Morte
A morte é a realidade que todos enfrentam, mas para o cristão ela não é o fim. A Bíblia ensina que Cristo venceu a morte e nos dá a esperança da ressurreição e da vida eterna.
Cristo venceu a morte
Onde está, ó morte, o teu aguilhão? Cristo destruiu o poder da morte e nos deu a vitória pela ressurreição.
55 Where is thy sting, Death? and where is thy victory Shiul?56 But the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.57 But thanks be to Aloha, who giveth us the victory by the hand of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
26 and the last enemy be abolished, (which is) death.
21 And as by man was death, so also by man is the life of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all men die, so also in the Meshiha are all made alive:
11 Faithful is the word: For if we be dead with him, With him also we shall live;
6 Blessed and holy is he who hath part in the first resurrection: upon them the second death hath not power; but they shall be priests of Aloha and of his Meshiha, and shall reign with him the thousand years.
A esperança da vida eterna
Jesus disse: 'Eu sou a ressurreição e a vida.' Quem crê nele não está morto, mas apenas adormecido — e um dia despertará para a glória.
25 Jeshu saith to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life; and (he) who believeth in me, although he will die, shall live.26 And every one who liveth and believeth in me, for ever shall not die. Believest thou this?
25 Jeshu saith to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life; and (he) who believeth in me, although he will die, shall live.26 And every one who liveth and believeth in me, for ever shall not die. Believest thou this?
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;28 and I give to them the life which is eternal, and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall snatch them from my hands.
16 For so loved Aloha the world, as his Son, the Only-begotten, he would give, that every one who believeth in him might not perish, but have the life which is eternal.
13 BUT I wish you to know, my brethren, that for those who are asleep you should not have sorrow, as the rest of men, who have no hope.14 For if we believe that Jeshu died and arose, so also Aloha those who have slept in Jeshu will bring with him.
16 For our Lord himself with the mandate, and with the voice of the chief of angels, and with the trumpet of Aloha, will come down from heaven, and the dead who are in the Meshiha will arise first;17 and then we who remaining alive, shall be rapt with them together in clouds, to the meeting of our Lord in the expanse; and so always with our Lord shall we be.
Não temas a morte
Não temas os que matam o corpo. Para o cristão, viver é Cristo e morrer é lucro. O vale da sombra da morte não assusta quem caminha com o Pastor.
28 And fear not them who kill the body, but the soul cannot kill; but fear rather One who the soul and the body can destroy in gihano.
25 For whosoever willeth to save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
21 For my life is the Meshiha; and if I die, it is gain to me.
23 For these two straiten me. I desire to be set free, that I might be with the Meshiha, and this is greatly preferable to me;24 but also to remain in my body is the thing which constraineth me on your account.
20 But our employment is in heaven, and from thence we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,21 who will change the body of our abasement to make (it) in the fashion of his glorious body, according to his great power, by which all is subjected unto him.
8 For if we live, to our Lord we live; and if we die, to our Lord we die: and if we live, then, or if we die, our Lord's are we.
A eternidade nos aguarda
Deus enxugará toda lágrima. A morte será o último inimigo destruído. Para os salvos, a morte é a porta de entrada na presença eterna de Deus.
3 And I heard a great voice from heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of Aloha is with men; and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people; and Aloha himself will be with them, and will be their God.4 And every tear shall be wiped away from their eyes, and death shall be no more; nor sorrow, nor clamour, nor pain, shall be any more; for the former things are passed away.
4 And every tear shall be wiped away from their eyes, and death shall be no more; nor sorrow, nor clamour, nor pain, shall be any more; for the former things are passed away.
27 And as it is ordained to the sons of men, that they must once die, and after their death the judgment;
38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor authorities, nor powers, nor things subsisting, nor things to come,39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate me from the love of Aloha which is in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
7 for hardly for the wicked one dieth; for on account of the good one may perhaps dare to die.8 Nevertheless Aloha hath manifested his love for us, in that, when we were sinners, the Meshiha for us died:
17 For if because of the transgression of one death was made to reign, much more (shall) they who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift and of righteousness, reign in life by one, Jeshu Meshiha.
23 For the wages of sin is death; and the gift of Aloha the life of eternity by our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
A morte na perspectiva bíblica
Há tempo de nascer e tempo de morrer. A morte é realidade humana, mas Deus é Senhor tanto dos vivos quanto dos mortos.
46 And Jeshu cried with a high voice, and said, My Father, in thy hands I place my spirit. This he said, and completed.
23 And, tormented in shiul, he lifted up his eyes afar, and seeth Abraham, and Loózar in his bosom.24 And he cried with a high voice, and said, My father Abraham, have compassion upon me, and send Loózar, that he may dip the top of his finger in waters, and moisten my tongue; for, behold, I am tormented in this flame.
15 And this desire conceiveth and beareth sin; and sin, when it is perfected, beareth death.