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The Bible contains much warning about death, speaking as frequently on this subject as it does about any other. In the garden of Eden where death had never entered, Adam and Eve were instructed by God to refrain from the forbidden fruit with the accompanying warning:
Genesis 2: 16 ADONAI, God, gave the person this order: "You may freely eat from every tree in the garden 17 except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You are not to eat from it, because on the day that you eat from it, it will become certain that you will die."
We know that they did eat; and at the very moment the judgment of God passed upon them, their bodies commenced the process of death and decay. "And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died" (Genesis 5:5).
Death does not take into account who we are, how old we are or whether we have been profitable or detrimental to society. Every step that we take brings us nearer to the grave, and it is but a matter of time until we must bid farewell to every earthly tie. With all of the wisdom of the medical profession and the use of scientific discoveries, we must agree with the wise preacher of old who said; "For the living know that they shall die" (Ecclesiastes 9:5).
When God's judgment falls, it falls on everyone. The good news is that, babies are innocent and sinless (because they never had the chance to grow up and purposely sin) and they will go to heaven on the day Yeshua returns and "raptures" those who are His).
The bottom line is, having eternal life with God is a lot better and more important than living for a short time on this earth.
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