Saturday, April 13, 2019
I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s so difficult to accept death because we were created to live forever. Death is not final. The bible promises a resurrection of our loved ones back to earth. John 6:40 and Isaiah 26:19. When Jesus resurrected Lazarus from the dead, he brought him back to earth. That was a foregleam of the future. In Psalms37:11+29 says man will live forever on the earth in peace. That was God’s original purpose, for man to live forever in the garden of eden. God’s purpose hasn’t changed. In Isaiah 45:18 says God created the earth to be inhabited. That’s why he gave his son to die for us, John 3:16, so we could have everlasting life on earth. In Revelation 21:4 says there’ll be no more pain or death. Since there’s no pain or death in heaven, those are future conditions here on earth as God had intended with our dead ones being resurrected from the dead. JW.org
Thomas E. May, Founder 1946-2022