Meaning of “death”

1. Death — may be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Scripture: (1.) "The dust shall return to the earth as it was" (Eccl. 12:7). (2.) "Thou takest away their breath, they die" (Ps. 104:29). (3.) It is the dissolution of "our earthly house of this tabernacle" (2 Cor. 5:1); the "putting off this tabernacle" (2 Pet. 1:13, 14). (4.) Being "unclothed" (2 Cor. 5:3, 4). (5.) "Falling on sleep" (Ps. 76:5; Jer. 51:39; Acts 13:36; 2 Pet. 3:9. (6.) "I go whence I shall not return" (Job 10:21); "Make me to know mine end" (Ps. 39:4); "to depart" (Phil. 1:23). The grave is represented as "the gates of death" (Job 38:17; Ps. 9:13; 107:18). The gloomy silence of the grave is spoken of under the figure of the "shadow of death" (Jer. 2:6). Death is the effect of sin (Heb. 2:14), and not a "debt of nature." It is but once (9:27), universal (Gen. 3:19), necessary (Luke 2:28-30). Jesus has by his own death taken away its sting for all his followers (1 Cor. 15:55-57). There is a spiritual death in trespasses and sins, i.e., the death of the soul under the power of sin (Rom. 8:6; Eph. 2:1, 3; Col. 2:13). The "second death" (Rev. 2:11) is the everlasting perdition of the wicked (Rev. 21:8), and "second" in respect to natural or temporal death. THE DEATH OF CHRIST is the procuring cause incidentally of all the blessings men enjoy on earth. But specially it is the procuring cause of the actual salvation of all his people, together with all the means that lead thereto. It does not make their salvation merely possible, but certain (Matt. 18:11; Rom. 5:10; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 1:4; 3:13; Eph. 1:7; 2:16; Rom. 8:32-35).

2. Eternal death — The miserable fate of the wicked in hell (Matt. 25:46; Mark 3:29; Heb. 6:2; 2 Thess. 1:9; Matt. 18:8; 25:41; Jude 1:7). The Scripture as clearly teaches the unending duration of the penal sufferings of the lost as the "everlasting life," the "eternal life" of the righteous. The same Greek words in the New Testament (aion, aionios, aidios) are used to express (1) the eternal existence of God (1 Tim. 1:17; Rom. 1:20; 16:26); (2) of Christ (Rev. 1:18); (3) of the Holy Ghost (Heb. 9:14); and (4) the eternal duration of the sufferings of the lost (Matt. 25:46; Jude 1:6). Their condition after casting off the mortal body is spoken of in these expressive words: "Fire that shall not be quenched" (Mark 9:45, 46), "fire unquenchable" (Luke 3:17), "the worm that never dies," the "bottomless pit" (Rev. 9:1), "the smoke of their torment ascending up for ever and ever" (Rev. 14:10, 11). The idea that the "second death" (Rev. 20:14) is in the case of the wicked their absolute destruction, their annihilation, has not the slightest support from Scripture, which always represents their future as one of conscious suffering enduring for ever. The supposition that God will ultimately secure the repentance and restoration of all sinners is equally unscriptural. There is not the slightest trace in all the Scriptures of any such restoration. Sufferings of themselves have no tendency to purify the soul from sin or impart spiritual life. The atoning death of Christ and the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit are the only means of divine appointment for bringing men to repentance. Now in the case of them that perish these means have been rejected, and "there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins" (Heb. 10:26, 27).

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1. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 16 — And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

2. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 67 — And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

3. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 11 — And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

4. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 18 — And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

5. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 11 — And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

6. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 10 — And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

7. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 7 — Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

8. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 2 — And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

9. Exodus Chapter 10 Verse 17 — Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

10. Exodus Chapter 19 Verse 12 — And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

11. Exodus Chapter 21 Verse 29 — But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

12. Exodus Chapter 21 Verse 17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

13. Exodus Chapter 21 Verse 16 — And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

14. Exodus Chapter 21 Verse 15 — And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

15. Exodus Chapter 21 Verse 12 — He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

16. Exodus Chapter 22 Verse 19 — Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

17. Exodus Chapter 31 Verse 15 — Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

18. Exodus Chapter 31 Verse 14 — Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

19. Exodus Chapter 35 Verse 2 — Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

20. Leviticus Chapter 16 Verse 1 — And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;

21. Leviticus Chapter 19 Verse 20 — And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

22. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 27 — A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

23. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 16 — And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

24. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 15 — And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

25. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 13 — If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

26. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 12 — And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

27. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 11 — And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

28. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 10 — And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

29. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 9 — For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

30. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 2 — Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

31. Leviticus Chapter 24 Verse 21 — And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

32. Leviticus Chapter 24 Verse 17 — And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

33. Leviticus Chapter 24 Verse 16 — And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

34. Leviticus Chapter 27 Verse 29 — None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

35. Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 51 — And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

36. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 38 — But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

37. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 10 — And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

38. Numbers Chapter 15 Verse 35 — And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

39. Numbers Chapter 16 Verse 29 — If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.

40. Numbers Chapter 18 Verse 7 — Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

41. Numbers Chapter 23 Verse 10 — Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

42. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 32 — And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

43. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 31 — Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

44. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 30 — Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

45. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 28 — Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

46. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 25 — And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

47. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 21 — Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

48. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 18 — Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

49. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 17 — And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

50. Numbers Chapter 35 Verse 16 — And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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