Bajan Tuh De Bone

Monday, September 22

As for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.—Eccl. 9:5.

Is there any hope, then, for those who have died? Yes. In fact, there must be if God’s original purpose* for mankind is to be fulfilled. Over the centuries, loyal servants of God have exercised faith in Jehovah’s promise about a Seed who would destroy Satan and undo the harm he did. (Gen. 3:15) Most have died. If they are to see the fulfillment of that promise and of others that Jehovah has made, they need to be raised from the dead. (Heb. 11:13) Is such a thing possible? Yes, it is. The apostle Paul said: “There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Acts 24:15) Paul once resurrected a young man named Eutychus, who had fallen from a third-floor window and was “picked up dead.” This is the last of nine resurrections recorded in the Bible. (Acts 20:7-12) Those nine resurrections provide a basis for faith in Paul’s statement. w07 1/1 2:1-3

*According to Genisis 1:27,28 .... God's original purpose for mankind is for them to b perfect beings living in righteous conditions here on the earth in happiness always .....hence ... a Paradise .
Gen 1:27,28 27 And God proceeded to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. 28 Further, God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving upon the earth.”