Tag: death
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From Glory to a Coffin – Genesis 50:26
Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. That is a remarkable way to end the book of Genesis. The book that opens with creation closes with a coffin. The book that begins with life ends with death.…
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Just Passing Through – Genesis 23:7-9
Genesis 23:7-9 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,That he may…
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Named for Mortality – Genesis 5:6-8
Genesis 5:6-8 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. There is something sobering here. Seth, whose name speaks of…
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The Day Adam Died – Genesis 5:4-5
Genesis 5:4, 5 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. That last phrase lands hard. And he died. Three words. That is all. Adam lived what…
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When the Sea Dies – Revelation 16:3
Revelation 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea and it became as the blood of a dead man and every living soul died in the sea. This second bowl is staggering. The sea, which men have always looked to for food, trade, beauty, travel, and life, is struck so severely…
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When Sickness Rides Out – Revelation 6:7-8
Revelation 6:7, 8 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part…
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Love in a Hostile World – 1 John 3:13-14
1 John 3:13, 14 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. John says something here that is both bracing and freeing. Do not marvel if the world hates you. Do…
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Taking Down the Tent – 2 Peter 1:14
2 Peter 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Peter speaks of death in a way that catches your attention. He does not sound frantic. He does not sound bitter. He does not sound like a man coming apart. He sounds settled.…
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What Sin Always Brings – James 1:14–15
James 1:14–15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Sin never shows up telling the truth about itself. It does not knock on the door looking ugly and deadly.…