In peace, all whole, let me lie down and sleep. For You, LORD, alone, do set me down safely. Psalm 4:9 [Hebrew numbering] Robert Alter Let me lie down – Did you read my little footnote yesterday? You know, the one about the difference between the cohortative hey and the paragogic hey. Ah, probably not. …
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 NASB Death – Inevitability! The quip “death and taxes” isn’t always true, but “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” and “the…
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 NASB Eros and Thanatos What do you see in this sculpture? What pulls you in? Does the sexuality of this angel assault you? She exudes…
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 NASB Death – thanatos. The end. Dead. Finished. Qohelet is right. Without a resurrection, the rabbis provide a stark assessment: “We know nothing about death, nothing beyond the one fact that we shall ‘die’—but what is that, to die? We do not…
that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:10-11 NASB The Dead Pool – “Being conformed to His death.” Now, what in the world can that mean? The only way to be conformed to…
May it never be! How shall we who have died to sin still live in it? Romans 6:2 NASB Died – Let’s talk about death. Not a pleasant topic, but an inevitable one. In Greek thought, death (thanatos) is a natural process that happens to all living entities. While there is a certain type of…
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned – Romans 5:12 NASB Death – Why do we die? Before you quickly respond, “Because we are sinners,” let’s examine the cultural thinking during the time when Paul wrote these…
Or are you ignorant that all who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Romans 6:3 Death – Someone once asked George Muller what was his secret for serving God? In his reply, Muller said, “There was a day I died to George Muller, his opinions, preferences, taste and will, and died…
