Oct 1996 - Notes On Psalm 6 - Bible Studies 1964

by John Miller | Category: Voices From The Past | Oct 1996

Job also adds what seems to corroborate the thought that the righteous at death went to where they enjoyed peace and rest. He says, 'There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest' (Job 3:17). But there seems to be the thought that in Sheol (Hades) there is no arrangement for praise and thanksgiving. They enjoyed blessed felicity and peace, but the day of service would come again in the resurrection. The same thought of rest seems to be in the words of Samuel to Saul, 'Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?' (1 Sam. 28:15). There is no thought of souls being asleep and in a state of unconsciousness. This is clearly seen in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:14-31. There is memory amongst the blessed dead in Hades, in the place where the blessed are, and there is also memory amongst the lost in the place of torment. We are not now discussing where the blessed dead now go at, death, nor attempting to pry into their occupation. They are with the Lord.

The sorrow of the psalmist was evidently great, for he says,

I am weary with my groaning;

Every night make I my bed to swim;

I water my couch with my tears.

Mine eye wasteth away because of my grief;

It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

John Miller | Oct 1996
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