If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
If a man dies, shall he live again. The appointed time is a time of waiting in death and in the grave, with a change still to come. That change is the resurrection of life, when God calls the dead from their resting place and they answer, and all who are in their graves come forth, so that death is not an eternal sleep. Then the faithful will see Jesus in His glory, see Him whom they love who gave Himself for them, behold His pierced hands stretched out in blessing and welcome, be made like Him, and raise the glad shout of victory with joy unspeakable, beside which present toil and suffering do not matter.
The appointed time is also this present life of toil, suffering and trial, to be waited through patiently even if death comes at one's post before the Lord comes, till the time of trial ends. That appointed time of waiting must be endured patiently until the change comes; the weary long for the rest of home, and endurance to the end is rewarded with the crown of life. The change is also understood as the believer's final change at death, for which he prepares by spending each moment in communion with God. It comes at the end of a person's appointed time when called by the Lord in death, and teaches the importance of being ready to meet that final change in peace.
The question is answered yes through Christ, who by breaking the fetters of the tomb and rising establishes the hope of resurrection and eternal life. By His rising He made it possible for every child of Adam, through a life of obedience, to overcome sin and rise from the grave to receive immortality purchased by His blood. By bearing the penalty of sin and going down into the grave Himself, He brightened the tomb for all who die in faith, even in the triumph of faith. God in human form brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, securing eternal life for all who believe in Him, while in dying He condemned the originator of sin and disloyalty to suffer eternal death as the penalty of sin.
Christ is life itself and the Source of all vitality, the possessor and giver of eternal life, and alone could conquer death. He passed through death to destroy him that had the power of death, endured a most agonizing death under the most humiliating circumstances and gave up His precious life to vanquish death that men might have life, and rose from the tomb proclaiming Himself the resurrection and the life.
If a man dies, shall he live again. The appointed time is a time of waiting in death and in the grave, with a change still to come. That change is the resurrection of life, when God calls the dead from their resting place and they answer, and all who are in their graves come forth, so that death is not an eternal sleep. Then the faithful will see Jesus in His glory, see Him whom they love who gave Himself for them, behold His pierced hands stretched out in blessing and welcome, be made like Him, and raise the glad shout of victory with joy unspeakable, beside which present toil and suffering do not matter.
The appointed time is also this present life of toil, suffering and trial, to be waited through patiently even if death comes at one's post before the Lord comes, till the time of trial ends. That appointed time of waiting must be endured patiently until the change comes; the weary long for the rest of home, and endurance to the end is rewarded with the crown of life. The change is also understood as the believer's final change at death, for which he prepares by spending each moment in communion with God. It comes at the end of a person's appointed time when called by the Lord in death, and teaches the importance of being ready to meet that final change in peace.
The question is answered yes through Christ, who by breaking the fetters of the tomb and rising establishes the hope of resurrection and eternal life. By His rising He made it possible for every child of Adam, through a life of obedience, to overcome sin and rise from the grave to receive immortality purchased by His blood. By bearing the penalty of sin and going down into the grave Himself, He brightened the tomb for all who die in faith, even in the triumph of faith. God in human form brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, securing eternal life for all who believe in Him, while in dying He condemned the originator of sin and disloyalty to suffer eternal death as the penalty of sin.
Christ is life itself and the Source of all vitality, the possessor and giver of eternal life, and alone could conquer death. He passed through death to destroy him that had the power of death, endured a most agonizing death under the most humiliating circumstances and gave up His precious life to vanquish death that men might have life, and rose from the tomb proclaiming Himself the resurrection and the life.