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 | | From: | Thomas Hankin | | Subject: | New Estimate of Death | | Date: | Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:39:17 GMT |
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 | New Estimate of Death
Christ has brought a new attitude toward death. He has invested
it with a beauty, a peacefulness and a glory unknown before. This is
what caused a Greek by the name of Aristeides to marvel, when trying to
explain to one of his friends the reasons for the extraordinary success
of Christianity. In a letter written about a.d. 125, he said: "If any
righteous man among the Christians passes from this world, they rejoice
and offer thanks to God, and they escort his body with songs and
thanksgiving as if he were setting out from one place to another
nearby." Those believers who are gone before are not lost, not
separated from us permanently; they are only waiting in another place
nearby for us to join them again.
from "2000+ Bible Illustrations," Death.
"2000+ Bible Illustrations" is public domain.
God Bless.
Tom.
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