When a person dies, he lies down\par and he doesn’t get up.\par The skies will all disappear\par before a dead man will wake up.\par No. People don’t wake up from that sleep.\par
Psalm 17:15 - Easy To Read Version \{I prayed for\} fairness.\par So I will see your face, Lord.\par And seeing you, Lord, {\cf2\super [93]} \par I will be fully satisfied.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You]. American Standard Version (1901) As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form. Common English Bible But me? I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be filled full by seeing your image. Catholic Public Domain Version And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them. |
When a person dies, he lies down\par and he doesn’t get up.\par The skies will all disappear\par before a dead man will wake up.\par No. People don’t wake up from that sleep.\par
But the Lord is good.\par And he loves people doing good things.\par Good people will \{be with him\}\par and see his face.\par
Lord, I will follow your Agreement {\cf2\super [598]} forever.\par It makes me very happy.\par
You will teach me the right way to live.\par Just being with you, Lord, will bring\par complete happiness.\par Being at your right side will bring\par happiness forever.\par
Those people are just like sheep.\par The grave will be their pen.\par Death will be their shepherd.\par Then on that morning\par the good people will be the winners\par as the bodies of those \{proud\} people\par slowly rot in the grave,\par far away from their fancy houses.\par
But, Lord, by your great mercy,\par I will come to your temple. {\cf2\super [26]} \par I will bow toward your holy temple\par with fear and respect for you, Lord.\par
God, you chose your people.\par You chose us to come to your temple\par and worship you.\par And we are very happy!\par We have all the wonderful things\par in your temple, your holy palace.\par
\{But the Lord says,\}\par “Your people have died,\par but they will live again.\par The bodies of my people\par will rise from death.\par Dead people in the ground,\par stand and be happy!\par The dew covering you is like\par the dew sparkling in the light of a new day.\par It shows a new time is coming when the earth\par will give up the dead people\par that are in it.”\par
After hearing that, I (Jeremiah) woke up and looked around. That was a very pleasant sleep.
When I speak to him, I talk face to face with him. I don’t use stories with hidden meanings—I show him clearly the things I want him to know. And Moses can look at the very image of the Lord. So why were you brave enough to speak against my servant Moses?”
What great blessings there are for the people that want to do right more than anything else {\cf2\super [59]} !\par God will fully satisfy them.\par
And our faces are not covered. We all show the Lord’s glory. We are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings more and more glory. This glory comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
He will change our humble bodies and make them like his own glorious body. Christ can do this by his power. With that power Christ is able to rule all things.
“But maybe you don’t want to serve the Lord. You must choose for yourselves today. Today you must decide who you will serve. Will you serve the gods that your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates River? Or will you serve the gods of the Amorite people that lived in this land? You must choose for yourselves. But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord!”