Death

We hear about death at least once a week. Usually, its on the news or from a friend who had a friend who had a friend that had someone die. It doesn't affect us until it hits close to us. Evolutionary theorists and humanists try to get us to believe that death is natural. It is simply a part of the cycle of life. We live then we die. The Bible acknowledges that for each person there is a time to be born and a time to die. But, the Bible does not show that death is natural. It was never a part of God's plan. Death is a consequence of humanity's sin. The Bible says that the wages of sin is death. Usually, I associate this with spiritual death. We will die by being separated from God. I had not fully realized that this verse includes physical death as well. We die because of sin. This is not meaning that those who die unexpectedly or young, die because they are horrible sinners. The Bible speaks in the Psalms how the righteous die but the wicked prosper. People die because each of us sin. We sin, therefore death will come. Death was never meant to happen. God's plan was for us to live forever with him in the garden. Wonderfully, he came into our world as Jesus and made a way for us to restore our life with him. We can't escape death, but the sting is gone. The after effect of separation from God had been demolished for those in Christ. Death sucks, but God has overcome death.