Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 57, "Asleep in Jesus", Page 258.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
PHOTO: One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
- John Donne
I have treasured memory of family gatherings with friends when our boys were small. The children would play while the adults talked into the night. Then, weary with play, the children would curl up on couch, or in a chair, and fall asleep.
When it was time to leave, I would gather them in my arms, carry them to the car, lay them in the back seat, and take them home. When we arrived, I would pick them up again in my arms, take them to their beds, tuck them in, kiss them goodnight, turn out the lights, and close the door. In the morning they would awaken, secure and sheltered, at home.
This has become now, in my latter years, a parable for me of the night on which we "sleep in Jesus," as Paul would say, and awaken in our eternal home - the home that will at last heal the weariness and homesickness that has marked our days. "One short sleep past," poet John Donne wrote, and then, "we wake eternally."
Sleep is an ancient metaphor for death. Poets, prophets, philosophers, and playwrights have equated sleep and death. In sleep our eyes are closed, our bodies still, our respiration so slight that we seem not to be breathing at all.
Ancient writers, in fact, referred to sleep as "a little death." The Greek poet Homer referred to sleep and death (hypnos and thanatos) as "twin brothers." Cicero, the great Roman orator, said there is "nothing so like death as sleep."
While non-Christian writers referred to death as "perpetual sleep" or "everlasting sleep," however, the sacred text speaks of a "sleep" that leads to a great awakening.
The idea of death as mere sleep is alluded (suggested) to in the Old Testament. Daniel promised that Yahweh will raise up those who sleep in the dust of the earth, and David refers to the same idea when he writes, "in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness." (Daniel 12:2; Psalm 17:14-15)
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
- John Donne
I have treasured memory of family gatherings with friends when our boys were small. The children would play while the adults talked into the night. Then, weary with play, the children would curl up on couch, or in a chair, and fall asleep.
When it was time to leave, I would gather them in my arms, carry them to the car, lay them in the back seat, and take them home. When we arrived, I would pick them up again in my arms, take them to their beds, tuck them in, kiss them goodnight, turn out the lights, and close the door. In the morning they would awaken, secure and sheltered, at home.
This has become now, in my latter years, a parable for me of the night on which we "sleep in Jesus," as Paul would say, and awaken in our eternal home - the home that will at last heal the weariness and homesickness that has marked our days. "One short sleep past," poet John Donne wrote, and then, "we wake eternally."
Sleep is an ancient metaphor for death. Poets, prophets, philosophers, and playwrights have equated sleep and death. In sleep our eyes are closed, our bodies still, our respiration so slight that we seem not to be breathing at all.
Ancient writers, in fact, referred to sleep as "a little death." The Greek poet Homer referred to sleep and death (hypnos and thanatos) as "twin brothers." Cicero, the great Roman orator, said there is "nothing so like death as sleep."
While non-Christian writers referred to death as "perpetual sleep" or "everlasting sleep," however, the sacred text speaks of a "sleep" that leads to a great awakening.
The idea of death as mere sleep is alluded (suggested) to in the Old Testament. Daniel promised that Yahweh will raise up those who sleep in the dust of the earth, and David refers to the same idea when he writes, "in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness." (Daniel 12:2; Psalm 17:14-15)
The New Testament writers give the symbol its full meaning. When Lazarus died, Jesus said to His disciples, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up." Sleep was Luke's symbol for the martyrdom of Stephen, who, when he was stoned to death, dropped to his knees and "fell asleep." Paul writes, "Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him (those who have lived according to God's will)." And Jesus made this same reference to a grieving couple on the occasion of their little girl's death: "The child is not dead but asleep." (John 11:11; Acts 7:60; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; Mark 5:39)
Early Christians seized on the symbol of sleep as death. The catacombs (an underground cemetery) in Rome, which were first constructed and used by the early Christians for burial sites, were called koimeteria (from which we get our word "cemetery") or "sleeping places," suggesting that the bodies of these believers were merely resting until the resurrection, a belief reflected in numerous inscriptions on sarcophagi (stone coffin): "He/She sleeps in Jesus."
These early Christians could extract the full meaning of the metaphor because they understood that in Christ, death is exactly like sleep. We slumber and awaken soon after. (We're not conscious of time when we fall asleep.) Thus sleep is good and nothing to fear. Death, in fact, is heaven's cure for all of earth's ailments - "good for what ails (troubles) us," as my mother used to say. Thus there is a fine irony in the disciples' comment to Jesus: "Lord, if he [Lazarus] sleeps, he will get better." (John 11:12)
But what is it that sleeps? Is it the soul? No, the symbol refers to the body, not the soul. The soul does not slumber until the resurrection of the body, for in eternity there is neither time nor space. This is why Paul can write with such assurance: "To be absent from the body and [in the same instant] to be present with the Lord." (2 Corinthians 5:8)
The Greek verb on which the noun "sleep" is based is koimeo, which means "to lie down." Correspondingly, the Greek word for resurrection is anastasis, which means "to stand up." We "lie down" in the sleep of death and "stand up" in a resurrection to life eternal.
Paul speaks of "sleeping in Jesus," as though that's the key to everything. And as it turns out, it is. It's through our Lord's death and resurrection that we are delivered from fear of death, the dread with which Satan has enslaved the world.
There is great fear of dying here on earth, as evidenced by the effort expended to ignore it, avert it, or stave it off as long as possible. Think of all the industries directed to that end. But nothing works very well or for very long. Sooner or later we all perish, and that prospect can worry us a good deal, even those of us who know Jesus.
I was walking in our park some weeks ago and happened on an old fellow making his way around the track. "How's it going?" I asked in greeting. "Well," he replied, "pretty good, I guess. I'm still looking down at the grass." His point, of course, is that looking down is better than looking up at the grass, or "pushing up daisies," as we say.
The apostle Paul would disagree. He insisted that death was better than life.
For to me, to live in Christ and to die is gain. If
I am to go on living in the body, this will mean
fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose?
I do not know! I am torn between the two: I
desire to depart and be with Christ, which is
better by far. (Philippians 1:21-23)
Paul was certain that death was the best thing for him. He had no fear of what lay ahead. But occasionally even those of us in Christ give way to dread. We may be free from fear of death itself, but the process of dying is another matter entirely. "Heaven is a wonderful place, full of glory and grace," we sing, but the passage to it is fraught (likely to result in) with uncertainty. What will our journey to the other side be like?
Some years ago I read a story about an elderly British woman who, though she lived in the Cotswold, near London, had never been to the city. The train she would have to take passed through a long, dark tunnel, and she was afraid to make that passage. One day, however, she was forced by poor health to visit a medical specialist whose office was in the city. The poor soul boarded the train and worried herself into such exhaustion that she fell asleep - and slept through the entire ordeal. When she awoke she found herself undamaged, unharmed in the city of London.
And so it is: we sleep and awaken to eternal life in our Father's house.
This is why, in the end, we have hope for our loved ones. We may grieve for our loss, but we do not grieve "like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." (1 Thessalonians 4:13) We no more fear their absence than we fear their sleep in the evening because we know they will awaken rested, full of glorious vigor and well-being.
"The Lord gives and the Lord takes away," George MacDonald said, "but the Lord will give again better than ever before." We're all getting closer to that great day.
In the book of Deuteronomy we read this simple statement about the death of Moses: " Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said." (Deuteronomy 34:5) But the Hebrew text reads: "Moses died . . . with the mouth of the Lord." And ancient rabbis translated the phrase: "with the kiss of the Lord." When I read this, I envision God stooping over His children, tucking them in and kissing them goodnight - to awaken in His presence to His love.
John Donne has a wonderful commentary on death as sleep in one of his sonnets (a type of poem that is comprised of fourteen lines of verse that follow a specific rhyme scheme). He begins with his oft-quoted phrase:
Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so.
Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so.
"Really?" we ask. "Death not dreadful?"
Donne answers that death cannot boast because it cannot kill us. Death is mere "rest and sleep," and there is a great pleasure in sleep because "much more must flow," a place to rest our weary bones.
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One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
- John Donne
PHOTO: One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die. - John Donne
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I have treasured memory of family gatherings with friends when our boys were small. The children would play while the adults talked into the night. Then, weary with play, the children would curl up on couch, or in a chair, and fall asleep.
When it was time to leave, I would gather them in my arms, carry them to the car, lay them in the back seat, and take them home. When we arrived, I would pick them up again in my arms, take them to their beds, tuck them in, kiss them goodnight, turn out the lights, and close the door. In the morning they would awaken, secure and sheltered, at home.
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I have treasured memory of family gatherings with friends when our boys were small. The children would play while the adults talked into the night. Then, weary with play, the children would curl up on couch, or in a chair, and fall asleep.
When it was time to leave, I would gather them in my arms, carry them to the car, lay them in the back seat, and take them home. When we arrived, I would pick them up again in my arms, take them to their beds, tuck them in, kiss them goodnight, turn out the lights, and close the door. In the morning they would awaken, secure and sheltered, at home.
PHOTO: When it was time to leave, I would gather them in my arms, carry them to the car, lay them in the back seat, and take them home. When we arrived, I would pick them up again in my arms, take them to their beds, tuck them in, kiss them goodnight, turn out the lights, and close the door. In the morning they would awaken, secure and sheltered, at home.
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This has become now, in my latter years, a parable for me of the night on which we "sleep in Jesus," as Paul would say, and awaken in our eternal home - the home that will at last heal the weariness and homesickness that has marked our days. "One short sleep past," poet John Donne wrote, and then, "we wake eternally."
Sleep is an ancient metaphor for death. Poets, prophets, philosophers, and playwrights have equated sleep and death. In sleep our eyes are closed, our bodies still, our respiration so slight that we seem not to be breathing at all.
Ancient writers, in fact, referred to sleep as "a little death." The Greek poet Homer referred to sleep and death (hypnos and thanatos) as "twin brothers." Cicero, the great Roman orator, said there is "nothing so like death as sleep."
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This has become now, in my latter years, a parable for me of the night on which we "sleep in Jesus," as Paul would say, and awaken in our eternal home - the home that will at last heal the weariness and homesickness that has marked our days. "One short sleep past," poet John Donne wrote, and then, "we wake eternally."
Sleep is an ancient metaphor for death. Poets, prophets, philosophers, and playwrights have equated sleep and death. In sleep our eyes are closed, our bodies still, our respiration so slight that we seem not to be breathing at all.
Ancient writers, in fact, referred to sleep as "a little death." The Greek poet Homer referred to sleep and death (hypnos and thanatos) as "twin brothers." Cicero, the great Roman orator, said there is "nothing so like death as sleep."
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While non-Christian writers referred to death as "perpetual sleep" or "everlasting sleep," however, the sacred text speaks of a "sleep" that leads to a great awakening.
The idea of death as mere sleep is alluded (suggested) to in the Old Testament. Daniel promised that Yahweh will raise up those who sleep in the dust of the earth, and David refers to the same idea when he writes, "in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness." (Daniel 12:2; Psalm 17:14-15) [291]
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While non-Christian writers referred to death as "perpetual sleep" or "everlasting sleep," however, the sacred text speaks of a "sleep" that leads to a great awakening.
The idea of death as mere sleep is alluded (suggested) to in the Old Testament. Daniel promised that Yahweh will raise up those who sleep in the dust of the earth, and David refers to the same idea when he writes, "in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness." (Daniel 12:2; Psalm 17:14-15) [291]
PHOTO: The sacred text speaks of a "sleep" that leads to a great awakening. The idea of death as mere sleep is alluded (suggested) to in the Old Testament. Daniel promised that Yahweh will raise up those who sleep in the dust of the earth, and David refers to the same idea when he writes, "in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness." (Daniel 12:2; Psalm 17:14-15)
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The New Testament writers give the symbol its full meaning. When Lazarus died, Jesus said to His disciples, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up." Sleep was Luke's symbol for the martyrdom of Stephen, who, when he was stoned to death, dropped to his knees and "fell asleep." Paul writes, "Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him (those who have lived according to God's will)." And Jesus made this same reference to a grieving couple on the occasion of their little girl's death: "The child is not dead but asleep." (John 11:11; Acts 7:60; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; Mark 5:39) [292]
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The New Testament writers give the symbol its full meaning. When Lazarus died, Jesus said to His disciples, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up." Sleep was Luke's symbol for the martyrdom of Stephen, who, when he was stoned to death, dropped to his knees and "fell asleep." Paul writes, "Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him (those who have lived according to God's will)." And Jesus made this same reference to a grieving couple on the occasion of their little girl's death: "The child is not dead but asleep." (John 11:11; Acts 7:60; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; Mark 5:39) [292]
PHOTO: The New Testament writers give the symbol its full meaning. When Lazarus died, Jesus said to His disciples, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up."
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Early Christians seized on the symbol of sleep as death. The catacombs (an underground cemetery) in Rome, which were first constructed and used by the early Christians for burial sites, were called koimeteria (from which we get our word "cemetery") or "sleeping places," suggesting that the bodies of these believers were merely resting until the resurrection, a belief reflected in numerous inscriptions on sarcophagi (stone coffin): "He/She sleeps in Jesus." [293]
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Early Christians seized on the symbol of sleep as death. The catacombs (an underground cemetery) in Rome, which were first constructed and used by the early Christians for burial sites, were called koimeteria (from which we get our word "cemetery") or "sleeping places," suggesting that the bodies of these believers were merely resting until the resurrection, a belief reflected in numerous inscriptions on sarcophagi (stone coffin): "He/She sleeps in Jesus." [293]
PHOTO: Early Christians seized on the symbol of sleep as death. The catacombs (an underground cemetery) in Rome, which were first constructed and used by the early Christians for burial sites, were called koimeteria (from which we get our word "cemetery") or "sleeping places," suggesting that the bodies of these believers were merely resting until the resurrection, a belief reflected in numerous inscriptions on sarcophagi (stone coffin): "He/She sleeps in Jesus."
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These early Christians could extract the full meaning of the metaphor because they understood that in Christ, death is exactly like sleep. We slumber and awaken soon after. (We're not conscious of time when we fall asleep.) Thus sleep is good and nothing to fear. Death, in fact, is heaven's cure for all of earth's ailments - "good for what ails (troubles) us," as my mother used to say. Thus there is a fine irony in the disciples' comment to Jesus: "Lord, if he [Lazarus] sleeps, he will get better." (John 11:12) [294]
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These early Christians could extract the full meaning of the metaphor because they understood that in Christ, death is exactly like sleep. We slumber and awaken soon after. (We're not conscious of time when we fall asleep.) Thus sleep is good and nothing to fear. Death, in fact, is heaven's cure for all of earth's ailments - "good for what ails (troubles) us," as my mother used to say. Thus there is a fine irony in the disciples' comment to Jesus: "Lord, if he [Lazarus] sleeps, he will get better." (John 11:12) [294]
PHOTO: Early Christians could extract the full meaning of the metaphor because they understood that in Christ, death is exactly like sleep. We slumber and awaken soon after. (We're not conscious of time when we fall asleep.) Thus sleep is good and nothing to fear. Death, in fact, is heaven's cure for all of earth's ailments.
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But what is it that sleeps? Is it the soul? No, the symbol refers to the body, not the soul. The soul does not slumber until the resurrection of the body, for in eternity there is neither time nor space. This is why Paul can write with such assurance: "To be absent from the body and [in the same instant] to be present with the Lord." (2 Corinthians 5:8) [295]
The Greek verb on which the noun "sleep" is based is koimeo, which means "to lie down." Correspondingly, the Greek word for resurrection is anastasis, which means "to stand up." We "lie down" in the sleep of death and "stand up" in a resurrection to life eternal.
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But what is it that sleeps? Is it the soul? No, the symbol refers to the body, not the soul. The soul does not slumber until the resurrection of the body, for in eternity there is neither time nor space. This is why Paul can write with such assurance: "To be absent from the body and [in the same instant] to be present with the Lord." (2 Corinthians 5:8) [295]
The Greek verb on which the noun "sleep" is based is koimeo, which means "to lie down." Correspondingly, the Greek word for resurrection is anastasis, which means "to stand up." We "lie down" in the sleep of death and "stand up" in a resurrection to life eternal.
PHOTO: We "lie down" in the sleep of death and "stand up" in a resurrection to life eternal.
But what is it that sleeps? Is it the soul? No, the symbol refers to the body, not the soul. The soul does not slumber until the resurrection of the body, for in eternity there is neither time nor space.
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Paul speaks of "sleeping in Jesus," as though that's the key to everything. And as it turns out, it is. It's through our Lord's death and resurrection that we are delivered from fear of death, the dread with which Satan has enslaved the world.
There is great fear of dying here on earth, as evidenced by the effort expended to ignore it, avert it, or stave it off as long as possible. Think of all the industries directed to that end. But nothing works very well or for very long. Sooner or later we all perish, and that prospect can worry us a good deal, even those of us who know Jesus.
PHOTO: Paul speaks of "sleeping in Jesus," as though that's the key to everything. And as it turns out, it is. It's through our Lord's death and resurrection that we are delivered from fear of death, the dread with which Satan has enslaved the world.
Artwork by Noel Coypel - The Resurrection of Christ
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I was walking in our park some weeks ago and happened on an old fellow making his way around the track. "How's it going?" I asked in greeting. "Well," he replied, "pretty good, I guess. I'm still looking down at the grass." His point, of course, is that looking down is better than looking up at the grass, or "pushing up daisies," as we say.
The apostle Paul would disagree. He insisted that death was better than life.
For to me, to live in Christ and to die is gain. If
I am to go on living in the body, this will mean
fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose?
I do not know! I am torn between the two: I
desire to depart and be with Christ, which is
better by far. (Philippians 1:21-23) [296]
But what is it that sleeps? Is it the soul? No, the symbol refers to the body, not the soul. The soul does not slumber until the resurrection of the body, for in eternity there is neither time nor space.
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Paul speaks of "sleeping in Jesus," as though that's the key to everything. And as it turns out, it is. It's through our Lord's death and resurrection that we are delivered from fear of death, the dread with which Satan has enslaved the world.
There is great fear of dying here on earth, as evidenced by the effort expended to ignore it, avert it, or stave it off as long as possible. Think of all the industries directed to that end. But nothing works very well or for very long. Sooner or later we all perish, and that prospect can worry us a good deal, even those of us who know Jesus.
PHOTO: Paul speaks of "sleeping in Jesus," as though that's the key to everything. And as it turns out, it is. It's through our Lord's death and resurrection that we are delivered from fear of death, the dread with which Satan has enslaved the world.
Artwork by Noel Coypel - The Resurrection of Christ
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I was walking in our park some weeks ago and happened on an old fellow making his way around the track. "How's it going?" I asked in greeting. "Well," he replied, "pretty good, I guess. I'm still looking down at the grass." His point, of course, is that looking down is better than looking up at the grass, or "pushing up daisies," as we say.
The apostle Paul would disagree. He insisted that death was better than life.
For to me, to live in Christ and to die is gain. If
I am to go on living in the body, this will mean
fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose?
I do not know! I am torn between the two: I
desire to depart and be with Christ, which is
better by far. (Philippians 1:21-23) [296]
PHOTO: The apostle Paul insisted that death was better than life.
"For to me, to live in Christ and to die is gain. If
I am to go on living in the body, this will mean
fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose?
I do not know! I am torn between the two: I
desire to depart and be with Christ, which is
better by far." (Philippians 1:21-23)
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Paul was certain that death was the best thing for him. He had no fear of what lay ahead. But occasionally even those of us in Christ give way to dread. We may be free from fear of death itself, but the process of dying is another matter entirely. "Heaven is a wonderful place, full of glory and grace," we sing, but the passage to it is fraught (likely to result in) with uncertainty. What will our journey to the other side be like?
Some years ago I read a story about an elderly British woman who, though she lived in the Cotswold, near London, had never been to the city. The train she would have to take passed through a long, dark tunnel, and she was afraid to make that passage. One day, however, she was forced by poor health to visit a medical specialist whose office was in the city. The poor soul boarded the train and worried herself into such exhaustion that she fell asleep - and slept through the entire ordeal. When she awoke she found herself undamaged, unharmed in the city of London.
And so it is: we sleep and awaken to eternal life in our Father's house.
"For to me, to live in Christ and to die is gain. If
I am to go on living in the body, this will mean
fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose?
I do not know! I am torn between the two: I
desire to depart and be with Christ, which is
better by far." (Philippians 1:21-23)
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Paul was certain that death was the best thing for him. He had no fear of what lay ahead. But occasionally even those of us in Christ give way to dread. We may be free from fear of death itself, but the process of dying is another matter entirely. "Heaven is a wonderful place, full of glory and grace," we sing, but the passage to it is fraught (likely to result in) with uncertainty. What will our journey to the other side be like?
Some years ago I read a story about an elderly British woman who, though she lived in the Cotswold, near London, had never been to the city. The train she would have to take passed through a long, dark tunnel, and she was afraid to make that passage. One day, however, she was forced by poor health to visit a medical specialist whose office was in the city. The poor soul boarded the train and worried herself into such exhaustion that she fell asleep - and slept through the entire ordeal. When she awoke she found herself undamaged, unharmed in the city of London.
And so it is: we sleep and awaken to eternal life in our Father's house.
PHOTO: Paul was certain that death was the best thing for him. He had no fear of what lay ahead. But occasionally even those of us in Christ give way to dread. We may be free from fear of death itself, but the process of dying is another matter entirely. "Heaven is a wonderful place, full of glory and grace," we sing, but the passage to it is fraught (likely to result in) with uncertainty. What will our journey to the other side be like?
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This is why, in the end, we have hope for our loved ones. We may grieve for our loss, but we do not grieve "like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." (1 Thessalonians 4:13) [297] We no more fear their absence than we fear their sleep in the evening because we know they will awaken rested, full of glorious vigor and well-being.
"The Lord gives and the Lord takes away," George MacDonald said, "but the Lord will give again better than ever before." We're all getting closer to that great day.
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This is why, in the end, we have hope for our loved ones. We may grieve for our loss, but we do not grieve "like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." (1 Thessalonians 4:13) [297] We no more fear their absence than we fear their sleep in the evening because we know they will awaken rested, full of glorious vigor and well-being.
"The Lord gives and the Lord takes away," George MacDonald said, "but the Lord will give again better than ever before." We're all getting closer to that great day.
PHOTO: We believe that "Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." (1 Thessalonians 4:13) We no more fear their absence than we fear their sleep in the evening because we know they will awaken rested, full of glorious vigor and well-being.
"The Lord gives and the Lord takes away," George MacDonald said, "but the Lord will give again better than ever before." We're all getting closer to that great day.
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"The Lord gives and the Lord takes away," George MacDonald said, "but the Lord will give again better than ever before." We're all getting closer to that great day.
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In the book of Deuteronomy we read this simple statement about the death of Moses: " Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said." (Deuteronomy 34:5) [298] But the Hebrew text reads: "Moses died . . . with the mouth of the Lord." And ancient rabbis translated the phrase: "with the kiss of the Lord." When I read this, I envision God stooping over His children, tucking them in and kissing them goodnight - to awaken in His presence to His love.
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In the book of Deuteronomy we read this simple statement about the death of Moses: " Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said." (Deuteronomy 34:5) [298] But the Hebrew text reads: "Moses died . . . with the mouth of the Lord." And ancient rabbis translated the phrase: "with the kiss of the Lord." When I read this, I envision God stooping over His children, tucking them in and kissing them goodnight - to awaken in His presence to His love.
PHOTO: In the book of Deuteronomy we read this simple statement about the death of Moses: the Hebrew text reads: "Moses died . . . with the mouth of the Lord." And ancient rabbis translated the phrase: "with the kiss of the Lord." When I read this, I envision God stooping over His children, tucking them in and kissing them goodnight - to awaken in His presence to His love.
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John Donne has a wonderful commentary on death as sleep in one of his sonnets (a type of poem that is comprised of fourteen lines of verse that follow a specific rhyme scheme). He begins with his oft-quoted phrase:
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John Donne has a wonderful commentary on death as sleep in one of his sonnets (a type of poem that is comprised of fourteen lines of verse that follow a specific rhyme scheme). He begins with his oft-quoted phrase:
Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so.
Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so.
"Really?" we ask. "Death not dreadful?"
Donne answers that death cannot boast because it cannot kill us. Death is mere "rest and sleep," and there is a great pleasure in sleep because "much more must flow," a place to rest our weary bones.
PHOTO: Donne answers that death cannot boast because it cannot kill us. Death is mere "rest and sleep," and there is a great pleasure in sleep because "much more must flow," a place to rest our weary bones.
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we learn from Paul that death is like we ‘sleep in Jesus,’ and awaken in our eternal home - the home that will at last heal the weariness and homesickness that has marked our days.
Sleep is an ancient metaphor for death. Poets, prophets, philosophers, and playwrights have equated sleep and death. In sleep our eyes are closed, our bodies still, our respiration so slight that we seem not to be breathing at all.
Ancient writers, referred to sleep as ‘a little death.’ The Greek poet Homer referred to sleep and death (hypnos and thanatos) as ‘twin brothers.’ Cicero, the great Roman orator, said there is ‘nothing so like death as sleep.’
While non-Christian writers referred to death as ‘perpetual sleep’ or ‘everlasting sleep,’ however, the sacred text speaks of a ‘sleep’ that leads to a great awakening.
The Old Testament suggested death as mere sleep. Daniel promised that Yahweh will raise up those who sleep in the dust of the earth, and David refers to the same idea.
The New Testament writers give the symbol its full meaning. When Lazarus died, Jesus said to His disciples, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.’ Sleep was Luke's symbol for the martyrdom of Stephen, who, when he was stoned to death, dropped to his knees and ‘fell asleep.’ Paul writes, ‘Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in.’ And Jesus made this same reference to a grieving couple on the occasion of their little girl's death: ‘The child is not dead but asleep.’
Early Christians seized on the symbol of sleep as death. The catacombs in Rome, which were used by the early Christians for burial sites, were called ‘sleeping places,’ suggesting that the bodies of these believers were merely resting until the resurrection, a belief reflected in numerous inscriptions on sarcophagi: ‘He/She sleeps in Jesus.’
These early Christians understood that in Christ, death is exactly like sleep. We slumber and awaken soon after. We pray that sleep is good and nothing to fear. May Death be heaven's cure for all of earth's ailments. Just as the disciple of Jesus commented to Jesus: ‘Lord, if he [Lazarus] sleeps, he will get better.’
Lord, we learn that symbol of death refers to the body, not the soul. The soul does not slumber until the resurrection of the body, for in eternity there is neither time nor space. Paul had written with such assurance: ‘To be absent from the body and [in the same instant] to be present with the Lord.’ We ‘lie down’ in the sleep of death and ‘stand up’ in a resurrection to life eternal.
We learn from Paul that ‘sleeping in Jesus,’ as the key to everything. It's through our Lord's death and resurrection that we are delivered from fear of death, the dread with which Satan has enslaved the world.
Lord, sooner or later we all perish, and that prospect can worry us a good deal, even those of us who know Jesus. Paul was certain that death was the best thing for him. He had no fear of what lay ahead. But occasionally even those of us in Christ give way to dread. We may be free from fear of death itself, but the process of dying is another matter entirely. ‘Heaven is a wonderful place, full of glory and grace,’ we sing, but the passage to it is fraught with uncertainty.
We pray that we sleep and awaken to eternal life in our Father's house.
May we have hope for our loved ones. We may grieve for our loss, but may we not grieve ‘like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.’ May we no more fear their absence than we fear their sleep in the evening because we know they will awaken rested, full of glorious vigour and well-being.
We learn that ‘The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, but the Lord will give again better than ever before.’ May it be so, as we are all getting closer to that great day.
Lord, thank You that death cannot boast because it cannot kill us. Death is mere ‘rest and sleep,’ and there is a great pleasure in sleep because ‘much more must flow,’ a place to rest our weary bones.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
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Sleep is an ancient metaphor for death. Poets, prophets, philosophers, and playwrights have equated sleep and death. In sleep our eyes are closed, our bodies still, our respiration so slight that we seem not to be breathing at all.
Ancient writers, referred to sleep as ‘a little death.’ The Greek poet Homer referred to sleep and death (hypnos and thanatos) as ‘twin brothers.’ Cicero, the great Roman orator, said there is ‘nothing so like death as sleep.’
While non-Christian writers referred to death as ‘perpetual sleep’ or ‘everlasting sleep,’ however, the sacred text speaks of a ‘sleep’ that leads to a great awakening.
The Old Testament suggested death as mere sleep. Daniel promised that Yahweh will raise up those who sleep in the dust of the earth, and David refers to the same idea.
The New Testament writers give the symbol its full meaning. When Lazarus died, Jesus said to His disciples, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.’ Sleep was Luke's symbol for the martyrdom of Stephen, who, when he was stoned to death, dropped to his knees and ‘fell asleep.’ Paul writes, ‘Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in.’ And Jesus made this same reference to a grieving couple on the occasion of their little girl's death: ‘The child is not dead but asleep.’
Early Christians seized on the symbol of sleep as death. The catacombs in Rome, which were used by the early Christians for burial sites, were called ‘sleeping places,’ suggesting that the bodies of these believers were merely resting until the resurrection, a belief reflected in numerous inscriptions on sarcophagi: ‘He/She sleeps in Jesus.’
These early Christians understood that in Christ, death is exactly like sleep. We slumber and awaken soon after. We pray that sleep is good and nothing to fear. May Death be heaven's cure for all of earth's ailments. Just as the disciple of Jesus commented to Jesus: ‘Lord, if he [Lazarus] sleeps, he will get better.’
Lord, we learn that symbol of death refers to the body, not the soul. The soul does not slumber until the resurrection of the body, for in eternity there is neither time nor space. Paul had written with such assurance: ‘To be absent from the body and [in the same instant] to be present with the Lord.’ We ‘lie down’ in the sleep of death and ‘stand up’ in a resurrection to life eternal.
We learn from Paul that ‘sleeping in Jesus,’ as the key to everything. It's through our Lord's death and resurrection that we are delivered from fear of death, the dread with which Satan has enslaved the world.
Lord, sooner or later we all perish, and that prospect can worry us a good deal, even those of us who know Jesus. Paul was certain that death was the best thing for him. He had no fear of what lay ahead. But occasionally even those of us in Christ give way to dread. We may be free from fear of death itself, but the process of dying is another matter entirely. ‘Heaven is a wonderful place, full of glory and grace,’ we sing, but the passage to it is fraught with uncertainty.
We pray that we sleep and awaken to eternal life in our Father's house.
May we have hope for our loved ones. We may grieve for our loss, but may we not grieve ‘like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.’ May we no more fear their absence than we fear their sleep in the evening because we know they will awaken rested, full of glorious vigour and well-being.
We learn that ‘The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, but the Lord will give again better than ever before.’ May it be so, as we are all getting closer to that great day.
Lord, thank You that death cannot boast because it cannot kill us. Death is mere ‘rest and sleep,’ and there is a great pleasure in sleep because ‘much more must flow,’ a place to rest our weary bones.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
Picture posted by J. jesus songs on 24 January 2022
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Reflection - Number Our Days - Asleep in Jesus
Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 57, "Asleep in Jesus", Page 258.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 57, "Asleep in Jesus", Page 258.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
Other Books
"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
"Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, © 2019 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part I - III (Links), posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part.html
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part IV - V (Links), posted on Thursday, 22 April 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part_9.html
"Teach Us to Number Our Days", © 2008 by David Roper
Reflection - Number Our Days, Chapter 1 - 40 (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 November 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2021/11/reflection-number-our-days-chapter-1-40.html
Reference
[1] From "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Copyright © 2008 by David Roper, ISBN 978-981-11-7184-0, Chapter 57, "Asleep in Jesus", Page 258-265.
[291] See Daniel 12:2; Psalm 17:14-15; emphasis added.
[292] John 11:11; Acts 7:60; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; Mark 5:39, emphasis added
[293] Most touching, perhaps, is a third-century epitaph on the grave of a nine-year-old child, Severa, who was "preserved in long sleep for he Maker. Her body rests here in peace until it shall rise again in God."
[294] John 11:12
[295] 2 Corinthians 5:8
[296] Philippians 1:21-23, emphasis added
[297] 1 Thessalonians 4:13, emphasis added
[298] Deuteronomy 34:5
[291] See Daniel 12:2; Psalm 17:14-15; emphasis added.
[292] John 11:11; Acts 7:60; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; Mark 5:39, emphasis added
[293] Most touching, perhaps, is a third-century epitaph on the grave of a nine-year-old child, Severa, who was "preserved in long sleep for he Maker. Her body rests here in peace until it shall rise again in God."
[294] John 11:12
[295] 2 Corinthians 5:8
[296] Philippians 1:21-23, emphasis added
[297] 1 Thessalonians 4:13, emphasis added
[298] Deuteronomy 34:5
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