For this reason Messiah died and lived again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
And Yeshua came up to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Was it not necessary for Messiah to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”
Amen, amen I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.
You know the message He sent to Bnei-Yisrael, proclaiming shalom through Messiah Yeshua—He is Lord of all.
And He commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify that He is the One ordained by God as Judge of the living and the dead.
For if you confess with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For the love of Messiah compels us, since we have concluded that One died for all; as a result all died.
For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, so with Him God will also bring those who have fallen asleep in Yeshua.
He died for us so that, whether we may be awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
I solemnly charge you—in the presence of God and Messiah Yeshua, who is about to judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His Kingdom—
focusing on Yeshua, the initiator and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame; and He has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Through Him you are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.
But they will have to give an account to the One who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
and the One who lives. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever! Moreover, I hold the keys of death and Sheol.
To the angel of Messiah’s community in Smyrna write: “Thus says the First and Last, who was dead and came to life.