Death: Called Sleep
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Deuteronomy 31:16
And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
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Job 7:21
And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
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Job 14:12
So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
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Jeremiah 51:39
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, said the LORD.
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Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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John 11:11
These things said he: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
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Acts 7:60
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption:
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1 Corinthians 15:6,18,51
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brothers at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some are fallen asleep.
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1 Thessalonians 4:14,15
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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Consolations against the Fear of Death.
... is sin and the punishment of it, is taken away by Christ (1 Corinthians 15:54.)
Hence death is called, in respect of our bodies, a sleep and rest (1 Thess. ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/consolations against the fear of.htm

Chrysostom -- Excessive Grief at the Death of Friends
... sleep." Here, too, he did not say"Them that are dead; but a third time, bringing
the subject to their remembrance, for the third time called death a sleep. ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons volume i/chrysostom excessive grief at.htm

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved
... yet another year, in the hope that he may yet wake from the long sleep of his ... lie
for ever in the death of everlasting torment"if it may be called a death. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the peculiar sleep of the.htm

The Reward of the Righteous
... of his design, "they laughed him to scorn." "The maid," said he, "is not dead, but
sleepeth." "This is rather to be called sleep than death; seeing her life is ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 99 the reward of.htm

The Death of the Master and the Death of the Servant
... vision, and from the language of the following supplication, 'called upon Jesus ... scarcely
ever speaks of a Christian's death as death but as sleep, and with ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the death of the master.htm

A Believer's Privilege at Death
... in Christ, till they are awakened out of their sleep by the ... Peter 5:5. I have read
of a river called the Day ... daytime of life, but at the night of death they are ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/2 a believers privilege at.htm

The Raising of the Young Man of Nain - the Meeting of Life and ...
... seemed to him, as if he woke from long sleep. ... with intense suffering and the bereavement
of death, was there ... If mother and son had not called upon Him before ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xx the raising of.htm

Called Back.
... not; she is not dead, but sleepeth." Jesus loved to call death a "sleep," for He
knew that we never die. Then He took the little maid by the hand and called her ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxii called back.htm

In Danger of Death
... They called in the best physicians of the city, they spared no ... Yet he felt that death
was coming near ... sat by his bed, snatching only a few hours' sleep now and ...
/.../chapter viii in danger of.htm

Preached on Occasion of the Death of the Rev. Mr. John Fletcher ...
... not in particular; only I always see death so inexpressibly ... he had no bad head-ache,
much sleep, without the ... the house, he ordered her to be called up, though ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 133 preached on occasion.htm

Resources
What is the second death? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about death? | GotQuestions.org

Is there an angel of death? | GotQuestions.org

Death: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Apostrophe: To Death and the Grave

Death

Death of the Righteous

Death of the Wicked

Death Penalty

Death to Self

Death: Apostrophe To

Death: As a Judgment: Saul

Death: As a Judgment: Sodomites

Death: As a Judgment: Upon the Antediluvians

Death: Called Sleep

Death: Desired

Death: Desired by Moses

Death: Desired: Elijah

Death: Desired: Job

Death: Desired: Jonah

Death: Desired: Paul

Death: Desired: Simeon

Death: Exemption From: Elijah

Death: Exemption From: Enoch

Death: Exemption From: No Death in Heaven

Death: Exemption From: Promised to Saints at the Second Coming of Christ

Death: Figurative of Regeneration

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: A Change

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Being Cut Down

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Being Gathered to Our People

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Called Giving up the Ghost

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Departing

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Fleeing As a Shadow

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Going Down Into Silence

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Going the Way Whence There is No Return

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Going to Thy Fathers

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: King of Terrors

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Putting off This Tabernacle

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Requiring the Soul

Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Returning to Dust

Death: Preparation For

Death: Scenes of Death of David

Death: Scenes of Death of Isaac

Death: Scenes of Death of Jacob

Death: Scenes of Death of Jesus

Death: Scenes of Death of Moses

Death: Scenes of Death of Paul

Death: Scenes of Death of Stephen

Death: Scenes of Death of Zechariah

Death: Second

Death: Spiritual

Death: Symbolized by the Pale Horse

Death: Symbolized: King of Terrors

Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Eternal Death is Called: A Resurrection to Damnation

Eternal Death is Called: A Resurrection to Shame

Eternal Death is Called: Damnation of Hell

Eternal Death is Called: Destruction

Eternal Death is Called: Everlasting Punishment

Eternal Death is Called: Perishing

Eternal Death is Called: The Second Death

Eternal Death is Called: The Wrath to Come

Eternal Death is Described as a Lake of Fire

Eternal Death is Described as a Mist of Darkness for Ever

Eternal Death is Described as Banishment from God

Eternal Death is Described as Indignation, Wrath

Eternal Death is Described as Outer Darkness

Eternal Death is Described as Society With the Devil

Eternal Death is Described as The Worm That Dies Not

Eternal Death: Christ, the Only Way of Escape From

Eternal Death: God Alone Can Inflict

Eternal Death: Illustrated

Eternal Death: Saints Shall Escape

Eternal Death: Self-Righteousness Leads To

Eternal Death: Shall be Inflicted by Christ

Eternal Death: Strive to Preserve Others From

Eternal Death: The Necessary Consequence of Sin

Eternal Death: The Portion of the Wicked

Eternal Death: The Wages of Sin

Eternal Death: The Way To, Described

Natural Death by Adam

Natural Death is Described as a Sleep

Natural Death is Described as Being Cut Down

Natural Death is Described as Departing

Natural Death is Described as Fleeing As a Shadow

Natural Death is Described as Gathering to Our People

Natural Death is Described as God Requiring the Soul

Natural Death is Described as Going Down Into Silence

Natural Death is Described as Going the Way Whence There is No Return

Natural Death is Described as Putting off This Tabernacle

Natural Death is Described as Returning to Dust

Natural Death is Described as The Earthly House of This Tabernacle Being Dissolved

Natural Death is Described as Yielding up the Spirit

Natural Death: Abolished by Christ

Natural Death: All Shall be Raised From

Natural Death: Christ Delivers from the Fear of

Natural Death: Conquered by Christ

Natural Death: Consequence of Sin

Natural Death: Consideration of, a Motive to Diligence

Natural Death: Enoch and Elijah Were Exempted From

Natural Death: Illustrates the Change Produced in Conversion

Natural Death: Levels all Ranks

Natural Death: Lot of All

Natural Death: None Subject to in Heaven

Natural Death: Ordered by God

Natural Death: Pray to be Prepared For

Natural Death: Prepare For

Natural Death: Puts an End to Earthly Projects

Natural Death: Regard, As at Hand

Natural Death: Shall Finally be Destroyed by Christ

Natural Death: Strips of Earthly Possessions

Natural Death: when Averted for a Season, is a Motive to Increased

Spiritual Death is a Consequence of the Fall

Spiritual Death is the State of all Men by Nature

Spiritual Death: A Call to Arise From

Spiritual Death: Alienation from God Is

Spiritual Death: Carnal-Mindedness Is

Spiritual Death: Deliverance From, is Through Christ

Spiritual Death: Hypocrisy Is

Spiritual Death: Illustrated

Spiritual Death: Living in Pleasure Is

Spiritual Death: Love of the Brethren, a Proof of Being Raised From

Spiritual Death: Saints are Raised From

Spiritual Death: Spiritual Ignorance Is

Spiritual Death: The Fruits of, are Dead Works

Spiritual Death: Unbelief Is

Spiritual Death: Walking in Trespasses and Sins Is

The Death of Christ in the Company of Malefactors

The Death of Christ was Undeserved

The Death of Christ was Voluntary

The Death of Christ: Acceptable, As a Sacrifice to God

The Death of Christ: Accompanied by Supernatural Signs

The Death of Christ: Appointed by God

The Death of Christ: Commemorated in the Ordinance of the Lord's Supper

The Death of Christ: Demanded by the Jews

The Death of Christ: Emblematical of the Death to Sin

The Death of Christ: Foretold

The Death of Christ: Inflicted by the Gentiles

The Death of Christ: Mode of a Stumbling Block to Jews

The Death of Christ: Mode of Accursed

The Death of Christ: Mode of Exhibited his Humility

The Death of Christ: Mode of Foolishness to Gentiles

The Death of Christ: Mode of Foretold by Christ

The Death of Christ: Mode of Ignominious

The Death of Christ: Mode of Prefigured

The Death of Christ: Necessary for the Redemption of Man

The Death of Saints is Blessed

The Death of Saints is Full of Faith

The Death of Saints is Full of Hope

The Death of Saints is Full of Peace

The Death of Saints is Gain

The Death of Saints: A Sleep in Christ

The Death of Saints: Aaron

The Death of Saints: Abraham

The Death of Saints: Disregarded by the Wicked

The Death of Saints: Dorcas

The Death of Saints: Elisha

The Death of Saints: God is With Them In

The Death of Saints: God Preserves Them To

The Death of Saints: Illustrated

The Death of Saints: Isaac

The Death of Saints: Jacob

The Death of Saints: Joshua

The Death of Saints: Leads to a Crown of Life

The Death of Saints: Leads to a Joyful Resurrection

The Death of Saints: Leads to Christ's Presence

The Death of Saints: Leads to Comfort

The Death of Saints: Leads to Rest

The Death of Saints: Met With Resignation

The Death of Saints: Met Without Fear

The Death of Saints: Moses

The Death of Saints: One Thief

The Death of Saints: Precious in God's Sight

The Death of Saints: Removes from Coming Evil

The Death of Saints: Sometimes Desired

The Death of Saints: Survivors Consoled For

The Death of Saints: The Wicked Wish Theirs to Resemble

The Death of Saints: Waited For

The Death of the Wicked is in Their Sins

The Death of the Wicked is Without Hope

The Death of the Wicked: Absalom

The Death of the Wicked: Ahab

The Death of the Wicked: Ananias

The Death of the Wicked: Athaliah

The Death of the Wicked: Belshazzar

The Death of the Wicked: Frequently Marked by Terror

The Death of the Wicked: Frequently Sudden and Unexpected

The Death of the Wicked: God Has No Pleasure In

The Death of the Wicked: Haman

The Death of the Wicked: Herod

The Death of the Wicked: Illustrated

The Death of the Wicked: Jezebel

The Death of the Wicked: Judas

The Death of the Wicked: Korah

The Death of the Wicked: Like the Death of Beasts

The Death of the Wicked: Punishment Follows

The Death of the Wicked: Sometimes Without Fear

The Death of the Wicked: The Remembrance of Them Perishes In

Vicarious: Death: The Ram for Isaac

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