本期视频中，魏泰德牧师谈到了死亡和复活的希望，这是基督复临安息日会第26条基本信仰的主题。

我们所经历的最痛苦和毁灭性的损失之一就是失去所爱的人。虽然悲伤会随着时间的推移而减轻，但对那个特别的人的记忆会一直伴随着我们。

但我们有着与所爱的人再次相见的奇妙盼望。耶稣在约翰福音11:25说：“复活在我，生命也在我；信我的人，虽然死了，也必复活。”

永恒何时开始?

提摩太前书：16告诉我们，上帝“就是那独一不死，住在人不能靠近的光里。”相比之下，人类是能朽坏的。创世记2:7：“耶和华 神用地上的尘土造人，将生气吹在他鼻孔里，他就成了有灵的活人。”有的版本翻译为“活的灵魂。”有灵的活人，需要生命的气息和身体。

在上帝创造亚当夏娃时，赐给他们自由意志，选择的能力。他们可以顺从祂，也可以不顺从。但是如果他们吃了善恶树的果子，他们“就必定死。”（创世记2:17）

不行的是，撒但违抗上帝的警告，试探夏娃，“你们不一定死，”（创世记3:4）但是在他们犯罪后发现“罪的工价乃是死。”（罗马书6:23）他们得“因为你是从土而出的。你本是尘土，仍要归于尘土。”（创世记3:19）

基督复临安息日会基本信仰第26条宣称：“罪的工价乃是死。但是上帝，那唯一不死的，却要赐永生给祂的赎民。在那日以前，死对所有的人，乃是一种无知觉的状态。当基督，我们的生命，显现之时，复活的义人与活着的义人，要得荣耀，被提到天上，与他们的主相遇。那第二次的复活，就是不义之人的复活，则要等到一千年之后。”

死亡是一种无意识的状态，是一个人等待复活的深度睡眠。“活着的人知道必死，死了的人毫无所知，也不再得赏赐，他们的名无人记念。”（传道书9:5）“死人不能赞美耶和华，下到寂静中的也都不能。”（诗篇115:17）

但以理谈到死亡就是睡觉，说：“睡在尘埃中的，必有多人复醒，其中有得永生的，有受羞辱、永远被憎恶的。”（但以理书12:2）

耶稣呼应了这个死亡的概念。耶稣指着拉撒路、对门徒说：“我们的朋友拉撒路睡了，我去叫醒他。”（约翰福音11:11）同时，祂指的是即将发生的自己的复活。

既然死亡是睡了，就有复活。通过基督的死和复活，使之成为可能。“若没有死人复活的事，基督也就没有复活了。若基督没有复活，我们所传的便是枉然，你们所信的也是枉然。”（哥林多前书15:13-14）

 “但基督已经从死里复活，成为睡了之人初熟的果子。死既是因一人而来，死人复活也是因一人而来。在亚当里众人都死了，照样，在基督里众人也都要复活。”（20-22节）

另外，怀爱伦在《天国》35页写道：“当地球东倒西歪，电光四射，雷声大作的时候，上帝儿子的声音要把睡了的圣徒唤醒起来。祂望着义人的坟墓，然后举手向天呼喊说：“醒起，醒起，醒起，你们这睡在尘埃中的人起来！”从天涯到地极，死人要听见那声音，凡听见的都要复活。那时从各国、各族、各方、各民中有人出来，聚成极大的队伍。他们的步声要响遍全地。他们要从死亡的监牢中出来，身上披着不朽的荣耀，呼喊着说：“死啊，你得胜的权势在哪里？死啊，你的毒钩在哪里”（林前15:55）？活着的义人和复活的圣徒要同声发出经久而欢乐的胜利呐喊。”

因为耶稣活着，我们才能活着。在之前但以理书12:2我们所学习的，“其中有得永生的，有受羞辱、永远被憎恶的。” 这指的是第二次复活，那些拒绝基督为他们救主的人将复活，接受他们最后的审判和毁灭，我们将在下一期讨论。

 “因为主必亲自从天降临，有呼叫的声音和天使长的声音，又有 神的号吹响，那在基督里死了的人必先复活。以后我们这活着还存留的人必和他们一同被提到云里，在空中与主相遇。这样，我们就要和主永远同在。所以，你们当用这些话彼此劝慰。”（帖撒罗尼迦前书4:16-18）

耶稣要来了，祂有权柄胜过死，这是何等大的确据!

了解更多关于死亡和复活的信息，请访问www.adventist.org/death-and-resurrection。

In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson talks about death and the promise of the resurrection, the subject of the twenty-sixth fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists.

One of the most painful and devastating losses we can ever experience is the loss of a loved one. While grief may lessen over time, the memory of that special person stays with us.

But we have an amazing hope of seeing our loved ones again. Jesus said in John 11:25, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” This promise assures us that death is not the end of everything. In Him, there is eternal life.

When does eternity begin?

1 Timothy 6:16 tells us that God “alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light.” In contrast, humans are mortal beings. Genesis 2:7 says, “God formed man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being,” or in other translations, “living soul.” To be a living soul, one must have the breath of life and a body.

When God created Adam and Eve, He gave them free will, the power of choice. They could obey or disobey Him. But if they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they would “surely die” (Genesis 2:17).

Unfortunately, Satan contradicted God’s warning, tempting Eve, “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4). But after they sinned, Adam and Eve discovered that “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). They would “return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19).

The Seventh-day Adventist Fundamental Belief #26 states: “The wages of sin is death. But God, Who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day, death is an unconscious state for all people. When Christ, Who is our life, appears, the resurrected righteous and the living righteous will be glorified and caught up to meet their Lord. The second resurrection, the resurrection of the unrighteous, will take place a thousand years later.”

Death is an unconscious state, a deep sleep from which a person awaits the resurrection. “For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing” (Ecclesiastes 9:5). “The dead do not praise the Lord, nor any who go down into silence” (Psalm 115:17).

Daniel also spoke of death as a sleep, saying, “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2).

Jesus echoed this concept of death. Referring to Lazarus, He said to His disciples, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up” (John 11:11). At the same time, He was referring to His own resurrection that would happen soon.

Since death is a sleep, there is resurrection. This is possible through Christ’s death and resurrection. “If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty” (1 Corinthians 15:13, 14).

“But now Christ is risen from the dead and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man,” that is, Jesus, “also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive” (verses 20-22).

In addition, Ellen White says in Heaven, page 35: “Amid the reeling of the earth, the flashing of lightning, and the roaring of thunder, the voice of the Son of God calls forth the sleeping saints. He looks upon the graves of the righteous, then raising His hands to heaven, He cries, ‘Awake, awake, awake, ye that sleep in the dust, and arise!’ Throughout the length and breadth of the earth, the dead shall hear that voice, and they that hear shall live.”

Because Jesus lives, we may live also. But as we’ve learned from Daniel 12:2 earlier, some will be raised to “shame and everlasting contempt.” This refers to the second resurrection, in which those who have rejected Christ as their Savior will be resurrected for their final judgment and destruction, which we will discuss in the next episode.

“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus, we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, comfort one another with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).

What a great assurance that Jesus is coming and that He has the power over death!

Learn more about death and resurrection at http://www.adventist.org/death-and-resurrection.