Life and Death; a Dialogue by R. M. KILGORE

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 21, 1910

Life and Death; a Dialogue

By R. M. KILGORE

R. M. KILGORE.

1. Job.—“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?” Job 7:17.

Job.—“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.” Job 14:1, 2.

2. Zechariah.—“Your fathers, where are they?” Zech. 1:5.

Jeremiah.—“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.” Lam. 5:7.

3. Zechariah.—“And the prophets, do they live forever?” Zech. 1:5.

Ezekiel.—“Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.” Eze. 18:4.

4. Job.—“But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?” Job 14:10.

Job.—“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, . . . that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!” Job 14:12, 13.

5. Job.—“If a man die, shall he live again?” Job 14:14.

Isaiah.—“Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell

in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.” Isa. 26:19.

6. Job.—“And where is now my hope?” Job 17:15.

Paul.—“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.” Acts 24:15.

7. Job.—“As for my hope, who shall see it?” Job 17:15.

Job.—“For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” Job 19:25, 26.

8. Peter.—“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?” 1 Peter 4:17.

Paul.—“Whose end is to be burned” (Heb. 6:8); “they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction.” Phil. 3:18, 19.

9. The Disciples.—“When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?” Matt. 19:25.

Isaiah.—“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” Isa. 45:22.

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