Decoding "The Burial of the Dead"
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(→Figure 5: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions from "Order for the Burial of the Dead") |
(→Figure 5: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions from "Order for the Burial of the Dead") |
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| − | + | The chart for the scriptural passages in the "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" is actually not as indicative of its content as the other Figures presented, perhaps because it uses twenty Biblical passages, each differing length, and of a falsely constructed order, according to one way of structuring a funeral service. It does, however, confirm key aspects of life after death. It demonstrates the tension between a dead body and an everlasting body and, interestingly, "dead," and "death," overlap on [[1 Corinthians 15]]:20-26, and on [[1 Corinthians 15]]:26, Christ defeats death as the last enemy. Soon after, the word "throne," rises in usage in [[Revelation 7]]:9-17, in which John the Apostle sees the heavenly court of God, and describes how the dead will live with Christ. In His court, they will "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." [[Revelation 7]]:16-17. | |
=='''Biblical Allusions'''== | =='''Biblical Allusions'''== | ||
