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  • God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection.
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    Chapter XXIV.—God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection.

    Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually proves to us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which He has rendered the Lord Jesus Christ4114

    4114 I. omits “Christ.”

    the first-fruits4115

    4115 Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 20; Col. i. 18.

    by raising Him from the dead.  Let us contemplate, beloved, the resurrection which is at all times4116

    4116 I. κατὰ καιρόν (in due season).

    taking place.  Day and night declare to us a resurrection.  The night sinks to sleep, and the day arises; the day [again] departs, and the night comes on.  Let us behold4117

    4117 I. λάβωμεν (let us take).

    the fruits [of the earth], how the sowing of grain takes place.  The sower4118

    4118 Comp. Luke viii. 5.

    goes forth, and casts it into the ground,4119

    4119 I. adds ἓκαστον τῶν σπερμάτων (the seeds severally.)

    and the seed being thus scattered, though dry and naked when it fell upon the earth, is gradually dissolved.  Then out of its dissolution the mighty power of the providence of the Lord raises it up again, and from one seed many arise and bring forth fruit.

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