V. 27.— And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. And as it is appointed unto men once to die — to return to the dust from whence they were taken—but after this the judgment.— This passage is generally misquoted. As it is appointed for all men once to die, but there is no such appointment. Enoch before the law, and Elijah under the law, did not taste death, and the Apostle tells us those who remain to the coming of the Lord shall not all sleep, but shall all be changed; [This is the change for which Job says he will wait It does not refer to death, but to the resurrection, when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality. This is evident from the context: “ Thou wilt call, and I will answer thee; thou wilt have respect to the work of thy hands.” When the body is cast into the grave, God appears to have no respect to the work of His hands; but after the leprous house has been cast into an unclean place, it will be raised spiritual and incorruptible, like Christ’ s glorious body.] but it is appointed to men once to die. It is the law of our fallen nature. The exception of Enoch and Elijah is a mystery which the Apostle explains, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, of the change which shall take place on those who are alive at the coming of the Lord. The judgment was intimated immediately after the fall. Sentence was passed on fallen man that he should return to dust; but mankind were divided into two families— the seed of the woman and of the serpent. The former were to prove victorious over their enemy, and we see him who was born of a woman, in His resurrection, trampling on the neck of Satan, and giving those whom He is not ashamed to call brethren the assurance of sharing his victory.