»Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?«
And in Hades, being in torment, he looked and saw Abraham in the far distance, and Lazarus resting in his arms.
For Thou wilt not leave me in the Unseen World forsaken, nor give up Thy holy One to undergo decay.
»Who art thou, Lord?« he asked. »I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,« was the reply.
Yet Death reigned as king from Adam to Moses even over those who had not sinned, as Adam did, against Law. And in Adam we have a type of Him whose coming was still future.
Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;
They had tails like those of scorpions, and also stings; and in their tails lay their power of injuring mankind for five months.