halloween

to me
this day shows me
mans confusion about
death

Gen 1:1

¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. in genesis 1 and 2 a good God never wanted death to be a part of His creation but a part of God's creation was the created order had free will men and angels have free will they can obey or disobey in one sense God can not stop them  Gen 3:1 ¶ Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? so in genesis 3 we see the origin of death the whole Bible is from men who were moved by the Spirit of God each word is from God God led moses to write each word in genesis once man throws the Bible out he loses proper perspective on all things thus all this distortion at hallow ween time the reason God the Son came into this world was to conquer death  Mat 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. at the end of Matthew mark  luke and john  we see Jesus being resurrected from the dead it seems many church goers are ho hum about this information they may say i know this they may know this in their minds but are they experiencing it in their hearts?  Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. the Holy Spirit wants to do so much more in each of us   "death" occurs 372 times in 342 verses in the KJV.  Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. this one verse is all i need when thinking about death Jesus has conquered it now as you and i live in our dying bodies our bodies and our minds are in a process of dying  1Co 15:55 O death,  where is thy sting?  O grave,  where is thy victory?  1Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin;  and the strength of sin is the law.  1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God,  which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  1Co 15:58 Therefore,  my beloved brethren,  be ye stedfast,  unmoveable,  always abounding in the work of the Lord,  forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. you and i experience the stings of death  Rom 8:20 For the  creature  was made subject to  vanity,  not willingly,  but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,  Rom 8:21 Because the  creature  itself also shall be  delivered from the  bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.  Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and  travaileth in pain together until now.  Rom 8:23 And not only they,  but ourselves also,  which have the firstfruits of the Spirit,  even we ourselves  groan within ourselves,  waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. the normal Christian life is to have time of groaning groan KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x The KJV translates Strongs G4727 in the following manner: groan (3x), sigh (1x), with grief (1x),grudge (1x). Outline of Biblical Usage [?] a sigh, to groan Click for Synonyms Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend) στενάζω stenázō, sten-ad'-zo; from G4728; to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly:—with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.  Psa 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. many psalms describe the process of  a Christian working out his groaning  Psa 31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! david had this wonderful breakthrough