Dead, the.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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They who have departed this life. Gen. 23:2²And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. (Genesis 23:2). Gen. 25:8⁸Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. (Genesis 25:8). Job 1:19¹⁹And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (Job 1:19).

TERMS USED TO EXPRESS

Corpses. 2 Kin. 19:35. Nah. 3:3³The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: (Nahum 3:3).

Carcases. Num. 14:29, 32, 33²⁹Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, (Numbers 14:29)
³²But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. ³³And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. (Numbers 14:32‑33). 1 Kin. 13:24.

Those who are not. Matt. 2:18¹⁸In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. (Matthew 2:18).

Deceased. Isa. 26:14¹⁴They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. (Isaiah 26:14). Matt. 22:25²⁵Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: (Matthew 22:25).

CHARACTERIZED BY

Being without the Spirit. James 2:26²⁶For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James 2:26).

Being incapable of motion. Matt. 28:4⁴And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. (Matthew 28:4). Rev. 1:17¹⁷And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: (Revelation 1:17).

Ignorance of all human affairs. Ecc. 9:5.

Absence of all human passions. Ecc. 9:6.

Inability to glorify God. Psa. 115:17¹⁷The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence. (Psalm 115:17).

Return not to this life. Job 7:9, 10⁹As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. ¹⁰He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. (Job 7:9‑10). Job 14:10, 14¹⁰But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? (Job 14:10)
¹⁴If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. (Job 14:14).

Eyes of, closed by nearest of kin. Gen. 46:4⁴I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. (Genesis 46:4).

Were washed and laid out. Acts 9:37³⁷And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. (Acts 9:37).

Were wrapped in linen with spices. John 19:40⁴⁰Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. (John 19:40).

MOURNING FOR, OFTEN

Very great. Gen. 37:35³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (Genesis 37:35). Jer. 31:

15. Matt. 2:18¹⁸In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. (Matthew 2:18). John 11:33³³When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, (John 11:33). Loud and clamorous. Jer. 16:6⁶Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: (Jeremiah 16:6). Mar. 5:38.

By hired mourners. Jer. 9:17, 18¹⁷Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: ¹⁸And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. (Jeremiah 9:17‑18). Amos 5:16¹⁶Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. (Amos 5:16).

With plaintive music. Jer. 48:36³⁶Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. (Jeremiah 48:36). Matt. 9:23²³And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, (Matthew 9:23).

Testified by change of apparel. 2 Sam. 14:2²And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: (2 Samuel 14:2).

Testified by tearing the hair. Jer. 16:7⁷Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. (Jeremiah 16:7).

Testified by covering the head. 2 Sam. 19:4⁴But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! (2 Samuel 19:4).

Testified by rending the garments. Gen. 37:34³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Genesis 37:34). 2 Sam. 3:31³¹And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. (2 Samuel 3:31).

Lasted many days. Gen. 37:34³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Genesis 37:34). Gen. 50:3, 10³And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. (Genesis 50:3)
¹⁰And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. (Genesis 50:10).

Regard often shown to the memory of. Ruth 1:8⁸And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. (Ruth 1:8).

Too soon forgotten. Psa. 31:12¹²I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. (Psalm 31:12). Ecc. 9:5.

Heathenish expressions of grief for, forbidden. Lev. 19:28²⁸Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:28). Deut. 14:1, 2¹Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. ²For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. (Deuteronomy 14:1‑2).

All offerings to, forbidden. Deut. 26:14¹⁴I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. (Deuteronomy 26:14).

Touching of, caused uncleanness. Num. 19:11, 13, 16¹¹He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. (Numbers 19:11)
¹³Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. (Numbers 19:13)
¹⁶And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. (Numbers 19:16). Num. 9:6, 7⁶And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: ⁷And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of Israel? (Numbers 9:6‑7).

In a house rendered it unclean. Num. 19:14, 15¹⁴This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. ¹⁵And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. (Numbers 19:14‑15).

Even bones of, caused uncleanness. Num. 19:16¹⁶And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. (Numbers 19:16). See 2 Chr. 34:5⁵And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 34:5).

A priest not to mourn for, except when near of kin. Lev. 21:1-3¹And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: ²But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, ³And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. (Leviticus 21:1‑3). Ezek. 44:25²⁵And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. (Ezekiel 44:25).

High priest in no case to mourn for. Lev. 21:10, 11¹⁰And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; ¹¹Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; (Leviticus 21:10‑11).

Nazarites not to touch or mourn for. Num. 6:6, 7⁶All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body. ⁷He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. (Numbers 6:6‑7).

Those defiled by, removed from the camp. Num. 5:2²Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: (Numbers 5:2).

Uncleanness contracted from, removed by the water of separation. Num. 19:12, 18¹²He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. (Numbers 19:12)
¹⁸And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: (Numbers 19:18).

IDOLATORS

Tore themselves for. Jer. 16:7⁷Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. (Jeremiah 16:7).

Offered sacrifices for. Psa. 106:28²⁸They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. (Psalm 106:28).

Invoked and consulted. 1 Sam. 28:7, 8⁷Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. ⁸And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. (1 Samuel 28:7‑8).

Consecrated part of their crops to. Deut. 26:14¹⁴I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. (Deuteronomy 26:14).

The Jews looked for a resurrection from. Isa. 26:19¹⁹Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. (Isaiah 26:19). Acts 24:15¹⁵And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. (Acts 24:15).

Instances of, restored to life before Christ. 1 Kin. 17:22. 2 Kin. 4:34-36. 2 Kin. 13:21.

Instances of, restored by Christ &e. Matt. 9:25²⁵But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. (Matthew 9:25). Luke 7:15¹⁵And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. (Luke 7:15). John 11:44⁴⁴And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. (John 11:44). Acts 9:40⁴⁰But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. (Acts 9:40). Acts 20:12¹²And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. (Acts 20:12).

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

Man's state by nature. 2 Cor. 5:4⁴For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. (2 Corinthians 5:4), Eph. 2:1, 5¹And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; (Ephesians 2:1)
⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Ephesians 2:5).

A state of deep affliction, &c. Psa. 88:5, 6⁵Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. ⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. (Psalm 88:5‑6). Psa. 143.3. Isa.

Freedom from the power of sin, Rom. 6:2, 8, 11²God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? (Romans 6:2)
⁸Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: (Romans 6:8)
¹¹Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:11). Col. 3:3³For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3).

Freedom from the law. Rom. 7:4⁴Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. (Romans 7:4).

Faith without works. 1 Tim. 5:6⁶But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. (1 Timothy 5:6). James 2:17, 26¹⁷Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. (James 2:17)
²⁶For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James 2:26).

Diviners, &c. Isa. 8:19¹⁹And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? (Isaiah 8:19).

Impotence. Gen. 20:3³But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. (Genesis 20:3). Rom. 4:19¹⁹And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: (Romans 4:19).

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