My household, too, sends condolences to your's, dear LQ (peace to you, dear one!). As for your experience... perhaps you were "told" (and I am in agreement with both dear 'Mom and dear Tec... that it was our Lord who "spoke" to you... by means of spirit)... because your wife's aunt... is Israel. By that, I mean Abraham's seed, in truth. Which means... your dear wife is Israel... which makes total sense, at least to me.
You see, it is the BLOOD... that speaks. IF your wife is truly of Abraham's seed... her aunt would be, as well. And, if YOU are, as well... and that you ARE is why you "feel" the yearnings to KNOW JAH and Christ as you DO... then you share the same BLOOD. As your wife... and as her aunt. So that when her spirit left THIS world, you may well have felt it. Why? Because the spirit... IS IN THE BLOOD. Because of your being closer to a union with Christ than your dear wife, however, YOU may have even heard WHO it was... while SHE may not have.
I know, I know... "hocus-pocus, Shel." Don't be too sure, dear one. The blood does indeed speak. To doctors and scientists, it speaks by means of codes that are translated through certain tests. Those translations, however, are always... ALWAYS... in NUMBERS, are they not? And I have share with you that (1) numbers don't lie... and (2) the PURE language that is TRUTH... is basically spoken... in (some form of) numbers. Equations that far, far exceed our knowledge.
Bottom line: don't stress it. Your dear wife's aunt wouldn't want that. And to help YOU in your consoling your loved ones, it might help to remember that ALL Israel... WILL... be saved. That includes, dear one, that dear aunt. Maybe not as a king/priest (with you?)... but certainly as part of our dear Lord's kingdom.
So, yes, "be there" for your loved ones as they mourn... but life YOUR head and rejoice, KNOWING (which requires faith, does it not?) that dear aunt is not lost forever. She is merely sleeping... she being the "person" that resided in the VESSEL that could continue no longer... until the time when she is awakened.
So, you can feel absolutely free... and truthful... when you tell dear Wife that yes, dear Aunt WILL enjoy a resurrection. Indeed, this may be a good time to share with wife what you have learned about that: how many resurrections there are, who participate in which one... and why.
Peace to you... and to your dear household.
YSSFS of Christ,
Shel
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