gospel" (II Tim. 1: 10).  Elihu told Job of a "ransom" that delivered man from the pit

(Job 33: 23-25), and so Hosea says of the Lord:

But this is not all:

for the Saviour said of His sheep "They shall never perish", and of those who attain to the

resurrection in connection with eternal life, it is written "Neither can they die any more"

(Luke 20: 36). Death moreover is the last enemy that shall be destroyed:

and of this blessed consummation the Lord declared:

There are types of resurrection which we have not included in our survey and many

allusions and statements in Prophecy and Psalm that could supplement what is here

presented. We have however, a richer field to explore, namely the N.T. where type,

prophecy and promise find their fulfillment in the Person and Work of Him, Who at a

graveside could declare:

We have passed in review some of the answers which the O.T. gives to the age old

question "If a man die, shall he live again?" There are other types and somewhat obscure

references which we have passed over, as our space is limited and our purpose simple. It

may seem a strange question to ask, "With what books of the N.T. shall we start?" The

natural answer will be "With the Gospels, of course". Before we do this there are one or

two facts that must be recognized. The notes in Matt 27: 8 and 28: 15 "unto this

day" are in harmony with the accepted view that Matthew's Gospel was not written until

some years after the events recorded. It is even possible that the first literature of the

N.T. was one of the early epistles of Paul. It is morally certain that the thousands who

believed on and after the day of Pentecost, never saw one of the Gospels, for only seven

weeks intervened. When Luke wrote his gospel he set forth in order a declaration of

things which were already most surely believed among them, and in which his hearer had

already been instructed.