On this mountain He will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; He will remove the disgrace of His people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 25:7-8
"According to the Bible, the wages of sin is death," writes John 'Stushie' Stuart . pastor of Erin Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. "In the prophet Isaiah’s time, death was a disgrace, a punishment to everyone because everyone sinned. As is still the case today, there was no escape from death, and in those ancient times, the people believed that the souls of the dead went to an underworld land of shadows, until all of their spiritual energy diminished completely, making the poor souls vanish forever."
"These days, we don’t believe in that kind of macabre ending to our souls. As Christians, we look to Jesus to have transformed death so long ago; dying now is no nightmare of oblivion, but rather it has become a promise of fulfillment, abundance, and immortality."
CLICK HERE to read the rest of John Stuart's post at Presbyterian Bloggers
Isaiah 25:7-8
"According to the Bible, the wages of sin is death," writes John 'Stushie' Stuart . pastor of Erin Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. "In the prophet Isaiah’s time, death was a disgrace, a punishment to everyone because everyone sinned. As is still the case today, there was no escape from death, and in those ancient times, the people believed that the souls of the dead went to an underworld land of shadows, until all of their spiritual energy diminished completely, making the poor souls vanish forever."
"These days, we don’t believe in that kind of macabre ending to our souls. As Christians, we look to Jesus to have transformed death so long ago; dying now is no nightmare of oblivion, but rather it has become a promise of fulfillment, abundance, and immortality."
CLICK HERE to read the rest of John Stuart's post at Presbyterian Bloggers
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