Dictionary of Bible Themes Human beings who have died. Scripture provides illustrations of the manner in which the dead are to be buried, as well as explaining the doctrines of resurrection and judgment. Acts 9:37Preparation of the dead for burial Washing Matthew 26:12A custom common to both Jews and Greeks. See also Embalming Genesis 50:2,262 Chronicles 16:14 John 11:44 See also Grave clothes Mark 15:46John 20:7 pp Mt 27:59 Acts 5:6pp Jn 19:40 Genesis 49:29-30Provision for the dead Burial See also Joshua 24:30It was the normal practice for the people of God to be buried. Ruth 1:171 Kings 11:15 Acts 8:2 Joshua 7:25 Cremation See also 1 Samuel 31:12Cremation was not a Hebrew practice, except in cases of difficulty. Amos 6:10Psalms 79:2 The plight of the unburied dead See also Ecclesiastes 6:3To be unburied was a disgrace, a mark of judgment. Isaiah 14:19Jeremiah 7:33; 16:6 Numbers 19:11 Personal contact with a dead body conferred uncleanness See also Leviticus 21:11Numbers 6:6 Ezekiel 31:16 The place of the dead Sheol and Hades See also 2 Kings 21:26Sheol is the OT term for the place of the dead; a grave, an underworld, a pit. Hades is the NT equivalent. Psalms 88:3-4; 89:48; 116:3Ecclesiastes 9:10 Isaiah 14:9-10 Acts 2:31 Psalms 49:13-14 See also A place of judgment Psalms 31:17; 88:3-5Nahum 1:14 Matthew 5:22; 11:23 Matthew 16:18 Revelation 1:18; 20:13-14 pp Lk 10:15 Psalms 139:8See also A place of deliverance Psalms 16:10; 30:3; 86:13; 107:20Hosea 13:14 Jonah 2:2 Acts 2:27 Romans 6:23 The plight of the dead outside of Christ See also Physical death is the result of sin Genesis 2:17Ezekiel 18:20 Romans 1:32; 5:12; 8:6 James 1:15 Revelation 21:8 Final judgment will follow resurrection See also Matthew 10:28; 25:41The "second death" is the throwing of the lost into the lake of fire. 1 John 5:16-17Jude 1:12 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 Promises to the dead in Christ See also Death is but a sleep John 11:11-141 Corinthians 15:17-22,51-53 John 8:51 See also Death has no hold on believers John 11:25-26Romans 8:38-39 Revelation 2:11 See also Believers will be delivered from the second death Revelation 20:6See also 5241 burial5304 embroidery 6510 salvation 9020 death 9030 dead bodies 9040 grave, the 9105 last things 9210 judgment, God's 9310 resurrection 9510 hell 9530 Hades 9540 Sheol |
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