EXHIBIT 1
How does the Bible describe death? The clear ringing testimony of Scripture is found in the lesson, but notice how many times the Bible refers to death as sleep and rest.
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Deuteronomy 31:16 -- You
(Moses) are going to rest with your fathers...
2 Samuel 7:12 -- You (David)
rest with your fathers...
1 Kings 1:21 -- The king is
laid to rest with his fathers...
1 Kings 2:10 -- Then David
rested with his fathers...
1 Kings 11:21 -- David rested
with his fathers and was buried...
1 Kings 11:43 -- Then he
(Solomon) rested with his fathers...
1 Kings 14:20 -- Then rested
with his fathers...
1 Kings 14:31 -- And Rehoboam
rested with his fathers...
1 Kings 15:8 -- And Abijah
rested with his fathers and was buried...
1 Kings 15:24 -- Then Asa
rested with his fathers and was buried...
1 Kings 16:6 -- Baasha rested
with his fathers...
1 Kings 16:28 -- Omri rested
with his fathers...
1 Kings 22:40 -- Ahab rested
with his fathers...
1 Kings 22:50 -- The
Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers...
2 Kings 8:24 -- Jehoram rested
with his fathers...
2 Kings 10:35 -- Jehu rested
with his fathers...
2 Kings 13:9 -- Jehoahaz
rested with his father...
Job 3:13 -- I would be asleep
and at rest...
Job 7:21 -- For I will soon
lie down in the dust...
Psalm 76:5 -- They sleep their
last sleep...
Jeremiah 51:39 -- Then sleep
forever and not awake...
Daniel 12:2 -- Multitudes who
sleep in the dust of the earth...
Matthew 9:24 -- The girl is
not dead but asleep...
John 11:11 -- Lazarus has
fallen asleep...
1 Corinthians 15:6 -- Some
have fallen asleep...
1 Thessalonians 4:13 -- About
those who have fallen asleep...