Lyn

Earth Is Hell And Death Is Sleep

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:41:20 PM

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ACTS 2:25 -34 For Da'vid speaketh concerning him, I FORESAW THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE MY FACE, FOR HE IS ON THE RIGHT HAND, THAT I SHOULD NOT BE MOVED: THEREFORE DID MY HEART REJOICE, AND MY TONGUE WAS GLAD; MOREOVER ALSO MY FLESH SHALL REST IN HOPE: BECAUSE THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL, NEITHER WILT THOU SUFFER THINE HOLY ONE TO SEE CORRUPTION. THOU HAST MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; THOU SHALT MAKE ME FULL OF JOY WITH THY COUNTENANCE. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch Da'vid, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. This Je'sus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Ho'ly Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. For Da'vid is not ascended into the heavens. ACTS 7:54-60 (RE: Ste'phen=First gentile to be stoned for preaching the word) When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Ho'ly Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Je'sus standing on the right hand of God. And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Ste'phen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Je'sus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. JOHN 11:11-15 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, "Our friend Laz'a-rus sleepeth: but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep". Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Je'sus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Je'sus unto them plainly, "Laz'a-rus is dead". "And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him". JOHN 11:39-48 Je'sus said, "Take ye away the stone", Mar'tha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Je'sus saith unto her, "Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?" Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid, And Je'sus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me". And whem he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, "Laz'a-rus come forth". And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Je'sus saith unto them, "Loose him, and let him go". Then many of the Jews which came to Ma'ry, and had seen the things which Je'sus did, believed on him. But some of them went their ways to the Phar'i-sees, and told them what things Je'sus had done. Then gathered the chief priest's and the Phar'i-sees a council, and said, What do we do? for this man doeth miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Ro'mans shall come and take away both our place and nation. (These are just a few of over 150 verses of scripture that plainly tells us that when you die, you sleep and yes there are a couple taken out of context that people use to say "Oh no, when you die you go to heaven or hell forinstice "Your soul returns to he who gave it" But that is for his keeping. As far as hell as you see with David the Lord said "I will not leave you in hell; which is earth, and we have a loving God so why would he have those who die up there watching or in some unknown limbo to watch our loved ones suffer! That is why he said "The dead know not". Also if we all went somewhere immediately, there would be no reason for Jesus to come back to resurrect us let alone a second resurrection a thousand years after he comes to take the believers to God's mansion. "And the dead in Christ shall rise first, and the living in Christ shall be caught up in the air with them". There is such a large percentage of people throughout history who went to church, ok: But have never actually read the Bible for themselves and that is the only way to truly understand the Bible which is a personal message to each and every one of us. If you just go by family or religious tradition how could you know you are getting the correct information? "For there will be many false teaching and doctrine's". Just a thought but if you truly love the Lord God why wouldn't you want to read his message to you? I mean certainly in this corrupt world you can't just believe whatever others have to say and that goes for everything concerning life* I am not trying to tell any one what to do, it is merely "Food for thought"!) Peace and many blessings to all, Lyn

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