DEATH

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• DEATH
• By
• HAROLD HARSTVEDT

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DEATH

• PHYSICAL DEATH
• SPIRITUAL DEATH
• RESURRECTION
• DEAD IN CHRIST
• JUDGMENT

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HOW DID DEATH COME ABOUT?

• GENESIS 215-17
• 15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the
  garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
• 16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of
  every tree of the garden you may freely eat
• 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and
  evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you
  eat of it you shall surely die."

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WHAT DID SATAN TELL EVE?

• GENESIS 32-4
• 2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the
  fruit of the trees of the garden
• 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
  midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not
  eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
• 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will
  not surely die.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO ADAM?

• GENESIS 317-19
• 17 Then God said to Adam, "Because you have
  heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten
  from the tree of which I commanded you, saying,
  'You shall not eat of it' "Cursed is the ground
  for your sake in toil you shall eat of it all
  the days of your life.
• 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth
  for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.
• 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
  till you return to the ground, for out of it you
  were taken for dust you are and to dust you
  shall return.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO ADAM?

• GENESIS 322-24
• 22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has
  become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And
  now, lest he put out his hand and take also of
  the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--
• 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the
  garden of Eden to till the ground from which he
  was taken.
• 24 So He drove out the man and He placed
  cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a
  flaming sword which turned every way, to guard
  the way to the tree of life.
• HOW LONG DID ADAM LIVE?
• GENESIS 55
• 5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine
  hundred and thirty years and he died.

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WHAT HAPPENS TO MAN AND BEAST?

• ECCLESIASTES 319-20
• 19 What happens to the sons of men also happens
  to animals. One thing befalls them as one dies,
  so dies the other. Surely, they all have one
  breath. Man has no advantage over animals, for
  all is vanity.
• 20 All go to one place all are from the dust and
  all return to dust.
• ECCLESIASTES 126-7
• 6 Remember your Creator before the silver cord is
  loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the
  pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the wheel
  broken at the well.
• 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it
  was, and the spirit will return to God who gave
  it.

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HOW DID DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN?

• ROMANS 510-14
• 10 If when we were enemies we were reconciled to
  God through the death of His Son, much more,
  having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His
  life.
• 12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered
  the world and death through sin, thus death
  spread to all men, because all sinned--
• 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses,
  even over those who had not sinned according to
  the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is
  a type of Him who was to come.

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HOW IS DEATH DEFINED?

• GAVE UP THE GHOST (KJV)
• GENESIS 258
• 8 Abraham gave up the ghost and died in a good
  old age an old man full of years and was gathered
  to his people.
• GENESIS 3529
• 29 Isaac gave up the ghost and died. He was
  gathered to his people, being old and full of
  days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
• GENESIS 4933
• 33 When Jacob had made an end of commanding his
  sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed,
  yielded up the ghost and was gathered to his
  people.
• ACTS 510
• 10 Sapphira fell down at his feet and yielded up
  the ghost. The young men came in, found her dead,
  carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO ENOCH? WHY?

• HEBREWS 115
• 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should
  not see death and was not found because God
  translated him before his translation he had
  this testimony, he pleased God
• GENESIS 524
• 24 Enoch walked with God and was not. For God
  took him.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO ELIJAH?
• 2 KINGS 211
• 11 As they went on and talked, there appeared a
  chariot of fire and horses of fire and parted
  them both asunder. Elijah went up by a whirlwind
  into heaven.

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HOW IS DEATH DEFINED?

• AS A SLEEP
• DEUTERONOMY 3116
• 16 The LORD said to Moses, Behold, you shall
  sleep with your fathers. And this people will
  rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the
  strangers of the land, where they go to be among
  them. And will forsake me and break my covenant
  which I have made with them. (KJV)
• JOB 1412-14
• 12 So man lies down and does not rise. They will
  not awake nor be roused from their sleep, Till
  the heavens are no more.
• 14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the
  days of my hard service I will wait, till my
  change comes. (NKJ)

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HOW IS DEATH DEFINED?

• MANY THAT SLEEP, SHALL AWAKE
• DANIEL 122
• 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the
  earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some
  to shame and everlasting contempt. (NKJ)
• OUR FRIEND LAZARUS SLEEPS
• JOHN 1111-14
• 11 .Jesus said to them, "Our friend Lazarus
  sleeps, BUT I go that I may wake him up."
• 12 They said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get
  well."
• 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, BUT they
  thought that He was speaking about taking rest in
  sleep.
• 14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is
  dead.

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HOW IS DEATH DEFINED?

• HE FELL ASLEEP
• ACTS 759-60
• 59 They stoned Stephen as he was calling on God
  saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
• 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud
  voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin."
  And when he had said this, he fell asleep. (NKJ)

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WHAT IS SPIRITUAL DEATH?

• ROMANS 623
• 23 The wages of sin is death But the gift of God
  is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord. (NKJ)
• NO CONDEMNATION IN CHRIST JESUS
• ROMANS 81-2
• 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those
  who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk
  according to the flesh, but according to the
  Spirit.
• 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
  Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and
  death. (NKJ)

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IS THERE A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD?

• JOB 1414
• 14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the
  days of my hard service I will wait, till my
  change comes. (NKJ)

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IS THERE A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD?

• 1 CORINTHIANS 151-4
• 1 Brethren, I declare to you the gospel, which I
  preached to you, which also you have received and
  wherein you stand
• 2 By which also you are saved. If you keep in
  memory what I preached to you unless you have
  believed in vain.
• 3 I delivered to you first of all that which I
  received how that Christ died for our sins
  according to the scriptures.
• 4 He was buried and rose again the third day
  according to the scriptures.

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IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION?

• 1 CORINTHIANS 1512-18
• 12 If Christ is preached that He has been raised
  from the dead, how do some among you say that
  there is no resurrection of the dead?
• 13 BUT if there is no resurrection of the dead,
  THEN Christ is not risen.
• 14 AND if Christ is not risen, THEN our preaching
  is empty and your faith is also empty.
• 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God,
  because we have testified of God that He raised
  up Christ, whom He did not raise up-- if in fact
  the dead do not rise.
• 16 FOR if the dead do not rise, THEN Christ is
  not risen.
• 17 AND if Christ is not risen, your faith is
  futile you are still in your sins!
• 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in
  Christ have perished.

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HOW DID DEATH COME TO ALL?

• 1 CORINTHIANS 1519-26
• 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ,
  we are of all men the most pitiable.
• 20 BUT now Christ is risen from the dead and has
  become the first fruits of those who have fallen
  asleep.
• 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came
  the resurrection of the dead.
• 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all
  shall be made alive. (NKJ)

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WHAT IS THE LAST ENEMY TO BE DESTROYED?

• 1 CORINTHIANS 1519-26
• 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies
  under His feet.
• 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is
  death. (NKJ)
• HOW DID JESUS ABOLISHED DEATH?
• 2 TIMOTHY 18-10
• 8 Do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
  nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the
  sufferings for the gospel according to the power
  of God,
• 9 Who has saved us and called us with a holy
  calling, not according to our works, but
  according to His own purpose and grace which was
  given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
• 10 BUT has now been revealed by the appearing of
  Our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death
  and brought life and immortality to light through
  the gospel. (NKJ)

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WHO DID JESUS DESTROY?

• HEBREWS 214-15
• 14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of
  flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in
  the same, that through death He might destroy him
  who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
• 15 And release those who through fear of death
  were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (NKJ)

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HOW IS DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY?

• 1 CORINTHIANS 1554-57
• 54 When this corruptible has put on incorruption,
  and this mortal has put on immortality, then
  shall be brought to pass the saying that is
  written "Death is swallowed up in victory."
• 55 "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where
  is your victory?"
• 56 The sting of death is sin AND the strength of
  sin is the law.
• 57 BUT thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
  through our Lord Jesus Christ. (NKJ)

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HOW SHALL THE DEAD BE RAISED?

• 1 CORINTHIANS 1551-53
• 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery We shall not all
  sleep, BUT we shall all be changed-
• 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
  the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound AND
  the dead will be raised incorruptible and we
  shall be changed.
• 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
  AND this mortal must put on immortality. (NKJ)

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WHO RAISED US UP? HOW?

• EPHESIANS 21-6
• 1 He made you alive, who were dead in trespasses
  and sins.
• 2 You once walked according to the course of this
  world, according to the prince of the power of
  the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of
  disobedience.
• 4 BUT God, who is rich in mercy, BECAUSE of His
  great love with which He loved us,
• 5 EVEN WHEN we were dead in trespasses, made us
  alive together with Christ (by grace you have
  been saved),
• 6 AND raised us up together, and made us sit
  together in the heavenly places in Christ
  Jesus. (NKJ)

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WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO SLEEP IN JESUS?

• 1 THESSALONIANS 413-14
• 13 I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren,
  concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you
  sorrow as others who have no hope.
• 14 If we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
  even so God will bring with Him those who sleep
  in Jesus. (NKJ)

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WHO SHALL RISE FIRST?

• 1 THESSALONIANS 416-18
• 16 The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with
  a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with
  the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will
  rise first.
• 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be
  caught up together with them in the clouds to
  meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall
  always be with the Lord.
• 18 Therefore comfort one another with these
  words.
• (NKJ)

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WHAT APPOINTED TO MEN AFTER DEATH?

• HEBREWS 927-28
• 27 As it is appointed for men to die once, BUT
  after this the judgment,
• 28 So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of
  many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will
  appear a second time, apart from sin, for
  salvation. (NKJ)
• DANIEL 122
• 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the
  earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some
  to shame and everlasting contempt. (NKJ)

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WHO HAS THE KEYS OF HELL AND DEATH?

• REVELATION 117-18
• 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.
  But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me,
  "Do not be afraid I am the First and the Last.
• 18 "I am He who lives and was dead. Behold, I am
  alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Hades
  and of Death. (NKJ)

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WHO WILL BE GIVEN A CROWN OF LIFE?

• REVELATION 210-11
• 10 "Do not fear any of those things which you are
  about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to
  throw some of you into prison, that you may be
  tested, and you will have tribulation ten days.
  Be faithful until death, and I will give you the
  crown of life.
• 11 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the
  Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes
  shall not be hurt by the second death." (NKJ)

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WHO ARE THEY WHO DIE IN THE LORD?

• REVELATION 1413
• 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me,
  "Write 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
  from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they
  may rest from their labors, and their works
  follow them. (NKJ)

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HOW WERE THE DEAD JUDGED?

• REVELATION 2012-13
• 12 I saw the dead, small and great, standing
  before God, and books were opened. Another book
  was opened, which is the Book of Life. The dead
  were judged according to their works, by the
  things which were written in the books.
• 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and
  Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in
  them. And they were judged, each one according to
  his works. (NKJ)

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WHAT IS THE SECOND DEATH?

• REVELATION 2014-15
• 14 THEN Death and Hades were cast into the lake
  of fire. This is the second death.
• 15 AND anyone not found written in the Book of
  Life was cast into the lake of fire. (NKJ)

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WHO SHALL PASS FROM DEATH INTO LIFE?

• JOHN 521-24
• 21 As the Father raises the dead and gives life
  to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He
  will.
• 22 The Father judges no one, BUT has committed
  all judgment to the Son,
• 23 That all should honor the Son just as they
  honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son
  does not honor the Father who sent Him.
• 24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My
  word AND believes in Him who sent Me has
  everlasting life, AND shall not come into
  judgment, BUT has passed from death into
  life. (NKJ)