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CREATION OR EVOLUTION

Does it matter if creation was literal or figurative?

7 DAY WEEK

Is there any logical basis to the 7 day week?

ICE AGE

Millions of years ago or as recent as biblical Job?

FIRE BREATHING DRAGONS

Fact or fantasy? Are they mentioned in the Bible?

HUMAN GIANTS?

Is there evidence to support biblical claims?

HUMANS & DINOSAURS

Did humans and dinosaurs live together?

DINOSAURS

What happened to the dinosaurs?

ROUND EARTH

How did Isaiah know the world was round?

EXPANDING UNIVERSE

How did Isaiah know in 700 BC?

PATHS OF THE SEAS

How did the psalmist know about ocean currents?

ST PETER

Was Peter the first bishop of Rome?

JESUS

Physical appearance of Jesus given in 700BC

2030 AD

Just another doomsday prediction?

THE MILLENIUM

Will Jesus Rule over the Earth for 1000 Years?

Bible & Inspirational Quotes

Death

Bible Quotes

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? (Psalm 6:4,5) KJV

Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death.
(Psalm 9:13) KJV

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
(Psalm 23:4) KJV

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
(Psalm 33:18,19) KJV

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
(Psalm 37:37) KJV

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
(Psalm 91:7) KJV

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
(Psalm 116:15) KJV

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
(Psalm 146:3,4) KJV

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
(Ecclesiastes 3:19,20) KJV

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5,6) KJV

He will swallow up death in victory: and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off faces, ...
(Isaiah 25:8) KJV

If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
(Romans 8:11) KJV

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38,39) KJV

O death, where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?
(1 Corinthians 15:55) KJV

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
(Hebrews 2:14,15) KJV

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
(Revelation 14:13) KJV

Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.
--Margaret Mitchell Gone with the wind

Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
--Mahatma Gandhi

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic
--Joseph Stalin

If man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes. Of the two, taxes happen annually.
--Joel Fox

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
--Isaac Asimov

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?
--Holly Near

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
--Buddha (B.C.E. 568-488)

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.
--Robert Bolt

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
--William Penn

I have died many a death in love, and yet, had I not loved I would never have lived at all.
--David Lasater

References and notes
The above Bible Promises are from the following books:
1. The Bible Promise Book Barbour Publishing, Inc
2. Promise of the Psalms Compiled by Ellen W. Caughey Barbour Publishing, Inc
3. My Little Book of Promise - Christian Art Gifts
4. Dictionary.com - http://dictionary.reference.com
5. Death - http://en.bibleinfo.com/topics/topic.html?id=55
6. Famous Quotes - http://home.att.net/~quotations/death.html
7. Death - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death

Death and the Bible

How can we face death? We need not be afraid if God is with us. "Even when walking through the dark valley of death I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me, guarding, guiding all the way." Psalm 23:4, TLB

What is death like? It is like falling asleep. "Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope." I Thessalonians 4:13, NIV
"After He had said this, He went on to tell them, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.' His disciples replied, 'Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.' Jesus had been speaking of his death, but His disciples thought He meant natural sleep. So then He told them plainly, 'Lazarus is dead'. "John 11:11-14, NIV

Where does Daniel say the dead are sleeping? "Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake." Daniel 12:2, NIV

Do the dead know anything? "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten. Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun… Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom." Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, 10, NIV

But death is not the end! "But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy." Isaiah 26:19, NIV

What does Jesus promise those who die? "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death." Hosea 13:14, NIV

Resurrection power comes from Christ. "For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." I Corinthians 15:21-22, NIV

Why did God give His Son to the world? "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16, NIV

Both good and evil people are resurrected. "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out—those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned." John 5:28-29, NIV

The righteous are resurrected at the second coming of Christ. "For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air." I Thessalonians 4:16-17, NIV

What will we be like after the resurrection? "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body." Philippians 3:20-21, NIV

How long will the resurrected righteous live? "And they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection." Luke 20:36, NIV

How long do the wicked wait after the first resurrection before they are raised? "They [the righteous] came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.)" Revelation 20:4-5, NIV

What is their fate? "Fire came down from heaven and devoured them." Revelation 20:9, NIV

Who are the wicked? "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulphur. This is the second death." Revelation 21:8, NIV ⁵

Definition of Death

1. The act of dying; termination of life.
2. The state of being dead.
3. The cause of dying: Drugs were the death of him.
4. A manner of dying: a heroine's death.
5. often Death A personification of the destroyer of life, usually represented as a skeleton holding a scythe.
6. a. Bloodshed; murder.
b. Execution.
7. Law. Civil death.
8. The termination or extinction of something: the death of imperialism.⁴

Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that define a living organism. It refers to both a particular event and to the condition that results thereby. The true nature of the latter has for millennia been a central concern of the world's religious traditions and of philosophical enquiry. Religions, almost without exception, maintain faith in either some kind of afterlife or reincarnation. The effect of physical death on any possible mind or soul remains an open question. Contemporary science regards organismic death as final by definition.⁷