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 question is the question of one who doubts. In Job's days men could not pierce the darkness of the grave. Hence the gloomy views men had of death. There is much in the visible aspect of death to lead to the saddest conclusion. 1. The resurrection is not impossible. Can anything be too hard for Him who made us? If God gave us life, He can restore us to life. 2. Resurrection is to be expected — it is in keeping with the instinct implanted in us by our Maker. Man has everywhere a yearning after immortality. Consider the place man holds here ca earth amongst God's creatures. He alone is a responsible creature. But reward and punishment are not always meted out according to a man's doings at present. While this is the case, does it not seem a denial of God's justice to say that this life is all? Then we have God's Word of promise for it, that "though a man die, he shall live again." And we have the resurrection of God's own Son, Jesus Christ, for our example. This it is that gives us the victory over our doubts and fears. This is the rock on which we build our hope of rising again. If these bodies of ours are appointed to immortality, does it need a preacher to enforce the necessity of a pure, and sober, and godly conversation? Look at the strong support and comfort which belief in a resurrection can give the heart. (R. D. B. Rawnsley, M. A.) 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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