THOUGHTS ON DEATH

Every human has a terminal disease. The disease is death. We fear death and we will do anything and pay anything just to postpone death for a few hours. There are some that will not even talk about death. Denying death does not change the inevitable. Everyone dies. However, death is not the end for Christians. It is only the beginning of our eternal life. Apostle Paul wrote that death is a necessary part of life. “Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.” (1 Corinthians 15:36) NKJV A seed dies when it is planted in the ground. It actually decomposes. It must cease to exist in its original form as a seed before it can come to life in its final form as a plant.

Jesus applied the same analogy to Himself. “I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24) NIV Jesus had to die before he could bear the fruit of our salvation. The same is true for us. We can’t be raised from the dead until we have died. In a sense we are not really buried or cremated; the reality is that we are “sown” just as a “seed” is sown. From that seed a new life will explode. This view is unique to Christianity all over the world

We received our natural bodies from Adam. Our “natural” bodies are perfectly suited to our earthly environment. This is the only realm in which our “natural” bodies can live. Our “natural” bodies became perishable as the consequence of the Fall of Adam. The body ages, gets sick, deteriorates and dies. No one is immune. We came from the dust and we will go back to the dust. “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken, for dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) NIV

There is hope for every born again Christian. Our glorified bodies that we will possess in heaven will not be subject to sin, sickness, pain or death. Our human experience related to the original Fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden will be gone forever. This is good news! Who wouldn’t want to go to heaven?

SUPPOSE WE COULDN’T DIE

·        The blind would remain blind.

·        The paralyzed would never walk.

·        The mentally disabled would never have a normal mind.

·        Those terminally ill would never terminate.

·        Aching hearts would continue to ache and never be healed.

•  If humans were immortal, eventually there would be no more room or resources left on this planet to sustain immortal beings.