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Forum => Controversial => Topic started by: GeeMail on September 19, 2014, 12:27:59 PM
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FRIDAY
Further Study: Ellen G. White, "Lazarus, Come Forth," pp.
524-536 , and "The Lord Is Risen," pp. 779-787, in The
Desire of Ages .
"The voice of the Son of God calls forth the sleeping
saints. He looks upon the graves of the righteous, then,
raising His hands to heaven, He cries: 'Awake, awake,
awake, ye that sleep in the dust, and arise!' Throughout the
length and breadth of the earth the dead shall hear that
voice, and they that hear shall live. . . . From the prison
house of death they come, clothed with immortal glory,
crying: 'O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory?' 1 Corinthians 15:55 . And the living righteous and
the risen saints unite their voices in a long, glad shout of
victory." — Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy , p. 644.
Discussion Questions:
1. We’ve all struggled with the reality of death, the
seeming finality of it, and the seeming senselessness
of it. If, as many believe, there is no God, no hope of
eternal life, and no resurrection, then what does
human life itself mean? What can it mean if, sooner
or later, everyone who ever lived dies and every
memory of them is forever gone? How does our
understanding of the resurrection answer this
otherwise unsolvable dilemma?
2. What are some of the dangers inherent in the idea of
the immortality of the soul? Why is Satan eager to
propagate this nonbiblical belief? What role will
this concept play in the religious scenario at the
time of the end? Think about all the potential
deceptions out there from which those who
understand death as a sleep until the resurrection
are spared.