Job 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. The patriarch may be referring to the resurrection of the body from the state of the dead; or to the change which takes place at death. I. DEATH TO A GOOD MAN IS A CHANGE AS TO THE SOUL ITSELF. A man may be called a good man, compared with many around him; yet the difference is vast between what he now is and what he shall become, when death shall transfer his soul from earth to heaven. II. IT WILL ALSO BE A CHANGE IN REGARD TO THE SOUL'S HABITATION. The soul's habitation, in the life that now is, is not very convenient for its enjoyment. An apostle calls this tabernacle "a vile body," vile relatively, vile morally, and vile mortally. III. DEATH TO A GOOD MAN IS A CHANGE AS TO HUMAN INTERCOURSE. The very best of men in this world are imperfect. The Christian has not only here to do with men who are good, though imperfect, but with men who make no profession of religion at all; with the openly profane, and with insincere professors. From all such relations a good man is delivered when his connection with time terminates. His glorified spirit is then introduced into that high and holy place where there are no imperfect or wicked men. Its companions now are the spirits of just men made perfect. IV. IT IS A CHANGE ALSO AS TO THE GOOD MAN'S INTERCOURSE WITH GOD. In this world such intercourse is often interrupted. To no interruption or privation is the soul of a good man subjected after death. The soul will be prepared to dwell in God's immediate presence. The change indicated takes place at an appointed time. The change which takes place in death is one for which all good men wait. All good men wait for death by preparing for it. (Thomas Adam.) Parallel Verses KJV: If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. |
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