1 Thessalonians 4:13,14  But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. • For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:16-18,20  For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; • and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. • Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. • But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.

Joshua 4:1,3,7  Now when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, • and command them, saying, 'Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place where you will lodge tonight.'" • then you shall say to them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.' So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever."

Acts 2:32  "This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.

Acts 10:41  not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.

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