human
He died in a good old age and WAS GATHERED UNTO HIS PEOPLE and they buried him.
gpt
Gathered unto his people can hardly mean burial with his people, for the burial is mentioned after it. It comes between the dying and the burial. And I note that even at Moses' burial on the lone mountain top this phrase is solemnly used.
human
The Lord said unto him get thee up into the mount and die in the mount AND BE GATHERED TO THY PEOPLE. Miriam was buried in the distant desert, Aaron's body lay on the slopes of Mount Hor, and the wise little mother who made the ark of bulrushes long ago had found a grave, I suppose, in the brick-fields of Egypt. Did it mean that he came back to them all in the life unseen when he was
gpt
I shall go to him but he shall not return to me.
human
And again in His advice about the right use of riches.
gpt
Make to yourselves friends by the means of the mammon of unrighteousness that when ye die they may receive you into the everlasting habitations
human
To-day thou shalt be with Me in Paradise. I put myself in the place of that poor friendless man taking his lonely leap off into the dark and felt what a joy and comfort it must have been.
gpt
To-day we shall be together again at the other side. Not,
human
I will remember thee, but,
gpt
Thou shalt be with Me. Not, by and by when I come in My Kingdom, but
human
To-day.