33 of the State of Man After Death, And of the Resurrection of the Dead

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Chapter 33

Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead

1. The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption,1

Genesis

3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and

hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it:

cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Genesis

3:18

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the

field;

Genesis

3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it

wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Acts

13:36

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and

was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

Acts

13:37

But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence,

immediately return to God who gave them:2

Ecclesiastes

12:7

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto

God who gave it.

the souls of the righteous being then made perfect in holiness, are received into

paradise, where they are with Christ, and behold the face of God, in light and glory,

waiting for the full redemption of their bodies;3

Luke 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

II Corinthians For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
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5:1 building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

II Corinthians

5:2

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is

from heaven:

II Corinthians

5:3

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

II Corinthians5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we wouldbe unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

II Corinthians

5:5

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given

unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

II Corinthians

5:6

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the

body, we are absent from the Lord:

II Corinthians

5:7

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

II Corinthians

5:8

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be

present with the Lord.

Philippians

1:23

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ;

which is far better:

Philippians

1:24

Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

Hebrews

12:18

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire,

nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Hebrews

12:19

And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard

entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:Hebrews

12:20

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast

touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

Hebrews

12:21

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

Hebrews

12:22

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly

Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

Hebrews

12:23

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, andto God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Hebrews

12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that

speaketh better things than that of Abel.

and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torment andutter darkness reserved to the judgment of the great day;4

Jude And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath
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1:6 reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Jude

1:7

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves

over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the

vengeance of eternal fire.

I Peter

3:18

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us

to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

I Peter

3:19

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

I Peter

3:20

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the

days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved

by water.

I Peter

3:21

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of

the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the

resurrection of Jesus Christ:

I Peter3:22

Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities andpowers being made subject unto him.

Luke

16:22

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's

bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Luke

16:23

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and

Lazarus in his bosom.

Luke

16:24

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he

may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this

flame.Luke

16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things,

and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

besides these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scriptureacknowledgeth none.

2. At the last day, such of the saints as are found alive shall not sleep but bechanged;5

I Corinthians

15:51

Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

I Corinthians

15:52

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall

sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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I Thessalonians

4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice ofthe archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

I Thessalonians

4:17

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in

the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

I Thessalonians

4:18

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

and all the dead shall be raised up with the self same bodies, and none other;6

Job

19:25

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the

earth:

Job19:26

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

Job

19:27

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my

reins be consumed within me.

although with different qualities, which shall be united again to their souls for ever.7

I Corinthians15:42

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised inincorruption:

I Corinthians

15:43

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in

power:

I Corinthians

15:44

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and

there is a spiritual body.

3. The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonour;the bodies of the just, by His Spirit, unto honour, and be made conformableto His own glorious body.8

Acts

24:14

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I theGod of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

Acts

24:15

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a

resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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John

5:28

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hearhis voice,

John

5:29

And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they

that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Philippians

3:20

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the

Lord Jesus Christ:

Philippians

3:21

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious

body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things untohimself.

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