Hope for those who have died! - Grief Support at LegacyConnect

What wonderful promises God's word holds out for our dear loved ones who have passed away.

(Acts

24:15) and I have hope toward God, which hope these [men] themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

(John

5:28, 29) Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice ²⁹?and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.

Can you imagine seeing your loved one again?? Notice this historical event mentioned in the Bible.

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(John

11:1-46) Now there was a certain man sick, Laz

?a?rus of Beth?a?ny, of the village of Mary and of Martha her sister. ²?It was, in fact, the Mary that greased the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Laz?a?rus was sick. ³?Therefore his sisters dispatched word to him, saying: ?Lord, see! the one for whom you have affection is sick.? ⁴?But when Jesus heard it he said: ?This sickness is not with death as its object, but is for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it.? ⁵?Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Laz?a?rus. ⁶?However, when he heard that he was sick, then he actually remained two days in the place where he was. ⁷?Then after this he said to the disciples: ?Let us go into Ju?de?a again.? ⁸?The disciples said to him: ?Rabbi, just lately the Ju?de?ans were seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?? ⁹?Jesus answered: ?There are twelve hours of daylight, are there not? If anyone walks in daylight he does not bump against anything, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰?But if anyone walks in the night, he bumps against something, because the light is not in him.? ¹¹?He said these things, and after this he said to them: ?Laz?a?rus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep.? ¹²?Therefore the disciples said to him: ?Lord, if he has gone to rest, he will get well.? ¹³?Jesus had spoken, however, about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴?At that time, therefore, Jesus said to them outspokenly: ?Laz?a?rus has died, ¹⁵?and I rejoice on YOUR account that I was not there, in order for YOU to believe. But let us go to him.? ¹⁶?Therefore Thomas, who was called The Twin, said to his fellow disciples: ?Let us also go, that we may die with him.? ¹⁷?Consequently when Jesus arrived, he found he had already been four days in the memorial tomb. ¹⁸?Now Beth?a?ny was near Jerusalem at a distance of about two miles. ¹⁹?Accordingly many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary in order to console them concerning their brother. ²⁰?Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him; but Mary kept sitting at home. ²¹?Martha therefore said to Jesus: ?Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died. ²²?And yet at present I know that as many things as you ask God for, God will give you.? ²³?Jesus said to her: ?Your brother will rise.? ²⁴?Martha said to him: ?I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.? ²⁵?Jesus said to her: ?I am the resurrection and the life. He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life; ²⁶?and everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all. Do you believe this?? ²⁷?She said to him: ?Yes, Lord; I have believed that you are the Christ the Son of God, the One coming into the world.? ²⁸?And when she had said this, she went off and called Mary her sister, saying secretly: ?The Teacher is present and is calling you.? ²⁹?The latter, when she heard this, got up quickly and was on her way to him. ³⁰?Jesus had not yet, in fact, come into the village, but he was still in the place where Martha met him. ³¹?Therefore the Jews that were with her in the house and that were consoling her, on seeing Mary rise quickly and go out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the memorial tomb to weep there. ³²?And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: ?Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.? ³³?Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; ³⁴?and he said: ?Where have YOU laid him?? They said to him: ?Lord, come and see.? ³⁵?Jesus gave way to tears. ³⁶?Therefore the Jews began to say: ?See, what affection he used to have for him!? ³⁷?But some of them said: ?Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?? ³⁸?Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it. ³⁹?Jesus said: ?TAKE the stone away.? Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: ?Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.? ⁴⁰?Jesus said to her: ?Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?? ⁴¹?Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: ?Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴²?True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.? ⁴³?And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: ?Laz?a?rus, come on out!? ⁴⁴?The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: ?Loose him and let him go.? ⁴⁵?Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him; ⁴⁶?but some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did.

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This is proof that Jesus has the power and ability to raise our loved ones up from the grave!

What a beautiful account to meditate and reflect on when we are missing those we lost in death.

I pray that this is a source of encouragement for everyone!

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