The Dead in Christ Shall Rise First | Gothic Graveyard Design | 1 Thessalonians 4:16 | Orthodox Christian Black MugI believe the words of the wise, that every fair and Godbeloved soul, when, set free from the bonds of the body, it departs hence, at once enjoys a sense and perception of the blessings which await it. This happens to the extent that whatever darkened that soul has been purged away, or laid asidethis is the only way I can express itsuch that it feels a marvelous pleasure and exultation and goes rejoicing to meet its Lord. This soul has escaped, as it

From the Psalter According to the Seventy:

The spirit indeed is willing

Lift its head to the blows of the rain

and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines

Satan entered into him

and not allowed to rise

The word “rival” stresses the main attribute of conscience: to oppose our evil desires and intentions

and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God

for Thou lovest mankind

and the dead will be raised imperishable

and that I am the Lord your God

I was in prison and you came to me