Psalm 1, “Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of scoffers or scorners.”  Or Psalm 2, “Blessed are all who take refuge in Him,” meaning the Son of God. But more importantly and more to the point, how we die. Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the Commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.’, “And I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write:  Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’  ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.’. They’re mentioned also back in chapter 7. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off.theοἱ (hoi)Article - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. A life of perseverance; a death full of promise. Believers live life most purely; they live life most nobly; they live life most purposefully. This is a statement of fact. The Messiah hadn’t even come. The first part explains the "blessedness" of the previous passage; in this rest consists their blessedness. It is the accumulation of all the worst of times in a very brief, intense period. That’s why in Ephesians it says, “We are sealed by the Spirit unto the day of redemption.”  It is the Spirit that keeps us, guards us, protects us. © 2021 Grace to You. But they all died in faith. And when saints are facing the worst that will ever be known in all of human history, the forces of hell being unleashed, the world around them collapsing and being literally obliterated by the hand of God Himself as He crashes heavenly bodies into the earth, as He destroys the water supply, as He destroys the crops all over the earth, as demons run loose everywhere, as martyrs for the faith are slaughtered on every front, and in every means and way possible - even by members of their own families, as all of this hell is unleashed and heaven itself unleashed in judgment - the faith of a true believer will persevere. What does it mean? The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. It is the nature of the faith that God grants that it is everlasting. True saints persevere. By Erick Arc Elliott)BetterOffDEAD 2013 (ElectricKoolAde Records)WWW.THEGLORIOUSDEAD.COM So the first wonderful reality of being blessed in death is based upon how we live. Who is the one who is your strength in every temptation and every trial? What you won’t have in heaven is work in the sense that you’ll dissipate energy; or you’ll have obstacles, or barriers, or impediments, or restraints, or disappointments. It doesn’t mean we’re perfect, but the path of obedience is always the path in which a true believer walks. The perseverance of the saints is a critical reality. Revelation 6:11). Here we meet the most tested, potentially terrified believers in all of history with the most powerful assaults of hell’s hosts coming against them during the most troubled and wicked time of human history, when the restraining work of the Holy Spirit is removed, Satan’s last effort to destroy the work of God, and the true saints persevere to the end. After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. It endures everything. Go over to verse 32. Who is this? When the Spirit does speak, He seems to only speak in one word:  “Come.”  And here He says, “Yes.”  Yes? “Who is the one - ” verse 5 “ – who overcomes the world? You cannot bless the dead, nor are you to pray to or honor them. We live with perseverance - persevering in our trust, persevering in our obedience. But it is so important to have the comfort of a beatitude, a blessed reality. And in the book of revelation, I want you to look at the 14th chapter, and I’ll begin reading in verse 9, and I want to read down a ways from verse 9 to the end of the chapter. He’s on our side and He is taking us to glory. It’s like Psalm 116:15, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.”  Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. He, she, it, they, them, same. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them; Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular. And how did they die? It is a victory. But I want us to focus on this one:  “Blessed are the dead.”  Blessed are the dead. Since the UK is now no longer a member of the EU, you may be charged an import tax on this item by the customs authorities in your country of residence, which is beyond our control. They were stoned; they were sawn in two; they were tempted; they were put to death with a sword. Is this an angel or is this the Lord? And what does it say? In fact, we will receive a crown of life, which the Lord will give to us. "Henceforth" should probably stand thus, and not in connection with the following sentence. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me. Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural. toil, literally or figuratively; by implication, pains.forγὰρ (gar)ConjunctionStrong's 1063: For. Here is the perseverance of the saints. John talks of this perseverance in a general sense, not with regard to the tribulation saints, but all of us when in 1 John 5:4, he writes, “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. But blessed are those who die in the Lord.”  And then an amazing amen comes out of heaven:  “Yes,” says the Spirit. They’re loyal to Christ. Biggie died in 1997 and Tupac in 1996. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.heavenοὐρανοῦ (ouranou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.telling [me]λεγούσης (legousēs)Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. It will never disappear; it will never dissipate. Go back to verse 12:  “Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.”  This is not a command; this is not a suggestion; this is not a mandate. Bless the roof-tree up above Bless every solid wall. They do two things - they keep the commandments of God and they keep their faith in Jesus. To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. They were living in faith, the faith that hadn’t seen the fulfillment of the promise. Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. And all these, having gained approval through their faith, didn’t receive what was promised.”. We die with promise. They live in faith and obedience to God, which then produces blessing and supervision from a divine level for all the issues of their lives. About “GOD Blessed the DEAD” 1 contributor Track 16 on the Flatbush ZOMBiES second mixtape, “BetterOffDEAD”. No matter how severe, how deadly, how far-reaching persecution and martyrdom may come, they will endure to the end. They will be demanding of themselves the greatest kind of exertion of strength, the greatest kind of exertion of service to their Lord in that time. Blessed are those who die in the Lord. From apo and thnesko; to die off. A fourth of the population of the world dies. From, away from. The negative is verse 13:  “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors!”  That’s the negative; no more labor. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. This classic doctrine is most singularly defined by the horrors of the time in which it is declared. For this morning as we think about the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and our own hope of eternal life, I want you to open your Bible to the 14th chapter of Revelation, the book of Revelation, the Apocalypse, the unveiling of the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the great truth of the perseverance of the saints; they survive. Tupac could have been making it on in a diss but as the tempo of the song goes it seems more laid back. It is the worst of all times in human history. Re Apocalypse). And He who sits on the throne spreads His tabernacle over them and they don’t hunger any longer, they don’t thirst any longer. Why is the Spirit saying that? Jerusalem will be converted, as chapter 11 says. True believers continue to obey and continue to believe. Listen, it is a statement of fact. You say, “Well, what about people who make a profession of Christ and walk away?”  First John 2:19, “They went out from us because they were not of us. Revelation 14:9, “Then another angel, a third one followed them saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast - ’ that’s the Antichrist ‘ – and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he will also drink of the wine of the wrath of God which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger, and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. Revelation 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. President George Washington and the letter he wrote, after a visit to Newport, R.I., where he was enthusiastically received by, among others, members of the local Jewish community. They will never stop believing; they will never stop trusting; they will never stop obeying. To accompany.them.”αὐτῶν (autōn)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluralStrong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. Romans 14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. The Holy Spirit. A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe. The Spirit says, “Come.”  The Spirit says, “Come.”  The Spirit and the bride are the church:  “Come.”  It’s an invitation to come – come to God; come to salvation; come to glory. O death, where is your sting?’  The sting of death is sin. And that’s what I want you to focus on:  “Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. What does blessed mean? - And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me. Just look at that phrase, “Here is the perseverance of the saints.”  That’s a very familiar phrase to theologians because we talk a lot about the perseverance of the saints. Blessed are those who are persecuted.”  In James, there’s a wonderful benediction, a wonderful beatitude:  “Blessed is the man who endures temptation.”, And as I said, there are seven in the book of Revelation, seven more blessings. Where did these saints come from? Oh, and by the way, all proceeds from sales of GBTD go to charity to support research concerning mental illness. And when death comes – rest, anapau - far more than the worn mariner, worried by his long and painful endurance of the tempest, endangers the wild cold sea as he enters the calm port, finds his way home; far more than the mutilated, scarred and sick soldier who’s home from the miseries of battle, laying softly oh his own bed with people who love him; ten thousand times ten thousand more than that. And it’s the same now. My work is done; another saint brought to glory.”. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. And, “Write this down - ” he is told “ – Blessed are the dead. This is what our Lord has provided for us through His resurrection. It will be a capacity; some kind of supernatural, eternal, divine capacity to serve the Lord forever. Omit "unto me." It’s a word, kopon, that is kind of broad. And this is said in the context of the time of great tribulation in the future. Who was it that regenerated you? They will then become the martyrs, crying out for God to bring judgment. I heardἤκουσα (ēkousa)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularStrong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. Now, just now, at this moment. But they will persevere. There will never be another conflict forever. In fact, in chapter 18 and chapter 21, there are going to be statements coming out of heaven from God’s own lips metaphorically speaking. It will persevere because that is the nature of saving faith. Much of that judgment, of course, focuses on that seven-year period called the great tribulation, that period in which hell belches forth bound demons who are loosed on the earth to accompany those demons that already occupy their kingdom in our midst. Contrast the opposite fate of the wicked, described in ver. Saving faith is forever and obedience is consistent. Bless each door that opens wide To stranger, kith and kin; Bless each shining window-pane That lets the sunshine in. And when we finally die as martyrs under the worst circumstances, we enter into the blessedness of the next life, and the Spirit says, “Yes; yes.”  That’s His work, to bring us to glory, to bring us to glory. It’s not nothing; it’s blessedness, it’s satisfaction, it’s fulfillment. God bless the dead [2Pac:] God bless the dead, and buried Nigga, don't worry if you see God first Tell him shit got worse, I ain't mad I know you representin the crew And I can picture you in heaven with a blunt and a brew Fuck the world, pain was a part of the game If you a baller, money went as quick as it came Everybody wants to avoid death; it is a curse. That seems such a strange statement. They will persevere patiently, with sustained, persistent faithfulness under the most relentless and vicious persecution and martyrdom ever known; and, therefore, they will die and enter blessings. It’s a frightening thing. It seems as though it is the divine voice that commands to write. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated - men of whom the world was not worthy - wandering in deserts, and mountains, and caves, and holes in the ground. Well, that’s your reward. The beat is produced by the Zombies' very … Adverb from a derivative of airo through the idea of suspension; just now. It’s sort of like you think you’ve got troubles now; you have no idea how strong saving faith really is. Nothing goes wrong. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. The second feature of this text comes in verse 13, how we live. This classic doctrine provides assurance; it provides hope; it provides joy to every true believer. It is a love story and a story of overcoming one’s past, an exploration of the … But there is heaven. Everything is perfect for these dear saints that will one day hear this in the time of tribulation, living in the worst of times, deep sorrow with the family members and friends being killed, and their own lives being threatened. General Comment God Bless The Dead came out in 1998 on the Greatest Hits Album Disc 2 and this was never previously released. “they will restἀναπαήσονται (anapaēsontai)Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 373: From ana and pauo; to repose (be exempt), remain); by implication, to refresh.fromἐκ (ek)PrepositionStrong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. They are in a time when everything is being crushed under the power of Satan or the judgment power of God. It happens because we have been given by God’s grace and power, an enduring faith, a faith that perseveres. This is a divine command, I think, rather than an angel. Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language. "GOD Blessed The DEAD" (Prod. It needs to be said that if you’re living life and you are struggling with it, join the human race. There are a series of crowns in the New Testament - will be rewarded based on gold, silver, or precious stone, after the wood, hay, and stubble is burned up. To enable Smart Transcript, click this icon or click anywhere in the transcript. Away, in various senses.this moment on.”ἄρτι (arti)AdverbStrong's 737: Now, just now, at this moment. We saw that in the 20th century in Europe when 100 million people were murdered to create a socialist utopia, which never came. There will be no rest, and there will be no reward; and eternity will be weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth; outer darkness; isolation. The Old Testament saints, even though it cost them their lives, they were looking forward to one who hadn’t even yet come. Fresh water is destroyed in the sense that lakes and rivers are polluted. They hadn’t received the promise. This is what our Lord has provided for us through His resurrection. Even under the deadly reign of Antichrist, they are loyal to Christ. Bless the Harts is an American adult animated sitcom created by Emily Spivey for the Fox Broadcasting Company. theτὸ (to)Article - Nominative Neuter SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. God bless the dead. That’s His divine amen when He gets you there. "GOD Blessed The DEAD" [Verse - Meechy Darko:] It's that Brooklyn phenom Psychedelic Zeon, suspended in animation While lookin down at you peons Defying the laws of physics, while hitting gravity bongs After she hit the spliff, her voice get raspier than T-Boz Who is it who is your illuminator, who teaches you all things? Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Blessed are the dead. If they make it to heaven they are blessed. We could understand, “Blessed are the living.”  And if we think about, “Blessed are the dead,” we might say the only people who would say that would be terrorists who for some strange, bizarre reason, having been deceived by Satan and false religion, think that they will be blessed if they kill themselves with other people. “Because I live, you shall live also.”  He rose to eternal life to give us eternal life. And here’s the point:  Believers live with perseverance. Women received back their dead by resurrection. Not only do they obey, but they trust, they trust. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. They live life in a most exemplary way, most productive way, because they have been transformed to do that. The Lord says at the end of the book of Revelation, “Behold, I come quickly. All the struggle, all the disappointment, all the anxiety, all the fear, all the doubt, all the short-comings, all the unfulfillment, all the dissatisfaction - all gone forever. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.”  Our faith overcomes the world. They are always praising You.”  Or again in Psalm 84, “Blessed is the man whose strength is in You.”  Or Psalm 106, “Blessed are those who keep justice, practice righteousness at all times.”  Or Psalm 112, “Blessed is the man who fears the Lord and who greatly delights in His commandments.”, There are so many of these wonderful blessings, beatitudes. No rest, day and night. Who is the one who strengthens you in all your weakness? Death is a blessing when you live with persevering faith and you enter into the perfection of heaven; one whose life was a true life of salvation faith, trusting and obeying the Lord all the way through, never failing; and then whose death was filled with promise. (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. What does that mean? If you are unsure about any future, just know this:  apart from Christ, your struggle will go on forever, forever. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. When the Holy Spirit says, “Yes,” His amen means no more struggle of any kind; rest from all struggle. Hebrews 6:10 puts it this way:  “God will not forget your labor.”  God will not forget your kingdom work. We sent you an email. Celestial bodies careen and crash into the earth. Register. I want you to look at that statement, “Blessed are the dead.”  Blessed are the dead. (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. Amen. From ana and pauo; to repose (be exempt), remain); by implication, to refresh. It’s reality that is fully content and serene. The sun doesn’t beat them any longer; they don’t experience heat. Registered User People say, “I’m afraid for what’s going to happen to the church. God will never allow any temptation to overtake you that you will not be able to endure. True saints persevere. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. The lamb is in the center of the throne. In, on, among. He conquered death for us. They live life most fully, most richly, most joyously, most happily. Happy, blessed, to be envied. God bless the corners of this house And be the lintel blessed. But he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.”  If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God, you have overcome the world. They were living in hope. Now, if you did enjoy that somewhat, don’t buy the book! Revelation 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. to write,Γράψον (Grapson)Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularStrong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.“Blessed [are]Μακάριοι (Makarioi)Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3107: Happy, blessed, to be envied. Helena is a brilliant, troubled red-headed Irish émigré, a victim of child abuse in a Sisters of Mercy orphanage. They, however, do not express the reality of how that happens. Properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. They will endure no matter what assaults may come from hell, no matter what may happen around them. Blessed are those that hunger and thirst. There they are; they all died in faith. 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