Death WAS swallowed up in victory and God WIPED away every tear from HIS PEOPLE, ISRAELS' eyes… by Tuese Ahkiong

Death WAS swallowed up in victory and God WIPED away every tear from HIS PEOPLE, ISRAELS' eyes…

by Tuese Ahkiong

The death being spoken of is covenantal death; being cut off, exiled, scattered and alienated from God as Israel was.  This is why there is mourning and tears; there is no access to Life Himself, The Lord.  Death is swallowed up and there are no more tears because those in the covenant of death are no longer dead because of the covenant of life and its Gospel in which those first covenant folks who place their trust in Yeshua get life, righteous, peace, joy and access to The Father.  In 1 Cor 15 below, Paul quotes from Hosea 11:14 and Isaiah 25:8 as to very close being FULFILLED; The Destruction of The Temple which symbolized The Law, died in 70AD.

Isaiah 25:8  

HE HAS SWALLOWED UP DEATH FOREVER! THE LORD YAHWEH WILL WIPE AWAY TEARS FROM OFF ALL FACES. He will take the reproach of HIS PEOPLE away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

1 Corinthians 15:54-57

But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.”(Isaiah 25:8)

55 “DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?

Hades, where is your victory?”  (Hosea 13:14)

56 THE STING OF DEATH IS SIN, and THE POWER OF SIN IS THE LAW. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Corinthians 15:26

THE LAST ENEMY THAT WILL BE ABOLISHED IS DEATH. 

**The death that was being destroyed when Paul wrote this was "THE DEATH"from covenantal separation from YHWH.

2 Timothy 1:10

but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, WHO ABOLISHED DEATH, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

***Yeshua conquered and abolished death (past tense) which was covenantal separation from God.  To say He did not abolish death is to make Scripture a LIE.  If physical death is what is being spoken of, then why do followers of Christ still physically die?  Did the Bible LIE? Paul was not referring to physical death.  He was referring to covenantal death of Israel being separated from YHWH.

Hosea 13:14 

I WILL RANSOM THEM FROM THE POWER OF SHEOL.
    I WILL REDEEM THEM FROM DEATH!
    DEATH, WHERE ARE YOUR PLAGUES?
    SHEOL, WHERE IS YOUR DESTRUCTION?

“Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

Revelation 7:15-17 

Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them. ¹⁶ They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat; ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. AND GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES.”

Revelation 21:1-4 

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. ² I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. ³ I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. ⁴ HE WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES. DEATH WILL BE NO MORE; NEITHER WILL THERE BE MOURNING, NOR CRYING, NOR PAIN, ANY MORE. THE FIRST THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.”

Revelation 20:14 

DEATH AND HADES WERE THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.This is the second death, the lake of fire.

**Remember the events in The book of Revelation were said to soon take place, the time is near, coming quickly, coming soon.... This happened in 70AD.

Luke 20:36 

FOR THEY CAN’T DIE ANY MORE, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

Isaiah 30:19 

For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. YOU WILL WEEP NO MORE.  He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

**Those who dwell in Zion or The New Jerusalem are Christian ISRAELITES from the 12 tribes of Israel. FULFILLED!

Hebrews 12:22-24 

BUT YOU HAVE COME TO MOUNT ZION, AND TO THE CITY OF THE LIVING GOD, THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM,and to innumerable multitudes of angels, ²³ to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, ²⁴ to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, (Jeremiah 31:31) and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

**Notice by the time of the writing of Hebrews, people were coming to Mount Zion already.

Isaiah 35:10 

Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return,
    and come with singing to Zion;
    and everlasting joy will be on their heads.
They will obtain gladness and joy,
    and SORROW AND SIGHING WILL FLEE AWAY.”

**Those remnant under the first covenant were ransomed.

Isaiah 51:11 

Those ransomed by Yahweh will return,
    and come with singing to Zion.
    Everlasting joy shall be on their heads.
They will obtain gladness and joy.
    SORROW AND SIGHING SHALL FLEE AWAY.

**Those remnant under the first covenant were ransomed.

Isaiah 65:19 

I will rejoice in Jerusalem,

    and delight in my people;
AND THE VOICE OF WEEPING AND THE VOICE OF CRYING WILL BE HEARD IN HER NO MORE.

**There is no weeping in the new Jerusalem because there is no curse, no death, no darkness, no sin, no law...

Revelation 21:25 

Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),

Revelation 22:5  

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

**In the Genesis, we see day and night.  In Revelation, we see only day.

 see my note, "The death in The Garden was covenantal and not physical"