14 Death
DEATH - the separation of the spirit from the body, cessation of being.
Unbiblical terms or phrases concerning state of the departed dead.
Deathlessness Died and went to heaven
Immortal souls Going (went) to heaven
Souls in torment Going (sent) to hell
Pearly gates Walking the streets of Gold
Departing to see Jesus Went home to heaven
Angels took home Playing harps
Purgatory Limbo
Ghosts (dead humans) in the Earth Departed souls
Seeing loved ones at death Home to be with the Lord
Passed on Went to the great beyond
Gone to or given a mansion Looking over the balcony of heaven
Floating on the clouds with angels They are still hear in spirit
I feel their presence Earned their wings
In a better place They’re watching over us
With their love ones now St. Peter meets them
Undying soul Divine Spark
Souls have gone to glory Gates of Glory
Placed in correction Went to torments
Saints reigning in Heaven Gone to their reward
What is death?
Gen. 3:17-19 Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Ps. 146:2-4 When his breath departs he return to his Earth.
Eccl. 3:19, 20 All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Job 34:14 All flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.
Eccl. 12:1-7 The dust returns to the earth, the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Death is opposite of life, absence of life, not life in some other form or place.
2 Ki. 20:1 Thou shalt die and not live.
Rev. 20:4-6 The dead live not until.
Num. 4:19 That they may live, and not die.
Death is a sleep -
Ps. 13:3 Lest I sleep the sleep of death.
1 Th. 4:13-18 Them that are asleep.
Jer. 51:39, 57 They swoon away and sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake.
Dan. 12:2 Them that sleep in the dust.
Eph. 5:14 Awake, O sleeper, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
Both the righteous and the unrighteous are said to be asleep when they are dead.
Death is an enemy -
1 Cor. 15:26 The last enemy abolished is death.
Death is brought on by sin -
Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death.
Rom. 5:12 Sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and
so death spread to all men because all men sinned.
Where are the dead? They are all in one place. (Eccl. 3:19, 20)
Ps. 22:15 Thou dost lay me in the dust of death.
Job 7:21 For now I shall lie in the earth; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
Gen. 3:19 Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Their place is one of silence and repose -
Job 3:11-22 Where the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest.
Ps. 6:5 In death there is no remembrance, in Sheol who can give thee praise.
Ps. 115:17 Dead do not praise the Yahweh, nor do any that go down into silence.
Ps. 88:10-12 Are thy wonders known in the darkness, or thy saving help in the
land of forgetfulness?
Isa. 38:18-19 For Sheol cannot thank thee, death cannot praise thee; those who
go down to the pit cannot hope for thy faithfulness.
Eccl. 9:10 There is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to
which you are going.
They are not with Christ in heaven -
Prov. 30:4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down.
Jn. 3:13 No one ascends to heaven, he who descended from heaven the Son of
man.
Ac. 2:34 David did not ascend into the heavens.
Rom. 10:6 Who will ascend into heaven.
The only way believers get to be with the Lord, is by His coming for them.
(See Resurrection section)
Death is never said to take one to be with the Lord.
The dead are in the graves – sheol, hell
Jn. 5:28-29 All who are in their graves.
Dan. 12:2 Them that sleep in the dust.
Isa. 26:19 Ye that dwell in the dust.
In the Word of God the dead are always said to be where their bodies are.
What is the state of the dead? They sleep and rest -
Dan. 12:13 But go your way till the end; and you shall rest.
Jn. 11:11, 14 Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awake him out of sleep.
1 Cor. 15:3-20 Most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
1 Cor. 15:51-57 We shall not all sleep.
1 Th. 4:13-18 Concerning those who are asleep…fallen asleep.
Ac. 7:60, 8:2 When he said this he fell asleep.
They praise not the Lord or exercise mental powers -
Ps. 6:5 In death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who can give praise.
Ps. 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Ps. 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returns to his earth; in that day his
thoughts perish.
Eccl. 9:4-6 The living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing.
neither have any more reward; the memory of them is forgotten.
Isa. 38:18, 19 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee:
they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
The Saints not live until the resurrection -
1 Cor. 15:12-21 Everyone dies because all of us are related to Adam, …all who
are related to Christ will rise again.
1 Cor. 15:51-57 At the last trumpet…….this mortal must put on immortality.
Rev. 20:4-6 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years…
What assurance does God give concerning the dead?
That they will be resurrected to life or judgment. (see Judgment)
Jn. 5:28-29 Good deeds/resurrection of life, evil deeds resurrection / judgment.
Rev. 20:11-15 White throne judgment.
That they will ultimately receive fullness of life through the saving work of Jesus Christ if “in Christ.” (see also Judgment, Conditional Salvation)
1 Cor. 15:22-28 In Adam (carnal) all die, in Christ (spirit), all shall be made alive.
Rom. 5:18-21 So eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Tim. 2:3-6 One God and one mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus
1 Tim. 4:9-11 He is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
Immortality of the soul - The Scriptures never speak of the ‘immortality of the
soul.’ The immortality of the soul is Pagan in origin and not taught in the
Scriptures. (Gen. 3:4 The snake’s lie, “You shall not surly die.”)
The soul is said to die -
Isa. 53:12 He poured out his soul to death, was numbered, transgressors.
Ezek. 18:4, 20 The soul that sins shall die.
Ps. 78:50 He did not spare them from death.
Ps. 116:1-8 The pangs of Sheol laid hold on me.
Matt. 26:38 My soul is very sorrowful, even unto death.
