Life/Death

I Corthians 15:35-42

Physical death and life after death is talked about in this chapter. I am at the age now where death is experienced more often. My friends, their parent, families involved in war all bring stories of death more often these days. I have been comforted and do comfort others with the verses above as well as the verses that talk about our eventual reunion which includes the rapture in the sky and our eternal home.

These verses indicate that we are to look at the death of this physical body as a seed that goes into the ground. The seed does not look like the plant that comes from the seed. Even though the seed must die the plant that is produced by the seed is far more beautiful and looks very different from the seed. In other words, the seed becomes something new. That is the way physical death is for us all. Once the body dies we becomes something new.

The Body:
Dies perishable/ raises imperishable
Sown in dishonor/raises in glory
Sown in weakness/rises in power
Sown physical/raises spiritual

I've also heard many testimonies that say this about the moments before physical death.

• She talked to God and then she fell asleep.
• He pointed to an unseen someone in the room and smiled.
• She said,"Look I see Him."
• He said,"Son, it's true. I see heaven. It's right there."
• He sat up talked to one unseen, then turned and said good by to us.

These testimonies along with Scriptures tell me that we are escorted in to the next world. Joy fills the heart of those who take the journey and it is obvious they want to be with the one who come to meet them. That leads me to also believe that the moment of death comes after the spirit leaves the body, not before. It appears that we never experience death. We leave the body and then the body dies. The verse that says death where is your sting, to me means there is no sting. We leave this world and enter eternity with Christ Jesus to ever be with Him.

I am unaware of where this quote cam from but it goes like this...Death is but one more experience in the endless life of a believer. Thank you, Lord.