die in the Lord" (Revelation 14:13) and "You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3). Corpses symbolize the bodies of unbelievers. In the prophet: "I will fill the Valley of Jehoshaphat with the corpses of the dead" (Joel 3:14). In another part: T…

cause to those who are healed it is said, 'You are dead; and your life is hid with Christ in God'" ( Col. 3:3 ) Whether it was fitting that Christ should work miracles in the heavenly bodies? Objection 1: It would seem that it was unfitting that Christ should work miracles in the…

tually to their sins are hidden away "from the disturbance of men" ( Ps. 30:21 ). Hence it is said ( Col. 3:3 ): "You are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." Wherefore the baptized likewise who through Christ's death die to sins, are as it were buried with Christ by i…