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DEATH
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Burial
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ATTENDED BY
- Family of the dead (Genesis 50:5, 6, 8; Matthew 8:21)
- Numbers of friends, &c (Genesis 50:7, 9; 2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:12)
- Female friends (Mark 15:47; Luke 7:13)
- Hired mourners (Jeremiah 9:17, 18)
- Great lamentation at (Genesis 50:10, 11; 2 Samuel 3:31, 32)
- Orations sometimes made at (2 Samuel 3:33, 34)
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PLACES USED FOR
- Natural caves (Genesis 23:19; John 11:38)
- Caves hewn out of rocks (Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60)
- Gardens (2 Kings 21:18, 26; John 19:41)
- Under trees (Genesis 35:8; 1 Samuel 31:13)
- Tops of the hills (Joshua 24:33; 2 Kings 23:16)
- Houses of the deceased (1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 2:34)
- The city of David for the kings of Judah (1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 24:16)
- Antiquity of purchasing places for (Genesis 23:7-16)
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Burial Origin
- Probable origin of (Genesis 4:9, 10)
- Design of (Genesis 23:3, 4)
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THE BODY WAS
- Washed before (Acts 9:37)
- Anointed for (Matthew 26:12)
- Wound in linen for (John 11:44; 19:40)
- Preserved with spices (John 19:39, 40)
- Sometimes burned before (1 Samuel 31:12)
- Carried on a bier to (2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:14)
- Perfumes burned at (2 Chronicles 16:14; Jeremiah 34:5)
- Antiquity of coffins for (Genesis 50:26)
- Often took place immediately after death (John 11:17, 39; Acts 5:6, 10)
- Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days (Genesis 50:3, 4)
- Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution (Deuteronomy 21:23; John 19:31)
- The right of all nations (Judges 16:31; John 19:38)
- Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors (1 Kings 11:15; Ezekiel 39:11-14)
- Of the friendless, a kind act (2 Samuel 2:5)
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PLACES OF
- Frequently prepared and pointed out during life (Genesis 50:5; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Matthew 27:60)
- Members of a family interred in the same (Genesis 25:10; 49:31; 2 Samuel 2:32)
- Held in high veneration (Nehemiah 2:3, 5)
- Provided for the common people (Jeremiah 26:23)
- Provided for aliens and strangers (Matthew 27:7)
- Visited by sorrowing friends (John 11:31)
- Pillars erected on (Genesis 35:20)
- Tombs erected over (Matthew 23:27-29)
- Sometimes had inscriptions (2 Kings 23:17)
- Sometimes not apparent (Luke 11:44)
- For criminals, marked by heaps (Joshua 7:26)
- Were ceremonially unclean (Numbers 19:16, 18)
- Often desecrated by idolatry (Isaiah 65:3, 4)
- The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of (Genesis 47:29-31; 49:29, 30; 50:25; 2 Samuel 19:37)
- Followed by a feast (2 Samuel 3:35; Jeremiah 16:7, 8; Hosea 9:4)
- Privation of, considered a calamity (Ecclesiastes 6:3)
- Privation of, threatened as a punishment (2 Kings 9:10; Jeremiah 8:2; 16:4)
- An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass (Jeremiah 22:19)
- Illustrative of regeneration (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12)
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The Dead
- They who have departed this life (Genesis 23:2; 25:8; Job 1:19)
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TERMS USED TO EXPRESS
- Corpses (2 Kings 19:35; Nahum 3:3)
- Carcases (Numbers 14:29, 32, 33; 1 Kings 13:24)
- Those who are not (Matthew 2:18)
- Deceased (Isaiah 26:14; Matthew 22:25)
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CHARACTERISED BY
- Being without the Spirit (James 2:26)
- Being incapable of motion (Matthew 28:4; Revelation 1:17)
- Ignorance of all human affairs (Ecclesiastes 9:5)
- Absence of all human passions (Ecclesiastes 9:6)
- Inability to glorify God (Psalm 115:17)
- Return not to this life (Job 7:9, 10; 14:10, 14)
- Eyes of, closed by nearest of kin (Genesis 46:4)
- Were washed and laid out (Acts 9:37)
- Were wrapped in lined with spices (John 19:40)
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MOURNING FOR, OFTEN
- Very great (Genesis 27:35; Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18; John 11:33)
- Loud and clamorous (Jeremiah 16:6; Mark 5:38)
- By hired mourners (Jeremiah 9:17, 18; Amos 5:16)
- With plaintive music (Jeremiah 48:36; Matthew 9:23)
- Testified by change of apparel (2 Samuel 14:2)
- Testified by taring the hair (Jeremiah 16:7)
- Testified by covering the head (2 Samuel 19:4)
- Testified by rending the garments (Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31)
- Lasted many days (Genesis 37:34; 50:3, 10)
- Regard often shown to the memory of (Ruth 1:8)
- Too soon forgotten (Psalm 31:12; Ecclesiastes 9:5)
- Heathenish expressions of grief for, forbidden (Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1, 2)
- All offerings to, forbidden (Deuteronomy 26:14)
- Touching of, caused uncleanness (Numbers 19:11, 13, 16; 9:6, 7)
- In a house rendered it unclean (Numbers 19:14, 15)
- Even bones of, caused uncleanness (Numbers 19:16; 2 Chronicles 34:5)
- A priest not to mourn for, except when near of kin (Leviticus 21:1-3; Ezekiel 44:25)
- High priest in no case to mourn for (Leviticus 21:10, 11)
- Nazarites not to touch or mourn for (Numbers 6:6, 7)
- Those defiled by, removed from the camp (Numbers 5:2)
- Uncleanness contracted from, removed by the water separation (Numbers 19:12, 18)
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IDOLATERS
- Tore themselves for (Jeremiah 16:7)
- Offered sacrifices for (Psalm 106:28)
- Invoked and consulted (1 Samuel 28:7, 8)
- Consecrated part of their crops to (Deuteronomy 26:14)
- The Jews looked for a resurrection from (Isaiah 26:19; Acts 24:15)
- Instances of, restored to life before Christ (1 Kings 17:22; 2 Kings 4:34-36; 13:21)
- Instances of, restored by Christ (Matthew 9:25; Luke 7:15; John 11:44; Acts 9:40; 20:12)
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ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Man’s state by nature (2 Corinthians 5:4; Ephesians 2:1, 5)
- A state of deep affliction, &c (Psalm 88:5, 6; 143:3; Isaiah 59:10)
- Freedom from the power of sin (Romans 6:2, 8, 11; Colossians 3:3)
- Freedom from the law (Romans 7:4)
- Faith without works (1 Timothy 5:6; James 2:17, 26)
- Diviners &c (Isaiah 8:19)
- Impotence (Genesis 20:3; Romans 4:19)
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Death, Eternal
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General
- The necessary consequence of sin (Romans 6:16, 21; 8:13; James 1:15)
- The wages of sin (Romans 6:23)
- The portion of the wicked (Matthew 25:41, 46; Romans 1:32)
- The way to, described (Psalm 9:17; Matthew 7:13)
- Self-righteousness leads to (Proverbs 14:12)
- God alone can inflict (Matthew 10:28; James 4:12)
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IS DESCRIBED AS
- Banishment from God (2 Thessalonians 1:9)
- Society with the devil &c (Matthew 25:41)
- A lake of fire (Revelation 19:20; 21:8)
- The worm that dies not (Mark 9:44)
- Outer darkness (Matthew 25:30)
- A mist of darkness for ever (2 Peter 2:17)
- Indignation, wrath, &c (Romans 2:8, 9)
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IS CALLED
- Destruction (Romans 9:22; 2 Thessalonians 1:9)
- Perishing (2 Peter 2:12)
- The wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
- The second death (Revelation 2:11)
- A resurrection to damnation (John 5:29)
- A resurrection to shame &c (Daniel 12:2)
- Damnation of hell (Matthew 23:33)
- Everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:46)
- Shall be inflicted by Christ (Matthew 25:31, 41; 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8)
- Christ, the only way of escape from (John 3:16; 8:51; Acts 4:12)
- Saints shall escape (Revelation 2:11; 20:6)
- Strive to preserve others from (James 5:20)
- Illustrated (Luke 16:23-26)
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Death, Natural
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General
- By Adam (Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22)
- Consequence of sin (Genesis 2:17; Romans 5:12)
- Lot of all (Ecclesiastes 8:8; Hebrews 9:27)
- Ordered by God (Deuteronomy 32:39; Job 14:5)
- Puts an end to earthly projects (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
- Strips of earthly possessions (Job 1:21; 1 Timothy 6:7)
- Levels all ranks (Job 3:17-19)
- Conquered by Christ (Romans 6:9; Revelation 1:18)
- Abolished by Christ (2 Timothy 1:10)
- Shall finally be destroyed by Christ (Hosea 13:14; 1 Corinthians 15:26)
- Christ delivers from the fear of (Hebrews 2:15)
- Regard, as at hand (Job 14:1, 2; Psalm 39:4, 5; 90:9; 1 Peter 1:24)
- Prepare for (2 Kings 20:1)
- Pray to be prepared for (Psalm 39:4, 13; 90:12)
- Consideration of, a motive to diligence (Ecclesiastes 9:10; John 9:4)
- When averted for a season, is a motive to increased devotedness (Psalm 56:12, 13; 118:17; Isaiah 38:18, 20)
- Enoch and Elijah were exempted from (Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5; 2 Kings 2:11)
- All shall be raised from (Acts 24:15)
- None subject to in heaven (Luke 20:36; Revelation 21:4)
- Illustrates the change produced in conversion (Romans 6:2; Colossians 2:20
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IS DESCRIBED AS
- A sleep (Deuteronomy 31:16; John 11:11)
- The earthly house of this tabernacle being dissolved (2 Corinthians 5:1)
- Putting off this tabernacle (2 Peter 1:14)
- God requiring the soul (Luke 12:20)
- Going the way whence there is no return (Job 16:22)
- Gathering to our people (Genesis 49:33)
- Going down into silence (Psalm 115:17)
- Yielding up the spirit (Acts 5:10)
- Returning to dust (Genesis 3:19; Psalm 104:29)
- Being cut down (Job 14:2)
- Fleeing as a shadow (Job 14:2)
- Departing (Philippians 1:23)
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Death of Christ, The
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General
- Foretold (Isaiah 53:8; Daniel 9:26; Zechariah 13:7)
- Appointed by God (Isaiah 53:6, 10; Acts 2:23)
- Necessary for the redemption of man (Luke 24:46; Acts 17:3)
- Acceptable, as a sacrifice to God (Matthew 20:28; Ephesians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:10)
- Was voluntary (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 26:53; John 10:17, 18)
- Was undeserved (Isaiah 53:9)
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MODE OF
- Foretold by Christ (Matthew 20:18, 19; John 12:32, 33)
- Prefigured (Numbers 21:8; John 3:14)
- Ignominious (Hebrews 12:2)
- Accursed (Galatians 3:13)
- Exhibited His humility (Philippians 2:8)
- A stumbling block to Jews (1 Corinthians 1:23)
- Foolishness to Gentiles (1 Corinthians 1:18, 23)
- Demanded by the Jews (Matthew 27:22, 23)
- Inflicted by the Gentiles (Matthew 27:26-35)
- In the company of malefactors (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38)
- Accompanied by supernatural signs (Matthew 27:45, 51-53)
- Emblematical of the death to sin (Romans 6:3-8; Galatians 2:20)
- Commemorated in the ordinance of the Lord’s supper (Luke 22:19, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:26-29)
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Death of Saints
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General
- A sleep in Christ (1 Corinthians 15:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:14)
- Is blessed (Revelation 14:13)
- Is gain (Philippians 1:21)
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IS FULL OF
- Faith (Hebrews 11:13)
- Peace (Isaiah 57:2)
- Hope (Proverbs 14:32)
- Sometimes desired (Luke 2:29)
- Waited for (Job 14:14)
- Met with resignation (Genesis 50:24; Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 2:2)
- Met without fear (1 Corinthians 15:55)
- Precious in God’s sight (Psalm 116:15)
- God preserves them to (Psalm 48:14)
- God is with them in (Psalm 23:4)
- Removes from coming evil (2 Kings 22:20; Isaiah 57:1)
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LEADS TO
- Rest (Job 3:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:7)
- Comfort (Luke 16:25)
- Christ’s presence (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23)
- A crown of life (2 Timothy 4:8; Revelation 2:10)
- A joyful resurrection (Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2)
- Disregarded by the wicked (Isaiah 57:1)
- Survivors consoled for (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
- The wicked wish theirs to resemble (Numbers 23:10)
- Illustrated (Luke 16:22)
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Exemplified
- Abraham (Genesis 25:8)
- Isaac (Genesis 35:29)
- Jacob (Genesis 49:33)
- Aaron (Numbers 20:28)
- Moses (Deuteronomy 34:5)
- Joshua (Joshua 24:29)
- Elisha (2 Kings 13:14, 20)
- One thief (Luke 23:43)
- Dorcas (Acts 9:37)
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Death of the Wicked, The
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General
- Is in their sins (Ezekiel 3:19; John 8:21)
- Is without hope (Proverbs 11:7)
- Sometimes without fear (Jeremiah 34:5; 2 Chronicles 36:11-13)
- Frequently sudden and unexpected (Job 21:13, 23; 27:21; Proverbs 29:1)
- Frequently marked by terror (Job 18:11-15; 27:19-21; Psalm 73:19)
- Punishment follows (Isaiah 14:9; Acts 1:25)
- The remembrance of them perishes in (Job 18:17; Psalm 34:16; Proverbs 10:7)
- God has no pleasure in (Ezekiel 18:23, 32)
- Like the death of beasts (Psalm 49:14)
- Illustrated (Luke 12:20; 16:22, 23)
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Exemplified
- Korah, &c (Numbers 16:32)
- Absalom (2 Samuel 18:9, 10)
- Ahab (1 Kings 22:34)
- Jezebel (2 Kings 9:33)
- Athaliah (2 Chronicles 23:15)
- Haman (Esther 7:10)
- Belshazzar (Daniel 5:30)
- Judas (Matthew 27:5; Acts 1:18)
- Ananias, &c (Acts 5:5, 9, 10)
- Herod (Acts 12:23)
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Death, Spiritual
- Alienation from God is (Ephesians 4:18)
- Carnal-mindedness is (Romans 8:6)
- Walking in trespasses and sins is (Ephesians 2:1; Colossians 2:13)
- Spiritual ignorance is (Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79; Ephesians 4:18)
- Unbelief is (John 3:36; 1 John 5:12)
- Living in pleasure is (1 Timothy 5:6)
- Hypocrisy is (Revelation 3:1, 2)
- Is a consequence of the fall (Romans 5:15)
- Is the state of all men by nature (Romans 6:13; 8:6)
- The fruits of, are dead works (Hebrews 6:1; 9:14)
- A call to arise from (Ephesians 5:14)
- Deliverance from, is through Christ (John 5:24, 25; Ephesians 2:5; 1 John 5:12)
- Saints are raised from (Romans 6:13)
- Love of the brethren, a proof of being raised from (1 John 3:14)
- Illustrated (Ezekiel 37:2, 3; Luke 15:24)
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BURIAL
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Burial Origin
- Probable origin of (Genesis 4:9, 10)
- Design of (Genesis 23:3, 4)
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ATTENDED BY
- Family of the dead (Genesis 50:5, 6, 8; Matthew 8:21)
- Numbers of friends, &c (Genesis 50:7, 9; 2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:12)
- Female friends (Mark 15:47; Luke 7:13)
- Hired mourners (Jeremiah 9:17, 18)
- Great lamentation at (Genesis 50:10, 11; 2 Samuel 3:31, 32)
- Orations sometimes made at (2 Samuel 3:33, 34)
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THE BODY WAS
- Washed before (Acts 9:37)
- Anointed for (Matthew 26:12)
- Wound in linen for (John 11:44; 19:40)
- Preserved with spices (John 19:39, 40)
- Sometimes burned before (1 Samuel 31:12)
- Carried on a bier to (2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:14)
- Perfumes burned at (2 Chronicles 16:14; Jeremiah 34:5)
- Antiquity of coffins for (Genesis 50:26)
- Often took place immediately after death (John 11:17, 39; Acts 5:6, 10)
- Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days (Genesis 50:3, 4)
- Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution (Deuteronomy 21:23; John 19:31)
- The right of all nations (Judges 16:31; John 19:38)
- Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors (1 Kings 11:15; Ezekiel 39:11-14)
- Of the friendless, a kind act (2 Samuel 2:5)
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PLACES USED FOR
- Natural caves (Genesis 23:19; John 11:38)
- Caves hewn out of rocks (Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60)
- Gardens (2 Kings 21:18, 26; John 19:41)
- Under trees (Genesis 35:8; 1 Samuel 31:13)
- Tops of the hills (Joshua 24:33; 2 Kings 23:16)
- Houses of the deceased (1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 2:34)
- The city of David for the kings of Judah (1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 24:16)
- Antiquity of purchasing places for (Genesis 23:7-16)
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PLACES OF
- Frequently prepared and pointed out during life (Genesis 50:5; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Matthew 27:60)
- Members of a family interred in the same (Genesis 25:10; 49:31; 2 Samuel 2:32)
- Held in high veneration (Nehemiah 2:3, 5)
- Provided for the common people (Jeremiah 26:23)
- Provided for aliens and strangers (Matthew 27:7)
- Visited by sorrowing friends (John 11:31)
- Pillars erected on (Genesis 35:20)
- Tombs erected over (Matthew 23:27-29)
- Sometimes had inscriptions (2 Kings 23:17)
- Sometimes not apparent (Luke 11:44)
- For criminals, marked by heaps (Joshua 7:26)
- Were ceremonially unclean (Numbers 19:16, 18)
- Often desecrated by idolatry (Isaiah 65:3, 4)
- The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of (Genesis 47:29-31; 49:29, 30; 50:25; 2 Samuel 19:37)
- Followed by a feast (2 Samuel 3:35; Jeremiah 16:7, 8; Hosea 9:4)
- Privation of, considered a calamity (Ecclesiastes 6:3)
- Privation of, threatened as a punishment (2 Kings 9:10; Jeremiah 8:2; 16:4)
- An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass (Jeremiah 22:19)
- Illustrative of regeneration (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12)