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.
"O Death, where is yoʋr sting?
O Hades, where is yoʋr victory?"
Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The last enemy to be abolished is death.
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a man.
For just as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.
This saying is trustworthy:
If we died with him,
we will also live with him;
Blessed and holy are those who take part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of A,C [67.5%] ¦ Christ. Afterward they will reign 𝔐K [29.1%]Christ, and they will reign with him for A,C,K [82.4%] ¦ the NA TH WH [17%]a 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.
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, yet shall he live. No one who lives and believes in me will ever die. Do yoʋ believe this?"
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, yet shall he live. No one who lives and believes in me will ever die. Do yoʋ believe this?"
My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will certainly never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
"For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not be grieved like others who do not have hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left behind, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
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.
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul, but rather fear him who can destroy both the soul and the body in hell.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
I am hard pressed between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await from there a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject all things to himself.
If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
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.
And I heard a loud voice from A,C,K 96.1% ¦ the throne ECM† NA SBL TH WH 1.3%heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with K 36.4% • 𝔐A(18),C PCK RP 26.3% ¦ them as their God 𝔐A(24) TR 22.9% • ECM† NA TH 1.7%them. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, and there will no longer be mourning, crying, or A(21),C,K 71.1% • 𝔐A(11) 6% ¦ pain; 𝔐A(13) ECM SBL TH WH 14.9%pain, for the former things have passed away."
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And just as it is appointed for men to die once and then face judgment,
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though perhaps for a good person someone might even dare to die. But God demonstrated his own love for us in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through the one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ!
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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.
Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Father, into yoʋr hands I commit my spirit." After saying this, he breathed his last breath.
As he was in torment in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his side. So he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’
And when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And when sin is fully grown, it brings forth death.