Job 14:10 But
man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is
he?
Job 14:11 As
the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
Job 14:12 So
man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not
awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Truth.
Job acknowledged
when man dies and decays that he lays down and does not rise up and will not
rise up until the heavens be no more- only then will man awake - being raised
out of death's sleep.
Job does not seek
death as a release into a new life
without pain. Job longs for death's
sleep. He believes he will rise again, but that rising isn't instantaneous upon
dying.
Knowing death brings us the long sleep of nothingness until our Savior calls us to rise and meet Him in the air brings peace of mind while we live. To believe that upon dying we are instantly woke from death's sleep and able in a spirit form to view ALL the pain and heartache still going on in the lives of the living, what torture of mind. To have all our deceased loved ones joyous with their reunion with each other, and yet having them watch a seemingly endless continuation of life's agonies upon left behind loved ones still alive- how brutal that must be. And IF that compassion, that pain is something taken from people who are instantly alive after death, they are not able to watch below and commiserate with anyone's troubles. They would be spectators of horrors without emotion. No person becomes GOD upon death, able to live outside of time as only God and His angels can. We need to ask ourselves a question- if we all become spirit forms with all our personality and intellect upon dying, and we all get to be with our Savior right then, why does anyone long to live in the horrible existence we have now? We live now as pilgrims upon the earth, ambassadors of Christ to bring the good news- His gospel of the kingdom, salvation through Him. We will have the promise of life after we die, and that promise is for when the last trump sounds and all the dead in Christ rise! 1Co_15:52
Knowing death brings us the long sleep of nothingness until our Savior calls us to rise and meet Him in the air brings peace of mind while we live. To believe that upon dying we are instantly woke from death's sleep and able in a spirit form to view ALL the pain and heartache still going on in the lives of the living, what torture of mind. To have all our deceased loved ones joyous with their reunion with each other, and yet having them watch a seemingly endless continuation of life's agonies upon left behind loved ones still alive- how brutal that must be. And IF that compassion, that pain is something taken from people who are instantly alive after death, they are not able to watch below and commiserate with anyone's troubles. They would be spectators of horrors without emotion. No person becomes GOD upon death, able to live outside of time as only God and His angels can. We need to ask ourselves a question- if we all become spirit forms with all our personality and intellect upon dying, and we all get to be with our Savior right then, why does anyone long to live in the horrible existence we have now? We live now as pilgrims upon the earth, ambassadors of Christ to bring the good news- His gospel of the kingdom, salvation through Him. We will have the promise of life after we die, and that promise is for when the last trump sounds and all the dead in Christ rise! 1Co_15:52
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