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For we know that if our earthly
house, this tent, is destroyed, we
have a building from God, a house
not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. 2 For in this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be clothed with
our habitation which is from
heaven, 3 if indeed, having been
clothed, we shall not be found naked.
(2 Corinthians 5)
When this old body fails is
there anything else?
“This Tent”
• Temporary housing - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
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For we know that if our earthly
house, this tent, is destroyed, we
have a building from God, a house
not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. 2 For in this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be clothed with
our habitation which is from heaven
(2 Corinthians 5)
“This Tent”
• Temporary housing - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
• Formed from dust - Genesis 2:7
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And the LORD God formed man of
the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a living
being.
(Genesis 2)
“This Tent”
• Temporary housing - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
• Formed from dust - Genesis 2:7
– Return to dust - Ecclesiastes 12:7
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Then the dust will return to the
earth as it was, And the spirit will
return to God who gave it.
(Ecclesiastes 12)
“This Tent”
• Temporary housing - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
• Formed from dust - Genesis 2:7
– Return to dust - Ecclesiastes 12:7
• The end of all men - Ecclesiastes 7:2
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Better to go to the house of
mourning Than to go to the house
of feasting, For that is the end of all
men; And the living will take it to
heart.
(Ecclesiastes 7)
“This Tent”
• Temporary housing - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
• Formed from dust - Genesis 2:7
– Return to dust - Ecclesiastes 12:7
• The end of all men - Ecclesiastes 7:2
• Cannot retain the spirit - Eccl. 8:8
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No one has power over the spirit
to retain the spirit, And no one has
power in the day of death. There is
no release from that war, And
wickedness will not deliver those
who are given to it.
(Ecclesiastes 8)
“This Tent”
• Temporary housing - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
• Formed from dust - Genesis 2:7
– Return to dust - Ecclesiastes 12:7
• The end of all men - Ecclesiastes 7:2
• Cannot retain the spirit - Eccl. 8:8
• A natural process - Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
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Remember now your Creator in
the days of your youth, Before the
difficult days come, And the years
draw near when you say, “I have no
pleasure in them”:
2 While the sun and the light, The
moon and the stars, Are not
darkened, And the clouds do not
return after the rain;
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In the day when the keepers of the
house tremble, And the strong men
bow down; When the grinders cease
because they are few, And those that
look through the windows grow dim;
4 When the doors are shut in the
streets, And the sound of grinding is
low; When one rises up at the sound of
a bird, And all the daughters of music
are brought low.
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Also they are afraid of height,
And of terrors in the way; When the
almond tree blossoms, The
grasshopper is a burden, And desire
fails. For man goes to his eternal
home, And the mourners go about
the streets.
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Remember your Creator before
the silver cord is loosed, Or the
golden bowl is broken, Or the
pitcher shattered at the fountain, Or
the wheel broken at the well.
7 Then the dust will return to the
earth as it was, And the spirit will
return to God who gave it.
(Ecclesiastes 12)
“This Tent”
• This body is temporary housing
• Formed from dust
– Return to dust
• Death is the end of all men
• Cannot retain the spirit
• Aging is a natural process
A New House
• A building from God - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
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For we know that if our earthly
house, this tent, is destroyed, we
have a building from God, a house
not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. 2 For in this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be clothed with
our habitation which is from heaven
(2 Corinthians 5)
A New House
• A building from God - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
• Swallowed up of life - 2 Corinthians 5:4
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For we who are in this tent groan,
being burdened, not because we
want to be unclothed, but further
clothed, that mortality may be
swallowed up by life.
(2 Corinthians 5)
A New House
• A building from God - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
• Swallowed up of life - 2 Corinthians 5:4
• A spiritual body - I Corinthians 15:35-44
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But someone will say, “How are the
dead raised up? And with what body
do they come?” 36 Foolish one, what
you sow is not made alive unless it
dies. 37 And what you sow, you do not
sow that body that shall be, but mere
grain—perhaps wheat or some
other grain. 38 But God gives it a body
as He pleases, and to each seed its own
body.
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All flesh is not the same flesh,
but there is one kind of flesh of men,
another flesh of animals, another of
fish, and another of birds. 40 There
are also celestial bodies and
terrestrial bodies; but the glory of
the celestial is one, and the glory of
the terrestrial is another.
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There is one glory of the sun,
another glory of the moon, and
another glory of the stars; for one
star differs from another star in
glory. 42 So also is the resurrection
of the dead. The body is sown in
corruption, it is raised in
incorruption.
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It is sown in dishonor, it is raised
in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is
raised in power. 44 It is sown a
natural body, it is raised a spiritual
body. There is a natural body, and
there is a spiritual body.
(I Corinthians 15)
A New House
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A building from God - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
Swallowed up of life - 2 Corinthians 5:4
A spiritual body - I Corinthians 15:35-44
Flesh cannot inherit life - I Cor. 15:50-57
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Now this I say, brethren, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God; nor does
corruption inherit incorruption. 51
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed
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in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead
will be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed. 53 For this
corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality.
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So when this corruptible has put on
incorruption, and this mortal has put
on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is
written: “Death is swallowed up in
victory.”
55 “O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”
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The sting of death is sin, and the
strength of sin is the law. 57 But
thanks be to God, who gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
(I Corinthians 15)
A New House
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A building from God - 2 Cor. 5:1-2
Swallowed up of life - 2 Corinthians 5:4
A spiritual body - I Corinthians 15:35-44
Flesh cannot inherit life - I Cor. 15:50-57
– But we do inherit! – I Peter 1:3-4
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Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who according
to His abundant mercy has begotten
us again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead, 4 to an inheritance
incorruptible and undefiled and that
does not fade away, reserved in
heaven for you,
(I Peter 1)
A New House
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A building from God
Swallowed up of life
A spiritual body
Flesh cannot inherit life, but as God’s
children in our spiritual bodies we have
an eternal inheritance.
So …..
• Set your house in order - 2 Kings 20:1
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In those days Hezekiah was sick
and near death. And Isaiah the
prophet, the son of Amoz, went to
him and said to him, “Thus says
the LORD: ‘Set your house in order,
for you shall die, and not live.’”
(2 Kings 20)
So …..
• Set your house in order - 2 Kings 20:1
• Be saved - Acts 2:36-41
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“Therefore let all the house of
Israel know assuredly that God has
made this Jesus, whom you
crucified, both Lord and Christ.” 37
Now when they heard this, they
were cut to the heart, and said to
Peter and the rest of the apostles,
“Men and brethren, what shall we
do?”
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Then Peter said to them, “Repent,
and let every one of you be baptized
in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins; and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39
For the promise is to you and to your
children, and to all who are afar off,
as many as the Lord our God will call.”
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And with many other words he
testified and exhorted them, saying,
“Be saved from this perverse
generation.” 41 Then those
who gladly received his word were
baptized; and that day about three
thousand souls were added to them.
(Acts 2)
So …..
• Set your house in order - 2 Kings 20:1
• Be saved - Acts 2:36-41
• Seek things above - Colossians 3:1-4
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If then you were raised with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ is, sitting at the right hand
of God. 2 Set your mind on things
above, not on things on the earth. 3
For you died, and your life is hidden
with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who
is our life appears, then you also will
appear with Him in glory.
(Colossians 3)
So …..
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Set your house in order - 2 Kings 20:1
Be saved - Acts 2:36-41
Seek things above - Colossians 3:1-4
Be serious about heaven - 2 Pet. 1:10-11
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Therefore, brethren, be even more
diligent to make your call and
election sure, for if you do these
things you will never stumble; 11 for
so an entrance will be supplied to
you abundantly into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.
(2 Peter 1)
So …..
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Set your house in order
Be saved from your sins
Seek things above
Be serious about heaven
While death is a reality that we
must all deal with, we must learn to
look beyond death to that which is
eternal.
For the Christian this means a home
with God, eternal in the heavens,
far beyond all the struggles and
trials we face in this body.
So, have you “set your house in
order?” Have you been saved from
your sins and begun living with
heaven as your goal?
Now is the time to prepare to meet
our Lord in judgment!
Won’t you start now?