Confronted by our mortality and our last enemy—death
Kenneth Koole provides a pastoral meditation on death as Scripture's ultimate enemy, tracing its origin in sin and its role as God's judgment while emphasizing Christ's sovereign comfort and victory over death for believers. The article combines biblical exegesis with devotional reflection, offering assurance that Christ's presence and lordship transform our confrontation with mortality from terror into hope. This resource speaks to both the doctrinal reality of death and its practical comfort for Christians facing life's final passage.
For in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:17 For the wages of sin is death….Romans 6:23 Since by man came death…. As in Adam all die….I Corinthians 15:21, 22 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and the name that sat on him was death, and Hell followed with him….Revelation 6:8 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. I Corinthians 15:26 Death, death, death. It marches through Scripture like a seemingly invincible army and down through history...
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