My condolences go out to the Graves family: During your time of mourning, may the following scriptures comfort you and give you hope for the future.
While the Bible calls death an enemy (1 Corinthians 15:26), God’s Word assures us that death will not plague man forever! At Isaiah 25:8, the prophet foretold: “He [Jehovah God] will actually swallow up death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will certainly wipe the tears from all faces”. These promises will be accomplished by means of God’s Kingdom, which Jesus taught us to pray for. (Daniel 2:44; Matthew 6:10) Also, by means of God’s Kingdom, even our dear loved ones who lie asleep in death will be resurrected – literally, awakened back to life on a paradise earth! (Genesis 1:28; Psalm 37:10, 11; John 11:11-44; Acts 24:15)
At John 5:28, 29, Jesus reveals more about this grand event, stating: “Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out”. Indeed, our loved ones who have fallen asleep in death will live again.
May these scriptures and all of God’s promises comfort and strengthen you in the days ahead. (2 Corinthians 1:3,4)
Posted by: "Bea" Weston Mar 17, 2010
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