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传道书9:5,10说：“死人却毫无知觉……在你要进的坟墓，没有工作，没有计划，没有知识，没有智慧。”经文里所说的“坟墓”是什么意思呢？是指人类共同的、抽象的坟墓，所有人死后都会进入这个坟墓。在坟墓里，死人没有任何活动、感觉或思想，就仿佛沉睡了一样。《不列颠百科全书》（2003年版，英语）把“坟墓”描述为“一个既无痛苦也无快乐，既无惩罚又无奖赏的地方”。因此，圣经清楚表示，上帝并没有把我们死去的亲者带到天上跟他在一起。他们死亡之后，就留在坟墓里，不再有生命。耶稣在他的朋友拉撒路去世时，证实了有关死亡的真理。他把拉撒路的死亡比作沉睡。如果拉撒路已经到天上跟全能的上帝在一起，那么耶稣使他回到地上生活，最终还要再次死去，就不是仁慈的做法了。圣经的记载说，耶稣在墓地高声喊道：“拉撒路，出来！”然后，“那死了的人就出来”。拉撒路重新活过来了。耶稣知道拉撒路并没有升到天上，而是毫无知觉地躺在坟墓里。（约翰福音11:11-14,34,38-44）圣经记载的这件事帮助我们明白，上帝没有为了把人从地上带到天上，就贸然夺去人的性命。我们深知悲伤并不是上帝造成，因此我们可以放心亲近他。我们也相信，上帝完全了解，死亡这个仇敌给我们带来多大的破坏和伤痛。圣经有关死者的真理说明，死去的人不在地狱或炼狱受苦，而是毫无知觉地躺在坟墓里。知道这点，当我们怀念已故亲者的时候，就不会对上帝心存反感，或由于不知死者在何处而忐忑不安。除此之外，耶和华还通过圣经进一步给我们安慰。

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English translation:

Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10 states: "As for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . There is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, the place to which you are going." What is Sheol? It is the common grave of mankind to which humans go when they die. In the grave the dead are completely inactive, without movement, sensation, or thought of any kind. They are in what can be likened to a deep sleep. The Encyclopædia Britannica (2003) describes Sheol as "a place of neither pain nor pleasure, punishment nor reward." The Bible thus makes it clear that God does not take our dead loved ones to be with him in heaven. The effects of death have left them lifeless in the grave. Jesus confirmed this truth after his friend Lazarus died. Jesus likened death to sleep. If Lazarus had gone to heaven to be with Almighty God, Jesus’ bringing him back to earth eventually to die again would have been no kindness. The inspired account states that at the burial place, Jesus said in a loud voice: "Lazarus, come on out!" The Bible continues: "The man that had been dead came out." Lazarus began life anew. Jesus knew that Lazarus had never left the earth. He had been lying lifeless in a tomb.—John 11:11-14, 34, 38-44. This incident recorded in the Bible helps us to understand that death is not a means that God uses to transfer humans from earth to heaven. We can thus be drawn to God, knowing that he has not caused our sadness. We can also trust that he fully grasps the sorrow and damage that the enemy death causes us. And the Bible truth about the condition of the dead proves that the dead do not suffer in hellfire or purgatory but are lifeless in the grave. Thus, the memory of our loved ones need not be stained with revulsion toward God or with fear of the unknown. Moreover, in the Bible, Jehovah offers us additional comfort.

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

传道书说死人却毫无知觉在你要进的坟墓没有工作计划识智慧经文里所是什么意思呢指类共同抽象后都会入这个任何活动感或想就仿佛沉睡了一样不列颠百科全年版英语把描述为既痛苦也快乐惩罚又奖赏地方因此圣清楚表示上帝并我们去亲者带到天跟他起亡之留再生命耶稣朋友拉撒路世时证实关真理比如果已能那使回最终还次仁慈做法记载高声喊出来然重新过升而躺约翰福音件事帮助明白从贸夺性深悲伤造成可以放心近相信完解仇敌给多大破坏和狱炼受点当怀念故候对存反由于处忐忑安除外华通步慰

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