Ecclesiastes 12:1-6

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”— before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain; when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim; when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when people rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint;  when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets.Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well…

The Human Body

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Hebrews 9:27

…people are destined to die once

Ecclesiastes 12:6-7

Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and 

the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

I’ve tried to explain that he’s going to be with me forever, but he just 

doesn’t get it

Ecclesiastes 12:7

…..the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Hebrews 9:27

…people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment

Hebrews 9:27-28

Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was 

sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are 

waiting for him.

1 Cor 15:12-20But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that

there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our

preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false

witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he

did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.

1 Cor 15:12-20 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not

been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your

sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in

Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.But Christ has indeed been raised from the

dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thess 4:13, 14 & 18

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus 

died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him……Therefore encourage one 

another with these words.