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 O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
21 For since through man came death, through Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam everyone dies, even so in Christ everyone shall be made alive.
11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him.
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no authority, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him 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.
25 Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes into Me, though he may die, he shall live.26 And everyone living and believing into Me shall never ever die. Do you believe this?
25 Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes into Me, though he may die, he shall live.26 And everyone living and believing into Me shall never ever die. Do you believe this?
27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never ever perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone believing into Him should not perish but have eternal life.
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not as others who have no hope.14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shouted command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together at the same time with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall 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.
28 And do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who has power to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
23 For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.
20 For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,21 who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lords.
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 loud voice from Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.
4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this the judgment,
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some would even be bold enough to die.8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
17 For if by the one mans offense death reigned through the one, much more those who are receiving abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
23 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.
1 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of ones birth.
2 He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light has shined.
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die the death.
48 What strong man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?8 If I ascend into the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
6 Shulamite to Her Beloved: Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy as cruel as Sheol; its flames are flames of fire, a flame of YAH.
14 Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God has spoken concerning you. All of them have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies, declares the Lord Jehovah. Therefore turn and live!
46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. Having said this, He breathed out the spirit.
23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.24 Then he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
15 Then, when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.