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Death of Saints, the.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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A sleep in Christ. 1 Cor. 15:18¹⁸Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. (1 Corinthians 15:18). 1 Thess. 4:14¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. (1 Thessalonians 4:14).

Is blessed. Rev. 14:13¹³And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. (Revelation 14:13).

Is gain. Phi. 1:21.

Is FULL OF

Faith. Heb. 11:13¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. (Hebrews 11:13).

Peace. Isa. 57:2²He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. (Isaiah 57:2).

Hope. Prov. 14:32³²The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. (Proverbs 14:32).

Sometimes desired. Luke 2:29²⁹Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: (Luke 2:29).

Waited for. Job 14:14¹⁴If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. (Job 14:14).

Met with resignation. Gen. 50:24²⁴And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (Genesis 50:24). Josh. 23:14¹⁴And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. (Joshua 23:14). 1 Kin. 2:2.

Met without fear. 1 Cor. 15:55⁵⁵O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (1 Corinthians 15:55).

Precious in God's sight. Psa. 116:15¹⁵Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. (Psalm 116:15).

God preserves them unto. Psa. 48:14¹⁴For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. (Psalm 48:14).

God is with them in. Psa. 23:4⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4).

Removes from coming evil. 2 Kin. 22:20. Isa. 57:1¹The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. (Isaiah 57:1).

LEADS TO

Rest. Job 3:17¹⁷There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. (Job 3:17). 2 Thess. 1:7⁷And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, (2 Thessalonians 1:7).

Comfort. Luke 16:25²⁵But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. (Luke 16:25).

Christ's presence. 2 Cor. 5:8⁸We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8). Phi. 1:23.

A crown of life. 2 Tim. 4:8⁸Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:8). Rev. 2:10¹⁰Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. (Revelation 2:10).

A joyful resurrection. 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). Dan. 12:2²And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (Daniel 12:2).

Disregarded by the wicked. Isa. 57:1¹The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. (Isaiah 57:1).

Survivors consoled for. 1 The. 4:13-18.

The wicked wish theirs to resemble. Num. 23:10¹⁰Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! (Numbers 23:10).

Illustrated. Luke 16:22²²And 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).

Exemplified. Abraham, 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). Isaac, Gen. 35:29²⁹And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. (Genesis 35:29). Jacob, Gen. 49:33³³And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. (Genesis 49:33). Aaron, Num. 20:28²⁸And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. (Numbers 20:28). Moses,

Deut. 34:5⁵So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. (Deuteronomy 34:5). Joshua, Josh. 24:29²⁹And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. (Joshua 24:29). Elisha, 2 Kin. 13:14, 20. One thief, Luke 23:43⁴³And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. (Luke 23:43). Dorcas, 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).

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