts”
“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;” Luke 16:22
There Will be an Assignment
Our soul will be in HadesLu 23:43 And Jesus said to him,
"Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
Jesus died – buried – resurrected
Where was his soul?
COMFORT
TORMENT
SEPARATION
Hades
“For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.” Acts 2:27 NKJV
Hades = the realm of the dead, place where our spirits go to await the
resurrection
Two Places in Hadean world
There will be an Awareness
We will know what is happeningConsciousness after death – Luke 16Able to:Recognize peopleRemember our former lifeRegretRejoice
Death is a sobering fact
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” Heb. 9:27
“…there is but a step between me and death”. 1 Sam. 20:3b
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” Ps.116:15
Death does not change character
II Cor. 5:10
If you were to die right now, where would you be in one minute?
Paradise Tartarus
“In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.'” 2 Kings 20:1
Is your life in order ?