It certainly does not read that the dead know nothing.
9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
2007-05-01 16:21:05 · 11 answers · asked by ignoramus_the_great 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it speaks of martyrs--those who were killed for their beliefs in God and Jesus. Many of them have already waited a long time for God to avenge their death. He tells them to keep waiting and to rest, that more martyrs are being killed and then it will be over forever.
2007-05-01 16:28:49 · answer #1 · answered by winkcat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
The book of Ecclesiastes for the most part was written from an "under the sun" perspective. The author writes about things from a finite human viewpoint instead of a divine and eternal viewpoint. In this verse he is talking about how death appears to people who don't consider what God has to say about it.
The Scripture you posted is from a bird's eye view of Heaven that's why there is a difference.
2007-05-01 16:26:33 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We cannot take a single scripture and attempt to understand the meaning of the whole, any more than we can take a single piece of a jig saw puzzle and attempt to understand the subject of the whole.
Here is a text which would give a much different impression about the state of the dead.
Daniel 12:2 (King James Version)
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
2007-05-01 16:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. E 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are those who are slain during tribulation. There will be martyrs who refuse the mark of the beast, and will not deny the Lord during the seven years of tribulation. Their prayers reach the throne continually during that time.
There will be no rapture in the sense of all Christians being removed from the earth as it is commonly believed. The ones that will be taken up to the throne of God will be the 144,000 Sons of God before tribulation begins.
The Book of Revelation is quite deep in its meaning.
2007-05-01 16:33:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maximum of those Prophecies have been written after the actuality. If I reported I Prophicize that Tiger Woods would not win a substantial tournament in 2010 and write it down, whose to assert that 10 years from now somebody will say "whats up Waalee prophicised that Tiger Woods would not win a tournament in 2010" Boy, Waalee ought to be a Prophet. to truly say that God wrote the Bible is insane. What did he use a pen or a quill. adult adult males wrote the Bible. Then later adult adult males translated the Bible and that they did no longer like it so they wrote a clean Bible and known because it the recent testomony. i do no longer scoff on the Bible yet i do no longer delude myself the two. i exploit hassle-free experience.
2016-12-28 07:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This passage gives us a hint of life after death. The martyrs speak, are aware of the passage of time, can talk right to God and hear from God, and they have bodies, for they receive robes. They remember their former life, how they died, and expect judgment. They know God has not acted yet in judgment. They are fully aware of their surroundings and their situation. Fascinating!
2007-05-01 16:30:46 · answer #6 · answered by Steve Husting 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All those who gave up their lives for believing in God. People stoned to death, the girl in a shooting that was asked if she believed in God and was shot dead when she said yes. God has great rewards in store for those who gave up their lives for him. There is apparently a number for those who die for Him. Like the 144,000 that never laid with a women and devoted their life to the ministry of God.
2007-05-01 16:29:04 · answer #7 · answered by Dennis James 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are the martyr's, under the altar in Heaven, Hugh difference from talking to the dead.They are speaking to Jesus only.
2007-05-01 16:28:31 · answer #8 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Revelation was a prophesy about the fall of Rome.
Since thewy got it wrong - the Church and Rome got hitched - this prophesy is obsolete. They got it wrong.
2007-05-01 16:25:38 · answer #9 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is talking about martyrs
2007-05-01 16:25:12 · answer #10 · answered by cclleeoo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋