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NASB | Revelation 1:18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 1:18 and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead). |
Subject: John 10:10 Who is responsible for death? |
Bible Note: Again I apologized for that statement as I made it. Be assured I would never say what I did to a person that suffered the lost. You identified yourself as someone that was trying to comfort the parents of this child. My intent which was a wrong was to make sure you weren’t perpetuating their bitterness of lost by the questioning of God. God did not bring death into this world, sin did. And one day God is going to eliminate death. However the fact is, we all are going to die one day unless the Lord returns first. Death is a fact of life. It is also a fact that our death is going to be a lost to our loved one no matter our age. By asking God, "how can you allow this to happen?" Is perhaps suggesting to God that He doesn't know what He is doing, or that God doesn't care for us. Or that God owes us some kind of understanding or explanation of His actions. A death of anyone is lost and of a child is particularly hard, but we must trust God. We must believe that God knows what is best and is doing what must be done for His glory and honor to be seen. It is natural for parents of a child that dies to ask why and yes to even be angry at God. What is wrong is to accuse God of being uncaring, unloving or being cruel. We have to make sure what we say in response to their questions does not increase their anger at God or shift the fault on to them. In the Book of Job we see examples of all of this. Jobs friends blamed Job, Job’s wife wanted Job to curse God and die, Job himself regretted his life but Job never blamed God. I believe innocent children go immediately into the presence of the Lord. Where they suffer no more fear, sadness, hunger, hurt, regret or anger. Perhaps instead of trying to answer such questions it is better to cry with them and remind them that one day they will spend eternity together. |