1 Corinthians 15:50-57
Where is Your Sting
50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 15:13
No Greater LOVE is There Than to Lay Down Your Life for Your Friends
13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Acts 1:1-5
Jesus Was With His Disciples Over a Period of Forty Days
1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
John 11:25-27
Jesus Says That He is the Resurrection and the Life
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
John 16:33
Jesus Has Overcame this World
33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
The way people view and look at death is different for those who believe in the resurrection...
Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, and I believe Mary and Martha saw death a little bit differently after that...I am sure that Lazarus saw death differently after that...
St. Paul said they before the resurrection death had this sting to it...Death was something to fear and dread...But Jesus changed that by being the Resurrection and the Life...There is not doubt, I think, that when the Disciples saw Jesus after His resurrection and over a forty day period -the way they looked at death was now forever different...Now death had lost its sting for them...The Disciples had repeated saw Jesus and knew that He had overcame death and with it, its fear, its dread, and its sting...Jesus showed His Disciples and us that He is the One who does shines in the middle of the darkness and death cannot overcome Him...So we can have peace in this life and take heart!!!...He has overcame this world...There is Another World to look forward to...