Psalm 6:4-5
4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalm 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalm 146:3-4
3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit (breath) shall return unto God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes 9
5. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not ce
2006-09-26 06:55:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oops typo at the end
2006-09-26 06:56:12 · update #1
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
2006-09-26 06:57:02 · update #2
Those verses you quoted , not only reveal the truth about death, but it shows that the hellfire doctrine cannot be true. Death is the opposite of life and those sleeping in death await a resurrection back to life here on earth. They are not being tortured because thay are incapable of knowing or feeling anything.
The resurrection hope is a wonderful thing and can help to comfort those who have lost loved ones in death.
2006-09-26 07:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by Micah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't control how other people are going to react to whatever it is you read or say, ESPECIALLY at a funeral. Everyone there will have suffered a loss, and reactions to that are so unpredictable and varied.
This is what I read at my grandfather's funeral. I was asked to read a Bible verse even though I'm Pagan, and I did it for my family because I didn't think it was a time to fight:
Ecclesiastes 3 WEB
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace
2006-09-26 14:01:25 · answer #2 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another example of picking a line or two out of a passage or chapter of scripture to prove a point that was not there. In the end, those who believe will still believe and those who don't won't.
2006-09-26 14:06:10 · answer #3 · answered by AcePrincess 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I was an unbeliever and heard this at a funeral, it would surely cause me to ponder my on eternal destination. But because I am saved, if I ever hear this at a funeral, I will pray that the unbelievers soften their hearts to the word of God, and give in to Jesus Christ because he would obviously be warning them to gives their lives to Him.
2006-09-26 14:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by Monique 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2006-09-26 13:58:23 · answer #5 · answered by trucking4656 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I think most people cry for the loss of their loved one in their daily lives...not out of fear of where the soul ends up.
2006-09-26 14:00:09 · answer #6 · answered by Ivyvine 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And just what is 'death as it is'?
My Mother died this last July. None of what you wrote would have had any meaning for me.
2006-09-26 14:49:14 · answer #7 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its kinda a downer
2006-09-26 14:00:34 · answer #8 · answered by vanman8u 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not likely
2006-09-26 14:07:33 · answer #9 · answered by neil d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
haha no i think it would just upset people
2006-09-26 13:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by kazejinzo1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋