If a man dies,
shall he live again?
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What does it mean to
be absent from the body
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and present with the Lord?
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Did Jesus go with a thief
to paradise on Good Friday?
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Did the souls of dead people
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really cry out
from below the altar?
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Pastor Bohr
answers these questions
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and more in the amazing series.
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Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven, what a joy
it is to be in Your presence.
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We are so thankful that
You have given us Your word
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which is a sure guide in a world
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that seems to be
spinning out of control.
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Father, we ask
that as we study today
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about two very important words
in the Old and New Testament
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that Your Holy
Spirit will be with us
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open our minds and our hearts
to receive the seed of truth.
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I thank you, Lord,
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for the privilege
of speaking your truth.
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I ask Lord that you
will give me divine wisdom
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for I ask it in
the precious name
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of Jesus our
Lord and Savior. Amen.
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Today, we are going to
study two very important words
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one in the Old Testament and
another in the New Testament.
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However before we get into
the study of these two words
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before I tell you what
they are I would like to say
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that the New Testament authors
had a very frustrating time
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trying to transmit correct ideas
about the state of the dead
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and I will
explain the reason why.
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The word spirit the
word soul and the word Hades,
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which is one of the words that
we are going to study tonight,
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were very prevalent and common
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in the world in which the
New Testament authors wrote.
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The only problem is those words
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had a different
connotation in Greek philosophy.
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You see the word Psyche,
the word Pneuma, the word Hades
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were very
commonly used by the Greeks
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to express an immortal soul
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and to express a
place of eternal burning.
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Now the New Testament authors
had to use the same terminology
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because they
were writing in Greek.
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However, the
words that they used
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were the same as the
words in the Greek world
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but the connotation
was not the connotation
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of the Greek
language, the connotation was
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that of the equivalent Hebrew
words in the Old Testament.
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In other words we are not
to understand the word Psyche,
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the word Pneuma,
and the word Hades.
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In the light of the
way it was understood
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by the people in Christ day
as a result of Greek philosophy
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these words are to be understood
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according to the Hebrew
equivalent in the Old Testament.
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And of course the
equivalent of the word Pneuma
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is Ruach and Neshama.
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The equivalent of the
word Psyche is Nephesh
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and we are going to notice that
the equivalent of the word Hades
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in the Old Testament is Sheol.
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So basically we
need to understand
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that the background to
these New Testament words
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is not to be found in the way
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they were used
in Greek Philosophy,
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it is to be found in the way
in which the equivalent words
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were used in
the Hebrew language.
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Now, with this in mind
I would like to say that
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we are going to study
two key words in the Bible.
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One is in the Old Testament
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and the other is
in the New Testament.
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Let's take a look first of all
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at the Hebrew word
Sheol, that's S-H-E-O-L.
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The Hebrew word Sheol
appears approximately 61 times
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or 60 plus times
in the Old Testament.
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In the King James
Version it is translated
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with the word, grave 30 times.
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It is translated with
the word, hell 31 times,
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and a handful of times
in the King James Version
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of the Old Testament
it is translated, pit.
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The key verses that we
want to notice are the 61 times
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where in the King
James the word Sheol,
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is translated as
grave or as hell.
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Now in the overwhelming
majority of the cases
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where the King James translates
the word Sheol as hell,
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the King James
could have just as well
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translated
grave instead of hell.
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We are going to
notice that uniformly
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through out the Old
Testament this word Sheol
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should really be
translated grave or sepulcher.
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But for some strange reason
the King James translators
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decided that they were
translate 30 references as grave
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and 31 references as hell,
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when really all
of the references
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should be translated
as grave or sepulcher.
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Now what I would like to
do is go through several texts
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that we find in
the Old Testament
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where the word Sheol is
used and we are going to--
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we are going to
read first of all text
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where the King James translates
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the word Sheol
with the word grave.
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Let's got to 1
Samuel 2:6, 1 Samuel 2:6.
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Remember that this is--
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where the King James translates
the word Sheol as grave.
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It says there
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and notice the
synonymous parallelism.
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"The Lord kills and makes alive,
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He brings down to
the grave and brings up."
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Do you see the
synonymous parallelism there?
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The second line repeating
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the same thought
of the first line.
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Once again, "The Lord
kills and makes alive,
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He brings down to the grave"
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that's the word
Sheol "and brings up."
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There the King James translators
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have translated correctly
the word Sheol as grave.
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And by the way all of
the texts that I am reading
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are from the New King James
unless I mention otherwise.
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Now let's go to Psalm
49:14,15, Psalm 49:14,15,
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another verse
where the King James
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translates
grave, the word Sheol.
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It says there in Psalm 49:14
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"Like sheep they
are laid in the grave,"
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that's the word Sheol.
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"Like sheep they
are laid in the grave,
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death shall feed on them."
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So what happens in
the grave, you are what?
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You are dead, that's right,
"Death shall feed on them,
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the upright shall have dominion
over them in the morning,
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and their beauty shall
be consumed in the grave,
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far from their dwelling.
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But God will redeem my soul"
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it's the word Nephesh we
studies this word already.
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"God will redeem my
soul," that is my life
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"from the power of the--" what?
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"From the power of the grave,"
there is the word Sheol again,
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"from the power of the
grave, for He shall receive me."
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So you will noticed here that
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God is going to
redeem his life from where?
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From the grave not from hell,
not from a place of a burning
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but from the grave
where we are told here
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that death feeds upon them.
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So the King James has
translated correctly here
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the word Sheol it means grave.
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Notice Psalm 89:48.
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We are gonna read several text
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because I don't
want you to think
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that I am just
taking a sampling of text
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that are convenient
to my point of view.
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We could
actually read all of them
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and you would see that in
all of them the word Sheol
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could actually be
translated grave or sepulcher.
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Psalm 89:48
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"What man can
live and not see death?
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Can he deliver his life"
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by the way that's
the word nephesh again.
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It could be translated Soul.
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"Can he deliver his life
from the power of the grave?"
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Do you notice the
synonymous parallelism again?
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The word grave is
coupled with which word?
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It is coupled
with the word, death.
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"What man can
live and not see death?
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Can he deliver his life
from the power of the grave?"
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So once again grave is
linked with the word death.
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Notice Ecclesiastes
9:10, Ecclesiastes 9:10.
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This is a very well know verse.
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It's used very frequently
by Seventh-day Adventist
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when we are talking
about the state of the dead
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it says there,
"Whatever your hand finds to do,
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do it with your might,
for there is no work or device
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or knowledge or wisdom in
the grave where you are going."
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In Sheol where you are going.
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Once again the King James
translates correctly grave
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but notice that in the grave
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there is no work no device
no knowledge and no wisdom.
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Turn with me
now to Isaiah 38:10,
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Isaiah 38:10 and
I want you to notice
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how once again the word
Sheol is referring to the place
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that people go to when
their life is shorten by death.
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It says there "I said,
'In the prime of my life
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I shall go to
the gates of Sheol'"
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I want you to
remember the word gates
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that's important its
linked with the word Sheol.
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And by the way
the word Sheol here
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is translated the grave
in the King James Version.
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"I said, 'In
the prime of my life
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I shall go to
the gates of Sheol."
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Now what does that mean
to go to the gates of Sheol?
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Notice the explanation.
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"I am deprived of the
remainder of my years."
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What does that
mean to go to Sheol?
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It means that you are deprived
of the remainder of your years.
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In other words
you life is shortened
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by the experience of death.
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Notice Isaiah 38:18.
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We are right there so we should
be able to read this quickly.
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It says in Isaiah 38:18.
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"For Sheol" this
is the New King James
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that actually
transliterate the word
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"For Sheol cannot thank
You, death cannot praise You,
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those who go down to the
pit cannot hope for Your truth."
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Three ideas linked here.
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The word Sheol, the
word death and the word pit.
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And you will notice that
those who are going to Sheol
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or the grave cannot thank
God, they cannot praise God,
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and those who go down to the
pit cannot hope for Gods truth.
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Notice Psalms 6:5, Psalms 6:5.
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Once again you
have the same idea
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of death being linked with Sheol
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or being linked with the grave.
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It says there in Psalms 6:5,
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"For in death there is
no remembrance of You."
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And then notice the
synonymous parallelism
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in the second part of the verse.
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Says "For in death there
is no remembrance of You.
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In the grave who
will give You thanks?"
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And of course
the question is what?
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The question is answered how?
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No one will give
you thanks in the grave.
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So once again death and grave
or Sheol are coupled together.
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Now go with me to Job 14:10-15.
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We are still noticing verses
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where the King James Version
translates the word grave.
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And by the way
the New King James
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sometimes simply
transliterates the word
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and puts Sheol as it
appears in the Hebrew.
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Notice Job 14:10-15.
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Here Job is
describing his experience.
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"But man dies and is laid away,
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Indeed he breathes his last"
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what happens when a person dies?
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They what? They
breathe their last.
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"And where is
he?" Is what Job asks.
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"As water
disappears from the sea,
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And a river becomes
parched and dried up,
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So man lies down" where
do you lie down by the way?
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In the grave of
course when you die.
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"So man lies down
and does not rise."
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Until when? "Till
the heavens are no more,
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they will not awake nor
be roused from their sleep."
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Is that the hope of resurrection
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according to Job? Absolutely.
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Then he says this "Oh, that
You would hide me in the grave,"
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that's the word Sheol.
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So did Job in his
suffering want to go to Sheol?
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Obviously he
didn't want to go to hell.
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He was not saying Oh, that
You would hide me in the hell,
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the word Sheol
cannot mean hell there
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because Job
wouldn't want to go there.
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And so it says, "Oh, that
You would hide me in the grave,"
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that isn't Sheol
"that You would conceal me
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until Your wrath is past,
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that you would appoint me
a set time and remember me.
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If a man dies,
shall he live again?
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All the days of my
hard service I will wait,
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till my change comes.
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You shall call,
and I will answer You;
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You shall desire
the work of Your hands."
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Glorious passage
on the resurrection
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and Job actually in a
suffering he is saying,
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oh, Lord, if you
would just hide me in Sheol.
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Is he actually begging
God to send him to hell?
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Of course not, he is saying
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I wish that you
would place me where?
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Resting, sleeping, he speaks
about sleep, death as sleep.
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I wish you would put
me to sleep in the grave.
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And then when
You come and You call
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I would answer Your voice.
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Let's read one more Job 7:9
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where the King James Version
translates with the word grave.
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Job 7:9 it says here
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"As the cloud
disappears and vanishes away,
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so he who goes
down to the grave"
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that is to Sheol
"does not come up."
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So when you go to
Sheol what happens to you?
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You are like a cloud
that disappears and what?
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And Vanishes away,
because in the grave
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what happens to our
body? We disintegrate.
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Now let's notice a few examples
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where the King James Version
translates with the word hell.
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By the way, I'm a great admirer
of the King James Version
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but I must say as
I have said before
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in previous lectures that when
it come to the state of the dead
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the New International
Version is a better translation.
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It's closer to the
intention that God had
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when he is speaking about
the state of man in death.
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Now that doesn't mean that
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everything in the
NIV is good and perfect,
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because they leave
out several passages,
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they have mistranslations.
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What I am saying is
that every translation
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has its pros and its cons.
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But when it comes to
the state of the dead
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the King James
actually is very confusing
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when it speaks
about the word Sheol
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and we will also notice
that it's very confusing
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when it comes to the word
Hades in the New Testament.
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Now let's notice similar
text where the King James
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translates the
word Sheol with hell
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and you tell me if
the King James translators
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could have used the
word grave, just as well.
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Notice Psalm 116:3, Psalm 116:3
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for some unexplained reason
the King James translators
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thought that
they need to translate
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the word Sheol 31
times with the word hell.
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When it could have very
well been translated grave.
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It says in Psalm 116:3,
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"The pains of
death surrounded me,
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and the pangs of
Sheol laid hold of me,
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I found trouble and sorrow."
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Let me ask you
could the word Sheol
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have been very well
translated grave there?
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Of course, it's coupled
once again with what word?
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Death, just like
the other verses.
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So the King
James could have said
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"The pains of
death surrounded me,
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and the pangs of Sheol"
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which it actually says
hell in the King James.
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I'm reading from
the New King James
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"has laid hold of me and
I found trouble and sorrow."
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Very well the word
Sheol could have been
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translated grave there
by the King James Version.
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Proverb 7:27, Proverb 7:27.
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I want you to notice
the synonymous parallelism
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that we have here in this verse.
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It says there in
Proverb 7:27, "Her house"
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speaking about the evil woman,
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the evil and the
wicked woman, says,
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"Her house is the way to hell,"
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even the New King
James translates hell here.
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"Her house is the way to hell,"
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better translation
would be what? The grave.
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"Descending to the
chambers of" what? "Death."
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So once again Sheol
is coupled with death.
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It could have very
well been translated that
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"Her house is
the way to the grave,
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descending to the
chambers of death."
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There is no need to link this
with hell, or to link it fire.
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Notice Proverbs
5:5, Proverbs 5:5.
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And I want you to underline,
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the synonymous
parallelism again.
00:19:01.27\00:19:04.04
It says there speaking
about the strange woman
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who tries to
entice men into sin.
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It says, "Her
feet go down to death,
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her steps lay hold of hell."
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Once again death and
Sheol are linked together,
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would it be
proper to translate this
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"Her feet go down to death,
her step lay hold of the grave."
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Yes, once again the two
ideas are I linked together.
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By the way do you notice
that feet go down to death
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is the same as her
steps lay hold of hell.
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It is a synonymous parallelism.
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Notice Proverbs
15:24, Proverbs 15:24
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and here we have
antithetical parallelism.
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Another words, what
is said in the first line
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the opposite is
said in the second line.
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It says there in Proverbs 15:24,
00:20:02.14\00:20:04.75
"The way of life
winds upward for the wise,
00:20:04.78\00:20:11.57
that he may turn away"
from where "from hell below".
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Could that have been
translated form the grave below?
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Of course, the contrast
is between above and below.
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The contrast is not
between heaven and hell.
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And so it says, "The way of
life winds upward for the wise,
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that he may turn away
from the grave below."
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Notice Isaiah
28:15, Isaiah 28:15.
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Again notice the synonymous
parallelism in this verse.
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It says in Isaiah
28:15, "Because you have said,
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we have made a
covenant with death,
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and with Sheol we
are in agreement."
00:21:04.03\00:21:11.21
The New King James
transliterates Sheol
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but the King James
Version translates hell.
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In another words
the King James says
00:21:16.56\00:21:17.79
we have made a
covenant with death,
00:21:17.82\00:21:20.07
and with hell we
are in agreement.
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But the fact is that the phrase,
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we have made a
covenant with death,
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is exactly parallel to
with Sheol we are in agreement.
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A covenant is a
what? Is an agreement.
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And once again the
idea of Sheol is connected
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not with life in hell
it's connected with what?
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With death in
that verse once again.
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let's read two more verses
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and then we move on
to the New Testament.
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Amos 9:2,
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speaking about
the wicked in Israel
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that says, though
they dig into hell.
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By the way where do we dig into?
00:22:06.58\00:22:09.14
We dig to open up a
hole for the grave, right?
00:22:09.17\00:22:13.03
So it says,
"Though they dig into"
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and the New King,
the King James Version
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and the New King James
version says hell there.
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Could it be translated
the grave? Of course it could.
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"Though they dig into grave,
00:22:24.02\00:22:26.52
from there My
hand shall take them,
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though they climb up to heaven,
00:22:29.24\00:22:31.20
from there I
will bring them down."
00:22:31.23\00:22:34.93
Very acceptable to
translate the word Sheol here
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not hell like the
King James Version
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and the New
King James Version do
00:22:42.09\00:22:44.56
but rather translate grave.
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One further verse
Jonah 2:2, Jonah 2:2.
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Here Jonah is in
the belly of the fish.
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And by the way he is not dead,
he is crying out to the Lord
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and notice what he says
in Jonah2:2, and he said,
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"I cried out to the Lord
because of my affliction,
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and He answered me.
00:23:10.52\00:23:12.38
Out of the belly of Sheol"
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that's translated hell
in the King James Version.
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"Out of the
belly of Sheol I cried,
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and You heard my voice."
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Was Jonah in hell at that point?
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No, he was in the
belly of a great fish.
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It was dark down there.
It was like he was where?
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He was in a living
grave if you please.
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So he was not in hell.
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A proper translation would be
"Out of the belly of the grave
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I cried, and
You heard my voice."
00:23:44.73\00:23:47.11
And by the way we
know that its the grave
00:23:47.14\00:23:48.93
because Jesus referred to
this later on about speaking
00:23:48.96\00:23:52.45
when he spoke about
being in the heart of the earth
00:23:52.48\00:23:54.59
for three days
and for three nights.
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Now, let's notice
what the New Testament
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has to say about the word Sheol.
00:23:59.91\00:24:03.00
And you say well pastor,
but the word Sheol is in Hebrew,
00:24:03.03\00:24:06.90
the New Testament wouldn't
use that same Hebrew word?
00:24:06.93\00:24:09.79
Obviously not, but
the New Testament has
00:24:09.82\00:24:12.73
an exactly equivalent
Greek word to the word Sheol.
00:24:12.76\00:24:17.76
And you say,
which word is equivalent
00:24:17.79\00:24:20.88
to the word Sheol
from the Old Testament?
00:24:20.91\00:24:23.42
Well, before I tell you let
me give you some statistics.
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The word Hades which is the word
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that we are going to refer to
00:24:30.41\00:24:32.06
is used 11 times
in the New Testament.
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Only once in those 11 times
00:24:36.90\00:24:40.21
in the Parable of
the Rich Man and Lazarus
00:24:40.24\00:24:42.22
which we have already
discussed in this series
00:24:42.25\00:24:44.91
where Jesus is not
trying to teach truth.
00:24:44.94\00:24:47.34
He is using the ideas of
the people to express an idea
00:24:47.37\00:24:53.77
He is using their
view of Hades and of hell.
00:24:53.80\00:24:57.83
He doesn't
believe it He is using
00:24:57.86\00:24:59.93
their frame of
reference to teach the truth.
00:24:59.96\00:25:02.34
Only in that one reference
00:25:02.37\00:25:04.08
do you find the
word Hades linked
00:25:04.11\00:25:08.07
or connected with
a place of burning.
00:25:08.10\00:25:12.31
Actually in all of
the other 10 references
00:25:12.34\00:25:15.10
the word Hades could
be translated with grave.
00:25:15.13\00:25:20.74
Now let me tell you something
00:25:20.77\00:25:21.92
about the New
King James Version.
00:25:21.95\00:25:23.98
The New King James Version
00:25:24.01\00:25:25.98
transliterates the
word Hades all the 11 times.
00:25:26.01\00:25:30.57
In other words it
doesn't translate the word
00:25:30.60\00:25:32.50
it simply puts Hades
when that word appears.
00:25:32.53\00:25:36.22
The King James
Version on the other hand
00:25:36.25\00:25:38.98
10 times translates
the words Hades, hell
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and only one time
does the King James Version
00:25:44.54\00:25:47.66
translate the
word Hades with grave.
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Let's talk for a moment about
the New International Version
00:25:51.95\00:25:55.50
of the 11 times,
that the word Hades
00:25:55.53\00:25:58.08
appears in the New Testament
00:25:58.11\00:25:59.63
twice the New
International Version
00:25:59.66\00:26:03.07
translates deaths three times.
00:26:03.10\00:26:07.10
The New
International Version translates
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.36
the word Hades
with the word grave
00:26:09.39\00:26:13.16
and five times the
New International Version
00:26:13.19\00:26:15.83
translates the word Hades-
00:26:15.86\00:26:17.85
actually it
doesn't even translate it,
00:26:17.88\00:26:19.40
it transliterates the word.
00:26:19.43\00:26:21.64
And only once in the
New International Version
00:26:21.67\00:26:24.74
is the word
Hades translated hell
00:26:24.77\00:26:28.22
and that's in the story
of the Rich Man and Lazarus.
00:26:28.25\00:26:31.79
So its interesting that the
NIV translates the word Hades
00:26:31.82\00:26:36.19
10 times differently than hell
00:26:36.22\00:26:39.53
and only one time hell
was the King James Version
00:26:39.56\00:26:42.72
translates the
word 10 times hell
00:26:42.75\00:26:45.22
and one time
differently than the word hell
00:26:45.25\00:26:48.07
it translates it
with the word grave.
00:26:48.10\00:26:51.34
Now you say, how do
we know, Pastor Bohr,
00:26:51.37\00:26:53.73
that the word Sheol
in the Old Testament
00:26:53.76\00:26:56.30
is equivalent to the word
Hades in the New Testament?
00:26:56.33\00:27:00.27
It's very simple.
00:27:00.30\00:27:01.55
You see there are two
texts in the New Testament
00:27:01.58\00:27:04.73
that allude to or quote
verses from the Old Testament.
00:27:04.76\00:27:10.51
So when you go
to the New Testament
00:27:10.54\00:27:12.24
and you read those verse
00:27:12.27\00:27:13.69
that are quoted
from the Old Testament
00:27:13.72\00:27:15.21
you can know what word in Greek
00:27:15.24\00:27:18.77
is equivalent to
the Hebrew Sheol.
00:27:18.80\00:27:21.19
Now, let's go to our first
text that uses the word Sheol
00:27:21.22\00:27:24.48
and then we will go
to the New Testament text
00:27:24.51\00:27:26.66
where this same verse is
used but in the Greek language.
00:27:26.69\00:27:30.88
It says in Hosea 13:14
00:27:30.91\00:27:34.60
if you go with me
Hosea 13:14 the following,
00:27:34.63\00:27:41.39
"I will ransom them
from the power of the grave,"
00:27:41.42\00:27:46.03
that's the word
Sheol incidentally
00:27:46.06\00:27:49.51
"I will redeem them from death."
00:27:49.54\00:27:51.99
See the
synonymous parallelism again,
00:27:52.02\00:27:54.29
He is going to
redeem them from the power--
00:27:54.32\00:27:56.34
ransom them from the
power of the grave that Sheol.
00:27:56.37\00:27:59.07
I will redeem them from
death and then notice this
00:27:59.10\00:28:02.06
"O Death, I
will be your plagues!
00:28:02.09\00:28:05.80
O Grave," that is O Sheol
"I will be your destruction.
00:28:05.83\00:28:10.57
Pity is hidden from My eyes."
00:28:10.60\00:28:13.46
So notice here that you have,
00:28:13.49\00:28:16.93
"O Death, I will be your plagues
00:28:16.96\00:28:18.57
O Grave, I will
be your destruction".
00:28:18.60\00:28:21.51
Now let's go to 1
Corinthians 15:54, 55,
00:28:21.54\00:28:27.01
1 Corinthians 15:54, 55
where this verse in Hosea
00:28:27.04\00:28:32.04
is very clearly alluded to.
00:28:32.07\00:28:34.61
1 Corinthians 15:54 and 55,
00:28:34.64\00:28:38.74
"So when this corruptible
has put on incorruption,
00:28:38.77\00:28:43.26
and this mortal
has put on immortality,
00:28:43.29\00:28:46.76
then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written,
00:28:46.79\00:28:50.05
'Death is
swallowed up in victory.'
00:28:50.08\00:28:53.52
O Death, where is your sting?
00:28:53.55\00:28:56.38
O Hades, where is your victory?"
00:28:56.41\00:29:00.49
Do you see the
allusion to Hosea 13:14?
00:29:00.52\00:29:04.62
It's interesting when it says
"O Death, where is your sting?"
00:29:04.65\00:29:08.79
Death is used in
Hosea Chapter 13.
00:29:08.82\00:29:11.58
But instead of the word Sheol
the second word that is used
00:29:11.61\00:29:15.41
in verse 55 of 1 Corinthians is
00:29:15.44\00:29:18.02
"O Hades, where
is your victory?"
00:29:18.05\00:29:21.49
And by the way
this is the only verse
00:29:21.52\00:29:23.96
that the King James Version
translates with the word, grave.
00:29:23.99\00:29:28.42
1 Corinthians
15:55, because they knew
00:29:28.45\00:29:32.74
that it would be foolish to say,
O hell, where is your victory?
00:29:32.77\00:29:36.63
As if somehow the
righteous had been in hell
00:29:36.66\00:29:39.87
and Jesus had come to
rescue them from hell.
00:29:39.90\00:29:42.16
So they knew that
they had to translate
00:29:42.19\00:29:44.25
the word Hades here with grave
00:29:44.28\00:29:46.11
but the other 10 times
that translate the word Hades
00:29:46.14\00:29:49.12
in the King James
Version with the word hell.
00:29:49.15\00:29:51.60
So it become very complicated
00:29:51.63\00:29:53.16
for people who
are reading the Bible
00:29:53.19\00:29:54.81
because they assume that
Sheol and Hades are a place
00:29:54.84\00:29:58.88
where people are sent to burn.
00:29:58.91\00:30:01.23
Now notice the other
text in the New Testament
00:30:01.26\00:30:04.43
that is actually quoting from
a passage in the Old Testament.
00:30:04.46\00:30:09.64
Let's go to the Old
Testament passage first
00:30:09.67\00:30:11.91
and then we will go to
the New Testament passage.
00:30:11.94\00:30:14.61
Psalms 16:8-10, Psalms 16:8-10.
00:30:14.64\00:30:20.83
This is a Masonic prophecy
about the resurrection of Jesus.
00:30:20.86\00:30:25.06
It says here "I have set
the Lord always before me,
00:30:25.09\00:30:29.38
because He is at my right
hand I shall not be moved.
00:30:29.41\00:30:33.45
Therefore my heart is
glad, and my glory rejoices,
00:30:33.48\00:30:37.50
my flesh" notice, "my
flesh also will rest in hope."
00:30:37.53\00:30:43.73
Jesus is speaking prophetically.
00:30:43.76\00:30:45.43
He says, my flesh
will also rest in hope.
00:30:45.46\00:30:48.80
Verse 10 "For You will
not leave my soul in soul,"
00:30:48.83\00:30:52.72
that's the word
Nephesh that we studied,
00:30:52.75\00:30:55.13
"You will not
leave my soul in sheol"
00:30:55.16\00:30:58.39
it says in the New King James.
00:30:58.42\00:30:59.97
By the way in the
King James it says,
00:31:00.00\00:31:02.06
"You will not
leave my soul in Hell,
00:31:02.09\00:31:05.60
Nor will You allow Your
Holy One to see corruption."
00:31:05.63\00:31:10.99
Now I want you to notice
the synonymous parallelism
00:31:11.02\00:31:13.58
that we have in this verse.
00:31:13.61\00:31:16.31
Notice that "thou will
not leave my soul in hell,"
00:31:16.34\00:31:22.81
is parallel to "thou will
not leave the holy one to see"
00:31:22.84\00:31:27.94
what? "Corruption."
00:31:27.97\00:31:29.82
So what is it
that you see in hell?
00:31:29.85\00:31:32.88
Supposedly you
see what? Corruption.
00:31:32.91\00:31:35.50
Now what is it that
corrupts? It is the body.
00:31:35.53\00:31:40.98
Did you notice that Jesus said
"My flesh will rest in hope"
00:31:41.01\00:31:46.10
because it will
not see corruption.
00:31:46.13\00:31:48.31
Now the New
International Version
00:31:48.34\00:31:50.58
translates this
correctly, It says,
00:31:50.61\00:31:54.80
"You will not
leave me in the grave
00:31:54.83\00:31:58.74
and you will not allow Your
Holy One to see corruption."
00:31:58.77\00:32:03.09
So in other words
the soul is Jesus,
00:32:03.12\00:32:05.56
the person of Jesus
00:32:05.59\00:32:06.95
and the word Hades
is translated the grave.
00:32:06.98\00:32:11.44
Jesus is saying, you are not
going to leave me in the grave
00:32:11.47\00:32:14.48
and I my flesh is
not going to see what?
00:32:14.51\00:32:17.50
Is not going to see corruption.
00:32:17.53\00:32:20.02
Now let's
notice how this passage
00:32:20.05\00:32:21.98
is quoted in the New Testament.
00:32:22.01\00:32:24.27
Go with me to Acts 2:25-27.
00:32:24.30\00:32:28.07
This is on the Day of Pentecost,
00:32:28.10\00:32:30.15
the Apostle Peter is
preaching his Pentecostal sermon
00:32:30.18\00:32:33.01
and it says there in Acts 2:25
00:32:33.04\00:32:39.16
"For David says concerning Him,"
00:32:39.19\00:32:41.72
that is concerning
Jesus, "'I foresaw the Lord
00:32:41.75\00:32:45.62
always before my face,
for He is at my right hand,
00:32:45.65\00:32:50.32
that I may not be shaken,
therefore my heart rejoiced,
00:32:50.35\00:32:54.33
and my tongue was glad,
00:32:54.36\00:32:55.88
moreover my flesh
also will rest in hope.
00:32:55.91\00:33:00.21
For" why will his
flesh rest in hope?
00:33:00.24\00:33:02.79
"For You will not
leave my soul in Hades,"
00:33:02.82\00:33:07.66
this is the New King
James, or as the NIV says,
00:33:07.69\00:33:12.22
"You will not leave me in Hades,
00:33:12.25\00:33:15.06
nor will You allow Your
Holy One to see corruption."
00:33:15.09\00:33:18.83
Now did you notice that the
word that is used in Psalm 16
00:33:18.86\00:33:23.30
where it says, "You will
not leave my soul in Sheol"
00:33:23.33\00:33:27.84
the equivalent in
the New Testament is,
00:33:27.87\00:33:30.41
"You will not
leave my soul in Hades."
00:33:30.44\00:33:32.90
So the question is, is Sheol
equivalent to the word Hades?
00:33:32.93\00:33:37.00
Of course, in two
different languages.
00:33:37.03\00:33:41.03
Now let's
notice other references
00:33:41.06\00:33:43.29
to the word Hades
in the New Testament.
00:33:43.32\00:33:46.26
We have noticed two of them,
we read from 1 Corinthians 15.
00:33:46.29\00:33:50.28
We also read from
the passage in Psalm 16.
00:33:50.31\00:33:55.43
But now let's
notice the other references
00:33:55.46\00:33:57.57
to Hades in the New Testament.
00:33:57.60\00:33:59.36
Go with me to Revelation 6:8
00:33:59.39\00:34:01.84
and you are going to
notice that the word Hades
00:34:01.87\00:34:03.77
like in the Old
Testament is coupled with death.
00:34:03.80\00:34:07.81
It says there in Revelation 6:8
00:34:07.84\00:34:10.55
speaking about the
fourth horse of Revelation.
00:34:10.58\00:34:13.69
Says "So I looked,
and behold, a pale horse.
00:34:13.72\00:34:18.36
And the name of him
who sat on it was Death,
00:34:18.39\00:34:22.82
and Hades followed him."
00:34:22.85\00:34:26.01
You will notice
that the New King James
00:34:26.04\00:34:27.49
simply
transliterates the word Hades.
00:34:27.52\00:34:30.81
Could this very
well be translated,
00:34:30.84\00:34:32.85
"Him who sat on it was Death,
and grave followed with him."
00:34:32.88\00:34:38.27
Of course, what is that
that follows after death?
00:34:38.30\00:34:40.59
What comes
immediately after death?
00:34:40.62\00:34:42.15
You are what? You
are buried in the grave.
00:34:42.18\00:34:45.18
And then of course it says,
"And power was given to them
00:34:45.21\00:34:49.19
over a fourth of the
earth, to kill with sword,
00:34:49.22\00:34:51.42
with hunger, and with death,
and by the beasts of the earth."
00:34:51.45\00:34:54.80
And so once again
the word Hades here
00:34:54.83\00:34:57.37
can very well be
translated as grave.
00:34:57.40\00:35:01.20
Notice Matthew
16:18, Matthew 16:18.
00:35:01.23\00:35:08.18
This is the famous verse
where Jesus is speaking to Peter
00:35:08.21\00:35:14.27
about the keys of the kingdom.
00:35:14.30\00:35:16.35
Notice Matthew 16:18,
00:35:16.38\00:35:19.95
"And I also say to
you that you are Peter,
00:35:19.98\00:35:24.24
and on this rock I
will build My church."
00:35:24.27\00:35:27.09
Jesus is not saying
that Peter is the rock,
00:35:27.12\00:35:29.16
Jesus is saying, you are Peter
00:35:29.19\00:35:31.36
you are a little
pebble but upon this rock,
00:35:31.39\00:35:34.39
that is upon myself
I will build my church.
00:35:34.42\00:35:39.51
And then it says,
"And the gates of Hades"
00:35:39.54\00:35:42.31
do you remember that
text from the Old Testament
00:35:42.34\00:35:44.18
that I told you to
remember? The gates of Sheol.
00:35:44.21\00:35:46.70
Now we find a text
in the New Testament
00:35:46.73\00:35:48.38
that speaks about
the gates of Hades.
00:35:48.41\00:35:50.86
"And the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against it."
00:35:50.89\00:35:55.28
Let me ask you why is
it that the gates of Hades
00:35:55.31\00:35:58.94
will not prevail
against the church?
00:35:58.97\00:36:00.57
If you look at the
context it's because Jesus says
00:36:00.60\00:36:02.96
I am going to
Jerusalem, I am going to die
00:36:02.99\00:36:05.31
and I am going to
resurrect the third day.
00:36:05.34\00:36:07.66
Therefore the church is gonna
rebuilt upon a living person,
00:36:07.69\00:36:11.35
one who died and yet is alive.
00:36:11.38\00:36:14.47
So this can very
well be translated
00:36:14.50\00:36:16.59
the gates of the grave or
the gates of the sepulcher
00:36:16.62\00:36:22.03
will not be able
to prevail against it
00:36:22.06\00:36:24.09
because I died
and I resurrected.
00:36:24.12\00:36:28.11
Notice Luke 10:15
00:36:28.14\00:36:30.18
another reference to
Hades in the New Testament.
00:36:30.21\00:36:33.77
Luke 10:15,
Jesus is speaking here
00:36:33.80\00:36:39.09
about the Capernaum and He says,
00:36:39.12\00:36:41.59
"And you, Capernaum, who
are exalted to heaven, will be"
00:36:41.62\00:36:47.57
what? "Thrust down to Hades".
00:36:47.60\00:36:52.50
The King James Version says,
00:36:52.53\00:36:54.12
"You will be
thrust down to Hell".
00:36:54.15\00:36:57.99
But what is Jesus really saying?
00:36:58.02\00:37:00.05
He is saying though you
exalted yourself to heaven,
00:37:00.08\00:37:02.13
you would be thrust down to
the grave, the place of death.
00:37:02.16\00:37:08.37
The word there is Hades.
00:37:08.40\00:37:11.48
Let me ask you
what are the two main
00:37:11.51\00:37:13.88
characteristics of the grave?
00:37:13.91\00:37:17.11
That it has two
great characteristics
00:37:17.14\00:37:19.03
number one it is a
place of absolute silence
00:37:19.06\00:37:24.18
and secondly it is a
place of perfect darkness.
00:37:24.21\00:37:28.64
Let's read a
couple of verses on that.
00:37:28.67\00:37:30.61
Go with me to Psalm 115:17,
00:37:30.64\00:37:34.79
Psalm 115:17 it says there,
00:37:34.82\00:37:41.96
"The dead do
not praise the Lord,
00:37:41.99\00:37:47.14
nor any who go down
into" what? "Into silence."
00:37:47.17\00:37:54.46
Notice Job 17:13,
14, Job 17:13, 14.
00:37:54.49\00:38:01.71
It says there, "If I wait
for the grave" that Sheol,
00:38:01.74\00:38:06.54
"as my house, if I make my bed"
00:38:06.57\00:38:10.76
In what? "In darkness.
00:38:10.79\00:38:14.85
If I say to
corruption, 'You are my father,'
00:38:14.88\00:38:18.79
and to the worm, 'You are
my mother and my sister.'"
00:38:18.82\00:38:22.92
So what happens when you
go down to Sheol or the grave?
00:38:22.95\00:38:26.25
You are in absolute what?
00:38:26.28\00:38:27.76
Absolute silence
and absolute darkness
00:38:27.79\00:38:31.57
and the Bible says
that the worms are there.
00:38:31.60\00:38:35.72
Now what do the worms
eat? Do they eat your soul?
00:38:35.75\00:38:39.44
Of course, not.
They eat the body.
00:38:39.47\00:38:42.21
They eat the person, right.
00:38:42.24\00:38:43.96
The material
substance of the person.
00:38:43.99\00:38:47.05
Now I want you to
image just for a few moments
00:38:47.08\00:38:50.68
the analogy that I want to
share with you about the grave.
00:38:50.71\00:38:57.09
I want you to imagine,
that Satan is the jailer,
00:38:57.12\00:39:01.62
the grave is the jail,
the dead are the prisoners.
00:39:01.65\00:39:07.36
By the way this is
a biblical analogy.
00:39:07.39\00:39:09.19
The dead are the prisoners.
00:39:09.22\00:39:11.09
The jailer is inside the grave
and he has the keys inside.
00:39:11.12\00:39:18.37
And he says to Jesus,
00:39:18.40\00:39:20.05
I dare You to come here
in here and grab the keys.
00:39:20.08\00:39:23.32
And what does Jesus do?
00:39:25.33\00:39:27.70
Jesus dies, He
goes into the grave,
00:39:27.73\00:39:33.36
metaphorically grabs
the keys from the jailer.
00:39:33.39\00:39:37.60
He says, give those keys.
00:39:37.63\00:39:39.60
And unlocks the door
from inside and comes out.
00:39:39.63\00:39:44.12
Now you say, is
that a biblical analogy?
00:39:44.15\00:39:46.51
It most certainly is.
Notice Revelation 1:17,18.
00:39:46.54\00:39:51.66
Revelation 1:17, 18.
00:39:51.69\00:39:54.20
No mater how silent
and dark the grave is,
00:39:54.23\00:39:57.70
Jesus the Bible
tells us, has the keys
00:39:57.73\00:40:01.43
and the word Hades is
used in these two verses
00:40:01.46\00:40:04.96
that we are going to read now.
00:40:04.99\00:40:06.05
Revelation 1:17, 18,
00:40:06.08\00:40:09.76
"And when I saw Him, I
fell at dead at his feet.
00:40:09.79\00:40:13.94
But He laid His right
hand on me, saying to me,
00:40:13.97\00:40:16.97
"Do not be afraid, I
am the First and the Last.
00:40:17.00\00:40:21.37
I am He" who what?
00:40:21.40\00:40:24.29
"Who lives, and
was dead, and behold,
00:40:24.32\00:40:29.36
I am alive forevermore. Amen."
00:40:29.39\00:40:33.82
And now notice "And I have
the keys of Hades and of Death."
00:40:33.85\00:40:40.91
What is Jesus saying?
00:40:40.94\00:40:42.09
He is saying. I
have the keys of where?
00:40:42.12\00:40:44.47
I have the keys of
grave and of the death.
00:40:44.50\00:40:48.46
Listen folks, when Jesus
Christ went into the grave
00:40:48.49\00:40:51.20
the devil dared Him.
00:40:51.23\00:40:52.33
He said, I dare You to
die in coming to the grave.
00:40:52.36\00:40:55.64
Jesus says, okay,
I'll accept your dare.
00:40:55.67\00:40:57.68
So Jesus dies, He
goes into the grave,
00:40:57.71\00:41:00.28
He grabs the keys,
00:41:00.31\00:41:02.17
He opens the
door from the inside
00:41:02.20\00:41:04.59
and He comes out and He says
00:41:04.62\00:41:06.08
I am the
resurrection and the life
00:41:06.11\00:41:08.45
because I live,
you will live also.
00:41:08.48\00:41:12.10
Jesus doesn't
have the keys to hell,
00:41:12.13\00:41:14.69
as if He opens and closes hell
00:41:14.72\00:41:17.14
and keeps people
burning and then lets them out
00:41:17.17\00:41:19.89
when they are burning.
00:41:19.92\00:41:20.95
As if the Bible talks
some idea of purgatory?
00:41:20.98\00:41:24.13
Absolutely not.
00:41:24.16\00:41:25.91
When Revelation
1:17, 18 says that Jesus
00:41:25.94\00:41:28.51
Jesus has the keys of Hades,
00:41:28.54\00:41:30.40
it means that He
has the keys to what?
00:41:30.43\00:41:33.33
He has the keys to the grave.
00:41:33.36\00:41:36.54
Notice Revelation
1:5, Revelation 1:5.
00:41:36.57\00:41:43.14
We have a very interesting
expression here about Jesus.
00:41:43.17\00:41:46.81
Revelation 1:5 it says,
00:41:46.84\00:41:49.46
"And from Jesus
Christ, the faithful witness,"
00:41:49.49\00:41:53.63
the what?
00:41:53.66\00:41:55.52
"The firstborn from the dead,
00:41:55.55\00:41:58.39
and the ruler over
the kings of the earth."
00:41:58.42\00:42:01.93
Now it says, Jesus is
the first born from the dead.
00:42:01.96\00:42:04.57
Was Jesus is the first person
to resurrect from the dead?
00:42:04.60\00:42:08.08
No, we had three
people in the Old Testament
00:42:08.11\00:42:10.59
that resurrected from the dead.
00:42:10.62\00:42:12.39
We have of course Mosses,
00:42:12.42\00:42:14.91
we have also the widow's
son in the days of Elijah
00:42:14.94\00:42:18.83
and we have that strange episode
00:42:18.86\00:42:20.67
where an individual
was thrown into a pit
00:42:20.70\00:42:22.53
and he touched the bones
of Elijah and he resurrected.
00:42:22.56\00:42:26.14
In the New
Testament before Jesus died
00:42:26.17\00:42:28.18
and resurrected there
were also three resurrections.
00:42:28.21\00:42:31.92
The son of widow
of Nain resurrected,
00:42:31.95\00:42:35.84
Jarius daughter and Lazarus
were resurrected by Jesus.
00:42:35.87\00:42:40.20
So first born from
the dead doesn't mean
00:42:40.23\00:42:42.77
that Jesus is the
first to resurrect.
00:42:42.80\00:42:44.89
What this
expression means is that
00:42:44.92\00:42:47.32
the death and
resurrection of Jesus determines
00:42:47.35\00:42:51.20
the possibility of us
resurrecting if we should die.
00:42:51.23\00:42:56.19
In other words, our
hope is centered in Him
00:42:56.22\00:42:58.50
because Jesus
went into the grave,
00:42:58.53\00:43:00.46
He grabs the keys and
now He can open the grave
00:43:00.49\00:43:03.46
for His children
who died in Christ.
00:43:03.49\00:43:07.43
The Bible tells us that
the hope of God's people
00:43:07.46\00:43:09.87
is not found in some
immortal soul that fly's off
00:43:09.90\00:43:13.55
to heaven at
the moment of death.
00:43:13.58\00:43:15.75
The Bible tells us that the
hope of the Christian is found
00:43:15.78\00:43:18.86
in the resurrection of the dead
00:43:18.89\00:43:20.67
not the immortality of the soul.
00:43:20.70\00:43:23.23
Go with me to 1
Corinthians 15:16-22,
00:43:23.26\00:43:28.11
1 Corinthians 15:16-22.
00:43:28.14\00:43:32.20
Notice that the resurrection
is the key to eternal life.
00:43:32.23\00:43:37.30
If when we died our
soul flew off to heaven
00:43:37.33\00:43:40.69
and our soul were
immortal what importance
00:43:40.72\00:43:43.42
would there be
that Jesus should die
00:43:43.45\00:43:45.42
and resurrect to give us life
00:43:45.45\00:43:47.31
if we already have immortal life
00:43:47.34\00:43:49.25
with in
ourselves which we don't.
00:43:49.28\00:43:51.86
It says there in
1 Corinthians 15,
00:43:51.89\00:43:54.12
"For if the dead do not
rise, then Christ is not risen.
00:43:54.15\00:43:58.09
And if Christ is not
risen, your faith is futile,
00:43:58.12\00:44:01.09
you are still in your sins!
00:44:01.12\00:44:02.94
Then also those
who have fallen asleep
00:44:02.97\00:44:05.40
in Christ have perished."
00:44:05.43\00:44:08.91
How could they have perished
00:44:08.94\00:44:10.10
if supposedly they went
to heaven when they died?
00:44:10.13\00:44:12.71
Makes no sense.
00:44:12.74\00:44:14.28
Verse 19, "If in this life
only we have hope in Christ,
00:44:14.31\00:44:18.51
we are of all men
the most pitiable,
00:44:18.54\00:44:21.49
but now Christ is
risen from the dead,
00:44:21.52\00:44:25.53
and has become the first
fruits" there it is again,
00:44:25.56\00:44:28.42
"of those who
have fallen asleep.
00:44:28.45\00:44:30.58
For since by man came death,
00:44:30.61\00:44:32.59
by Man also came the
resurrection of the dead,
00:44:32.62\00:44:35.44
for as in Adam all die,
00:44:35.47\00:44:37.84
even so in Christ
all shall be made alive."
00:44:37.87\00:44:42.56
In fact you have some
what of a paradox in the idea
00:44:42.59\00:44:47.15
that Jesus
overcame death by death.
00:44:47.18\00:44:51.70
By the way how do you neutralize
00:44:51.73\00:44:53.30
the venom of a serpent?
00:44:53.33\00:44:56.00
You neutralize it
by using anti-venom.
00:44:56.03\00:44:58.37
And what is
anti-venom made from?
00:44:58.40\00:45:01.00
It is made from venom.
00:45:01.03\00:45:02.57
In other word venom over
comes and conquers venom.
00:45:02.60\00:45:07.23
Jesus by death over came death.
00:45:07.26\00:45:10.31
Notice Hebrews 2:14, 5,
00:45:10.34\00:45:14.65
Hebrews 2:14, 15.
00:45:14.68\00:45:20.04
It says there, "Inasmuch then
00:45:20.07\00:45:22.52
as the children have
partaken of flesh and blood,
00:45:22.55\00:45:27.11
He Himself likewise
shared in the same,"
00:45:27.14\00:45:31.01
and here comes the key portion.
00:45:31.04\00:45:32.75
"That through death
He might destroy him
00:45:32.78\00:45:36.88
who had the power of
death, that is, the devil,
00:45:36.91\00:45:40.36
and release those
who through fear of death
00:45:40.39\00:45:43.46
were all their
lifetime subject to bondage."
00:45:43.49\00:45:47.44
Notice this is no
reason to feel death anymore
00:45:47.47\00:45:49.89
because this text says us--
00:45:49.92\00:45:51.59
tell us that Jesus
threw death overcame
00:45:51.62\00:45:55.55
he who has the power of death.
00:45:55.58\00:45:58.58
By the way it reminds me
of that story of the serpent
00:45:58.61\00:46:01.11
that was raised
up in the wilderness.
00:46:01.14\00:46:03.33
You know in the Bible
usually the serpent represents
00:46:03.36\00:46:06.70
the power of Satan and sin.
00:46:06.73\00:46:10.64
And yet a serpent is
used to illustrate Jesus.
00:46:10.67\00:46:13.42
Jesus says, as
the serpent was raised
00:46:13.45\00:46:15.53
in the wilderness so must
the son of man be raised up.
00:46:15.56\00:46:19.53
So that as the people
looked upon the serpent.
00:46:19.56\00:46:22.11
They lived as
people look upon Me,
00:46:22.14\00:46:24.16
Jesus says they shall live.
00:46:24.19\00:46:26.27
Why would a serpent be
used to illustrate Jesus
00:46:26.30\00:46:29.78
when the serpent represents
00:46:29.81\00:46:31.34
the power of Satan
and the power of sin?
00:46:31.37\00:46:33.34
The simple reason is that
00:46:33.37\00:46:34.76
Jesus the Bible
tells us be came sin.
00:46:34.79\00:46:38.75
Jesus came and died
so that by becoming sin
00:46:38.78\00:46:44.08
and by dying for sin,
He could overcome death
00:46:44.11\00:46:47.92
and He could give
us everlasting life.
00:46:47.95\00:46:51.92
Now let's go to
Revelation 20:13-15
00:46:51.95\00:46:56.02
where we find the
last two references
00:46:56.05\00:46:59.67
to the word Hades
in the New Testament.
00:46:59.70\00:47:02.83
Revelation 20:13-15.
00:47:02.86\00:47:07.74
It says here "The sea gave
up the dead who were in it"
00:47:07.77\00:47:11.33
those who were in
the sea were what?
00:47:11.36\00:47:14.58
Dead, very well.
00:47:14.61\00:47:16.11
"And Death and Hades
delivered up the dead
00:47:16.14\00:47:21.26
who were in them."
00:47:21.29\00:47:23.00
Who were the once in Hades?
00:47:23.03\00:47:26.63
The dead, not those
who are living and writhing
00:47:26.66\00:47:29.57
in pain in the
flames, in misery, in hell.
00:47:29.60\00:47:33.24
It's not what it says.
00:47:33.27\00:47:35.01
It says that "The sea gave
up the dead who were in it,
00:47:35.04\00:47:37.49
and Death and Hades
delivered up the dead
00:47:37.52\00:47:40.27
who were in them."
00:47:40.30\00:47:41.52
By the way how could you
translate the word Hades there?
00:47:41.55\00:47:44.99
The grave, very simply.
00:47:45.02\00:47:47.75
And it says,
"And they were judged,
00:47:47.78\00:47:50.83
each one
according to his works."
00:47:50.86\00:47:53.76
Verse 14, "Then Death and Hades"
00:47:53.79\00:47:57.95
that is death and
the grave were what?
00:47:57.98\00:48:00.35
"Were cast into
the lake of fire."
00:48:00.38\00:48:03.16
See it says, sea, Hades
does have to deal with fire.
00:48:03.19\00:48:07.56
Yeah, but Hades that's not
the place where the fire burns.
00:48:07.59\00:48:10.28
The Bible says that Hades is
thrown into the fire that burns.
00:48:10.31\00:48:14.80
Are you with me?
00:48:14.83\00:48:16.58
So, if you say that Hades
is hell then you are saying
00:48:16.61\00:48:19.23
that hell was thrown into hell.
00:48:19.26\00:48:22.10
The fact is that Hades is what?
00:48:22.13\00:48:24.03
Hades is the grave.
00:48:24.06\00:48:26.04
So what it says in verse 14,
00:48:26.07\00:48:27.72
"Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire."
00:48:27.75\00:48:31.32
This is the what?
"The second death."
00:48:31.35\00:48:34.44
That is final death from which
there will be no resurrection.
00:48:34.47\00:48:37.40
"And anyone not found"
written in the Book of Life
00:48:37.43\00:48:40.34
"was cast into
the lake of fire."
00:48:40.37\00:48:42.80
By the way this is the
reason why the Bible tells us
00:48:42.83\00:48:45.32
in 1 Corinthians
15:26 that the last enemy
00:48:45.35\00:48:50.73
that will be destroyed is what?
00:48:50.76\00:48:53.21
"The last enemy to
be destroyed is death."
00:48:53.24\00:48:57.91
Because Jesus
has overcome death.
00:48:57.94\00:49:00.58
Jesus has overcome the grave.
00:49:00.61\00:49:02.94
He went in and came out
00:49:02.97\00:49:05.05
with the keys
according to Scripture.
00:49:05.08\00:49:07.54
And that's the reason
why after death is destroyed
00:49:07.57\00:49:11.58
in the Lake of Fire,
after the grave is destroyed
00:49:11.61\00:49:14.15
in the Lake of Fire
then God is gonna make
00:49:14.18\00:49:17.17
a new heaven and new earth.
00:49:17.20\00:49:18.33
Let's read about
it in Revelation 21:4,
00:49:18.36\00:49:21.71
Revelation 21:4 it says,
00:49:21.74\00:49:24.38
"And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
00:49:24.41\00:49:29.08
there shall be" no more what?
00:49:29.11\00:49:31.26
"No more death,
nor sorrow, nor crying.
00:49:31.29\00:49:34.80
There shall be no more pain,"
00:49:34.83\00:49:36.44
for the former things have what?
00:49:36.47\00:49:38.56
"For the former
things have passed away."
00:49:38.59\00:49:43.54
By the way Jesus
illustrated the glorious destiny
00:49:43.57\00:49:47.27
awaiting God's
people when He went up
00:49:47.30\00:49:49.81
to the Mount of Transfiguration
with three of His disciples.
00:49:49.84\00:49:54.44
You probably know the
story Jesus went up there
00:49:54.47\00:49:57.94
and He was transfigured in
the sight of the disciples.
00:49:57.97\00:50:01.71
That is, He was glorified like
00:50:01.74\00:50:03.68
He is gonna look
at His second coming.
00:50:03.71\00:50:07.03
And the Bible tells us
that there on the mount appeared
00:50:07.06\00:50:10.58
two individuals
speaking with Jesus.
00:50:10.61\00:50:14.14
The Bible identifies
them as Mosses and Elijah.
00:50:14.17\00:50:19.16
Now if you examine
scripture carefully
00:50:19.19\00:50:21.49
you are gonna notice by
comparing Deuteronomy 34:5, 6
00:50:21.52\00:50:26.34
with the Book of Jude,
00:50:26.37\00:50:28.43
Verse 9 that when Mosses died
00:50:28.46\00:50:31.66
Michael the archangel came
to call Mosses out of the tomb.
00:50:31.69\00:50:36.03
In other words,
Mosses died resurrected
00:50:36.06\00:50:39.28
and was taken to heaven.
00:50:39.31\00:50:43.23
And of course we
all know about Elijah.
00:50:43.26\00:50:45.31
Elijah was translated to
heaven in a chariot of fire
00:50:45.34\00:50:49.85
with out experiencing what?
00:50:49.88\00:50:51.78
With experiencing death.
00:50:51.81\00:50:53.87
Now Jesus had something
00:50:53.90\00:50:55.62
very interesting
to the disciples.
00:50:55.65\00:50:57.49
He immediately before he
was transfigured He says,
00:50:57.52\00:51:00.13
there are some of you
here who will not taste death
00:51:00.16\00:51:03.83
until you see the son of
man coming in his kingdom.
00:51:03.86\00:51:09.11
And even Albert Schweitzer
that great philanthropist
00:51:09.14\00:51:12.78
they worked so
many years in Africa,
00:51:12.81\00:51:14.64
well, some are confused he said,
00:51:14.67\00:51:15.89
you know, Jesus believed
that He was going to establish
00:51:15.92\00:51:17.89
the kingdom and
He told his disciples
00:51:17.92\00:51:20.17
that they were
going to see His kingdom
00:51:20.20\00:51:21.70
before they died.
00:51:21.73\00:51:22.85
But Jesus was simply wrong.
00:51:22.88\00:51:25.51
He was deluded
fanatic, is what he says.
00:51:25.54\00:51:28.50
Because he believed that
He was gonna bring the kingdom
00:51:28.53\00:51:30.66
but He actually
never brought the kingdom
00:51:30.69\00:51:33.95
His hopes never materialized.
00:51:33.98\00:51:36.49
There is another
way of looking at that.
00:51:36.52\00:51:38.43
You see
immediately after Jesus said
00:51:38.46\00:51:41.66
that some of those
who are here will not die
00:51:41.69\00:51:44.63
speaking to all
of the disciples,
00:51:44.66\00:51:46.06
some of those, were the three
00:51:46.09\00:51:47.42
by the way that
went up to the mount,
00:51:47.45\00:51:48.83
some of those who
are here will not die
00:51:48.86\00:51:52.37
until you have seen the son
of man coming in his kingdom.
00:51:52.40\00:51:55.28
Those three went up to
the top of the mountain
00:51:55.31\00:51:58.05
which where
Peter, James and John
00:51:58.08\00:52:00.81
and they saw Jesus transfigured
00:52:00.84\00:52:02.70
as He would look
at His second coming.
00:52:02.73\00:52:05.38
And by the way on
that Mount was represented
00:52:05.41\00:52:08.37
in miniature
Christ total kingdom.
00:52:08.40\00:52:12.47
First of all you
have Jesus in the centre
00:52:12.50\00:52:14.80
the one who went into the tomb,
00:52:14.83\00:52:17.03
grabbed the keys from the
devil and came out and said
00:52:17.06\00:52:20.35
because I live
you will live also.
00:52:20.38\00:52:22.95
But also there was
Mosses representing those
00:52:22.98\00:52:27.02
who die in Christ
and will be resurrected.
00:52:27.05\00:52:30.92
And you had also Elijah
who was translated to heaven
00:52:30.95\00:52:34.88
from among the living.
00:52:34.91\00:52:36.42
The Apostle Paul described this
00:52:36.45\00:52:38.32
in 1 Thessalonians
Chapter 4 where he said,
00:52:38.35\00:52:40.90
"That the Lord
Himself will descend
00:52:40.93\00:52:42.61
from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel
00:52:42.64\00:52:45.77
and with the trumpet of God,
00:52:45.80\00:52:47.29
and the dead in
Christ will rise first."
00:52:47.32\00:52:49.40
And then it speaks
about the dead and the living
00:52:49.43\00:52:51.87
being caught up together
00:52:51.90\00:52:53.84
in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air
00:52:53.87\00:52:56.79
and thus we shall
ever be with the Lord.
00:52:56.82\00:53:00.30
In other words on the
Mount of Transfiguration
00:53:00.33\00:53:03.05
you have a mini kingdom.
00:53:03.08\00:53:06.19
You have a representation
of what it's gonna be like
00:53:06.22\00:53:09.30
when Jesus comes in
power and glory to rescue
00:53:09.33\00:53:13.06
His living saints
and to rescue those
00:53:13.09\00:53:15.91
who have died in Jesus Christ.
00:53:15.94\00:53:18.78
So we have studied
two very important words
00:53:18.81\00:53:21.25
that we find in the
Old and New Testament.
00:53:21.28\00:53:24.16
We found the word
Sheol in the Old Testament
00:53:24.19\00:53:27.32
and we analyzed the word
Hades in the New Testament.
00:53:27.35\00:53:31.08
You tell me in the
light of what we have studied
00:53:31.11\00:53:33.76
should the word
Sheol be translated grave?
00:53:33.79\00:53:37.62
Absolutely.
00:53:37.65\00:53:39.05
Should the word Hades
be translated grave as well
00:53:39.08\00:53:43.14
with the exception of the story
00:53:43.17\00:53:44.67
of the Rich Man and
Lazarus where Jesus is using
00:53:44.70\00:53:47.30
their believes
according to what we studies
00:53:47.33\00:53:50.40
to transmit a great truth.
00:53:50.43\00:53:52.68
In the other 10
references should the word
00:53:52.71\00:53:55.25
Hades be translated, grave?
00:53:55.28\00:53:57.81
Absolutely.
00:53:57.84\00:53:59.27
So what I am saying is that
we are not to fear the grave.
00:53:59.30\00:54:06.33
We are not to fear
a moment of silence.
00:54:06.36\00:54:09.47
We are not to fear a
place of absolute pitch darkness
00:54:09.50\00:54:14.53
because Jesus has taken
the sting out of deaths.
00:54:14.56\00:54:20.33
The Bible uses sleep
as a symbol of death.
00:54:20.36\00:54:23.22
How many of you are afraid
of going to sleep tonight?
00:54:23.25\00:54:27.18
Oh, it's terrifying.
00:54:27.21\00:54:29.15
I have to go to sleep
tonight, of course not.
00:54:29.18\00:54:33.11
Well, death shouldn't
scare you any more than sleep.
00:54:33.14\00:54:35.84
It's just that you sleep a
little bit longer that's all.
00:54:35.87\00:54:39.25
But as there is
awakening from sleep,
00:54:39.28\00:54:41.73
there will be an
awakening from death.
00:54:41.76\00:54:44.35
The Apostle Paul says
that death now is like
00:54:44.38\00:54:48.05
a wasp with out a stinger.
00:54:48.08\00:54:50.58
Let me ask you how
much damage can a wasp do
00:54:50.61\00:54:54.28
with out a stinger?
00:54:54.31\00:54:55.51
He can do you
absolutely no damage whatsoever.
00:54:55.54\00:54:58.52
The Bible says that
death is like a shadow.
00:54:58.55\00:55:01.39
"Yea, though I walk through
00:55:01.42\00:55:03.92
the valley of
the shadow of death,
00:55:03.95\00:55:05.39
I shall fear no evil."
00:55:05.42\00:55:08.13
The question is, how
afraid are you of a shadow?
00:55:08.16\00:55:11.70
A shadow can do you
a lot of damage, right.
00:55:11.73\00:55:14.50
If somebody moves his arm
and the shadow crosses you,
00:55:14.53\00:55:17.83
uh that's going to hurt you bad.
00:55:17.86\00:55:19.07
Of course not.
00:55:19.10\00:55:21.35
You see death
is a conquered form
00:55:21.38\00:55:24.23
because Jesus has
concord the devil,
00:55:24.26\00:55:26.66
the grateful who
is the prince of death
00:55:26.69\00:55:30.34
according to Scripture.
00:55:30.37\00:55:32.31
Now, I'd like to end by
reading one verse Romans 8:11.
00:55:32.34\00:55:37.15
And here is the critical point,
00:55:37.18\00:55:40.50
the most important
point of everything
00:55:40.53\00:55:42.60
that we have taken a
look at in the last hour.
00:55:42.63\00:55:45.71
Romans 8:11, "But
if the Spirit of him
00:55:45.74\00:55:52.70
who raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in you,
00:55:52.73\00:55:58.35
he who raised Christ from
the dead will also give life
00:55:58.38\00:56:03.43
to your mortal
bodies through His spirit
00:56:03.46\00:56:07.24
who dwells in you."
00:56:07.27\00:56:09.58
In other words if we
have the spirit of Jesus
00:56:09.61\00:56:12.26
in our lives that
same spirit who resurrected
00:56:12.29\00:56:16.22
Jesus will
resurrect us if we should die.
00:56:16.25\00:56:21.31
That is the glorious
hope folks of Christians.
00:56:21.34\00:56:26.00
The hope of
Christians is not that,
00:56:26.03\00:56:28.55
you know when you
die you go to heaven
00:56:28.58\00:56:31.63
to be happy with the Lord.
00:56:31.66\00:56:33.66
You know, if that was the hope
00:56:33.69\00:56:35.50
then when you have a funeral
people shouldn't be crying,
00:56:35.53\00:56:38.75
they should be
shouting Hallelujah,
00:56:38.78\00:56:40.06
praise the Lord.
00:56:40.09\00:56:41.12
They should be having a party
00:56:41.15\00:56:43.24
because all my relatives
is enjoying that banquet
00:56:43.27\00:56:46.86
with Jesus in heaven.
00:56:46.89\00:56:49.05
But you see people, no
that that's not the case
00:56:49.08\00:56:52.12
and so they have
this long sad face
00:56:52.15\00:56:55.27
and they are crying.
00:56:55.30\00:56:56.57
You know, if our
relative went to heaven
00:56:56.60\00:56:58.88
we should be
overjoyed and happy at it.
00:56:58.91\00:57:01.44
But the fact is that
the hope of the Christian
00:57:01.47\00:57:03.66
is not found in the
immortality of the soul.
00:57:03.69\00:57:06.88
The hope of the
Christian is found
00:57:06.91\00:57:09.05
in the resurrection of the dead.
00:57:09.08\00:57:11.46
And if Jesus is our
Savior and our Lord folks,
00:57:11.49\00:57:15.08
we can be
absolutely certain that even
00:57:15.11\00:57:17.18
if we should die this
night, that when Jesus comes
00:57:17.21\00:57:20.91
on the clouds of heaven He
will call and we will answer.
00:57:20.94\00:57:24.93
I hope that this is
our glorious hope today.
00:57:24.96\00:57:28.56