The death of a dear friend or family member is tough, piercing the heart’s ability to beat on, even though it is rapidly stricken upon itself, in breathless aching pulses. What makes living a challenge is not found so much in our contempt riddled society, we all flail about in that, but it is found when the departure of a deep rooted spirit association escapes our grasp. Swirling grief creates a timeless bottomless pit triggering desires of flight on a sickened stomach. Death invades where the emptiness the world delivers brings nothing of interest. Our loss is their freedom. No substance can replace spirit.
As there is a retched smell to death, equality so, there is a sweet smell to life. Death rivets the core of all that is yearned for. Death is especially sharp when it is of a passionate soul that cares enough to believe in the goodness of others; a soul lifter that touches you with hope that you are not yet the best you can be as they climb on. Souls in continuous connection for the love of it; a wife, a brother, a sister or father; more than a friend or mere association, an essence beyond enunciable faith, praising an unlimited hope mutually found, peacefully igniting that eternal life welcomingly together, no matter the threads as they part; it is called the deepest of loves that rises beyond the stars. Surely, Heaven draws the brilliant. No mortal can help the dying resolve their plea for help. All will possess mortifying sorrows, encouragement lost leaving just an enduring gut wrenching sting, plucking from the inside chords out; twangs. One cannot quantify inexpressible loss which cannot be measured in such a collapse. Oh, how deep can a heart fall? Sharp are the depths of love’s awakening that rides where no one can go. Good memories often well up horrible for living’s absence. No expression of love in life can be replaced; there is no taxidermy shelf of comfort. Time will never heal what is lost. Achingly dazed, it is not a lie when pain carves open wounds of truth. Breathless, yes, holes are carved in hearts when despair slices and tears sore the eyes with a throat that waxes dry. Anxieties shock may diminish over time, but the ache forever remains sinking deeper upon the weights of living. Many suffering treasures remain to the siphon of the past. As age becomes aged, the silver ice of love gone by can be so bitterly cold, with only warm memories of breaths past, in moments so preciously seen in unforgettable unconditional bonds. Loss steals the harmony of love. Memories cannot replace the whites of the eyes as images fade and the soul wearies. Many profess these truths. The needles of thought pierce death’s wounding helplessness. As time’s worth evaporates, permanence escapes the mere mortal. It is by nature that we yearn to return to that which is greater in a limitless expanse. Blessed are those that die to awaken in Him. - Ron Bert 2011 |
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REFERENCE ON DEATH |
... what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. ... ~ James 4:13-17 Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow. ~ Psalm 144:4 ... A breath that passes away and does not come again. ~ Psalm 78:39 My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass. ~ Psalm 102:11 ... and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more. ~ Psalm 103:14-16 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. ~ Psalm 90:10 ... For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, ... ~ Ecclesiastes 9:4-5 ... there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave ... ~ Ecclesiastes 9:10 The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor any who go down into silence. ~ Psalm 115:17 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish. ~ Psalm 146:4 ... I drench my couch with my tears. ~ Psalms 6:6 For most, death is the hardest to live with. ... Dry esophagus wells suffering burning needle piercing throbs. I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail ... ~ Psalm 69:3 The pains of death surrounded me, ... I found trouble and sorrow. ~ Psalm 116:3 ... So he who goes down to the grave does not come up. He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore. ~ Job 7:8-10 ... all are from the dust, and all return to dust. ... ~ Ecclesiastes 3:19-21 ... no one has power in the day of death. ... ~ Ecclesiastes 8:8 ... And the spirit will return to God who gave it. ~ Ecclesiastes 12:7 ... death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned ... ~ Romans 5:12-17 ... sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. ~ James 1:15 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? ... ~ Romans 7:24-25 ... the sorrow of the world produces death. ~ 2nd Corinthians 7:10 ... but He devises means, so that His banished ones are not expelled from Him." ~ 2nd Samuel 14:14 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ... ~ Romans 8:10-11 ... not want you to be ignorant, ... concerning ... who have fallen asleep, ... ~ 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18 There is no reincarnation; our single life is our chance of show. ... it is appointed for men to die once, ... ~ Hebrews 9:27-28 ... between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, ... ~ Luke 16:23-26 ... there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. ... ~ Acts 24:15-16 ... He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead." ~ Acts 17:30-31 "... He would be the first to rise from the dead, ..." ~ Acts 26:23 ... Christ ... For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; ... ~ Romans 6:8-10 Reincarnation denies the blood of Christ. ... a testament is in force after men are dead, ... ~ Hebrews 9:15-17 ... "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." ~ John 11:25 "... for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." ... ~ John 8:23-24 "... I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death." ~ John 8:51 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. ... ~ Romans 14:8-9 "... 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" ~ Revelation 14:13 ... For as ... all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. ~ 1st Corinthians 15:20-22 ... He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, ... ~ Hebrews 5:9 ... Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. ~ Romans 8:1-2 ... through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, ... ~ Hebrews 2:14-18 God has the power to eliminate death. ... And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. ~ Genesis 5:18-24 ... Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ... ~ Hebrews 11:5 ... Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. ... ~ 2nd Kings 2:11-12 ... "Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping." ... ~ Matthew 9:23-26 ... "Little girl, arise." Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. ... ~ Luke 8:52-55 ... "Young man, I say to you, arise." ... ~ Luke 7:12-16 ... "Lazarus, come forth!" And he who had died came out ... ~ John 11:39-44 ... "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, ... ~ Acts 9:36-42 ... "Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him." ~ Acts 20:9-10 "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. ..." ~ Matthew 10:8 ... many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection ... ~ Matthew 27:51-54 "Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?" ~ Acts 26:8 ... So then death is working in us, but life in you. ~ 2nd Corinthians 4:7-12 ... God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." ~ Matthew 22:29-32 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. ~ 1st Corinthians 15:26 "... but has passed from death into life. ..." ~ John 5:22-29 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, ... ~ Proverbs 18:21 ... He who does not love his brother abides in death. ... ~ 1st John 3:13-15 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. ~ Romans 6:23 ... to those who are self - seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness - indignation and wrath, ... ~ Romans 2:6-11 ... those who practice such things are deserving of death, ... ~ Romans 1:28-32 Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death. ~ Proverbs 7:27 "... you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life." ~ John 5:39-40 "But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God." ~ Luke 12:9 ... set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, ... ~ Deuteronomy 30:19 ... by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. ~ Titus 3:7 ... eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began, ... ~ Titus 1:2 And this is the promise that He has promised us - eternal life. ~ 1st John 2:25 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." ~ John 17:3 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, ... ~ 1st Timothy 6:12 ... he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. ~ Galatians 6:7-8 ... For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, ... ~ Romans 6:3-5 ... that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, ... ~ Philippians 3:10-11 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. ~ Isaiah 55:6 Rejoice in knowing Him, and through Him, in Him, eternal salvation of our souls! ... that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ~ Philippians 2:9-11 ... as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. ~ 1st Peter 2:11-12 The evil will bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous. ~ Proverbs 14:19 ~ Evil will acknowledge good's ascension. ... a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. ... ~ Revelation 21:1-4 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. ..." ~ Revelation 21:4 ... There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. ... ~ Revelation 22:1-7 "To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." ~ Revelation 2:7 ... ~ |
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REFERENCE ON HOW THE APOSTLES DIED |
than the one case with Matthias subsequent to Judas’s suicide. ... one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection. ... ~ Acts 1:15-26 No replacement was documented or called for upon James death. ... he killed James the brother of John with the sword. ~ Acts 12:1-2 1. John: Died a natural death. 2. Matthew: Slain with a sword in Ethiopia. 3. James, son of Zebedee: Beheaded at Jerusalem. 4. James, brother of the Lord: Thrown from the pinnacle of the temple, then killed with a club. 5. Philip: Hanged against a pillar at Hieropolis, a city of Phrygia. 6. Bartholomew: Flayed alive at Albahapolis, in Armenia. 7. Andrew: Martyred on a cross at Patre, in Archaia. 8. Thomas: Killed with a lance at Coromanded, in the East Indies. 9. Thaddeus: Shot to death with arrows. 10. Simon Zelotes: Crucified in Persia. 11. Peter: Crucified, head downward. ~ John 21:17-19 ... went and hanged himself. ~ Matthew 27:3-5 14. Paul: Beheaded at Rome. ~ Romans 1:1-6 ... ~ Hebrews 3:1 Apostle = Sent forth from God |
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Old Testament Capital Punishment |
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"... Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; ..." ~ Genesis 9:6 Capital punishment has been instructed by God. For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. ~ James 2:10 And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. ~ Romans 7:10 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 3:7-8 The Law of Moses carried a yoke no one could obey. "... a person shall be put to death for his own sin." ~ Deuteronomy 24:16 "... So you shall put away the evil from among you." ~ Deuteronomy 17:6-7 "... Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death." ~ Exodus 19:12 "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death." ~ Exodus 21:12 "... premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, ..." ~ Exodus 21:14 " '... whoever kills a man shall be put to death.' " ~ Leviticus 24:17-21 ... the murderer shall surely be put to death ... ~ Numbers 35:15-21 " 'Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death ...' " ~ Numbers 35:30-31 "And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." ~ Exodus 21:15 And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." ~ Exodus 21:17 ... son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice ... ~ Deuteronomy 21:18-21 "He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, ..." ~ Exodus 21:16 a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies ..." ~ Exodus 21:20 "... you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, ..." ~ Exodus 21:22-25 "... ox gores ... known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, ..." ~ Exodus 21:28-31 "You shall not permit a sorceress to live." ~ Exodus 22:18 "Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death." ~ Exodus 22:19 "He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed." ~ Exodus 22:20 ... gives any of his descendants to Molech, he shall surely be put to death. ... ~ Leviticus 20:2 "... for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods." ~ Deuteronomy 12:31 "You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. ..." ~ Exodus 22:22-24 "... that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away ..." ~ Deuteronomy 13:1-5 "... will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die." ~ Deuteronomy 17:12 "... strikes him mortally, so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, ..." ~ Deuteronomy 19:11 ... with stones until he dies, because he sought to entice you away from the LORD your God, ... ~ Deuteronomy 13:6-11 ... 'A man or a woman who is a medium, or who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death; ...' ~ Leviticus 20:27 'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, ...' ~ Leviticus 20:10-26 ... offered profane fire before the LORD, ... ~ Leviticus 10:1-7 " '... When he blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall be put to death.' " ~ Leviticus 24:13-16 "... both of them shall die-the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; ..." ~ Deuteronomy 22:22-23 "... the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. ..." ~ Deuteronomy 22:25-27 'You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; ...' ~ Exodus 31:14-15 ... a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath ... ~ Numbers 15:32-35 "... when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death." ~ Numbers 1:51
... Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, ... ~ 1st Corinthians 10:6-15 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, ... ~ Romans 15:4 God has made it obvious what He does not care for. Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, ... ~ Ecclesiastes 8:11 Without swift justice, crime will only increase. ↓ ... for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, ... ~ Romans 13:4 God expects authorities to administer justice, - including capital punishment. ... committed anything deserving of death, I do not object ... ~ Acts 25:11 ↑ The Apostle Paul affirmed capital punishment. ... ~ X |
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