Isaiah 25:8
8. Quoted in 1Co 15:54, in support of the resurrection.
swallow up . . . in victory—completely and permanently "abolish" (2Ti 1:10; Re 20:14; 21:4; compare Ge 2:17; 3:22). rebuke—(Compare Mr 8:38; Heb 11:26). Revelation of John 21:4
4. all tears—Greek, "every tear."
no more death—Greek, "death shall be no more." Therefore it is not the millennium, for in the latter there is death (Isa 65:20; 1Co 15:26, 54, "the last enemy . . . destroyed is death," Re 20:14, after the millennium). sorrow—Greek, "mourning." passed away—Greek, "departed," as in Re 21:1.
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