Is ransomed from the grave.
William Cowper.
The Intermediate State
The Burial Of Sarah. "If I wait, the grave is mine house." Job 17:13.
1. By what figure does the Bible represent death?
“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” 1 Thess. 4:13. See also 1 Cor. 15:18, 20; John 11:11-14.
Note.—In sound sleep one is wholly lost to consciousness; time goes by unmeasured; and the mental functions which are active during consciousness are suspended for the time being.