Death is a Doorway

7-25-2023

Death is a Doorway

The Bible tells us in Hebrews 9:27, “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,”

Taken at face value that statement alone can be a scary thing, the sinner has nothing to look forward to except justice, judgement for sin which is death. I’m not a doctor or part of some medical staff so I ask how do people react or respond when death comes knocking?

For the Christian, who has asked for and accepted the free gift of forgiveness from God facing justice, judgement, knows that God sees only Jesus, as their sin has been cast into the depths, never to be remembered again. For the forgiven death is simply a doorway into the presence of Almighty God for eternity.

Shortly before my mother passed in 2016 my father watched as ministering angels came to her caring for her every need until the door opened for her. A few short years later in 2019 my father passed peacefully in his sleep and awoke in the presence of Almighty God.

Death comes in many forms yet the ending is the same – one passes from life into eternity and then the judgement.

No matter how much we try, how careful or careless we are with our bodies, humans are not made to last forever. Since the fall of Adam and Eve sin has been a byproduct of human existence and death, physical death is the end of this earthly body, but not so with the soul of man which lives on eternally. Unless sin is atoned before physical death, spiritually man is destined for eternal separation from God.

Man could not rectify his own sin problem, so in His infinite wisdom, God made a way by sending his Son Jesus into the world, 100% man and 100% God to pay the price of sin – death; the most heinous death on the cross; He rose again on the 3^rd day (as He said He would) taking the power of death away forever that anyone who believes in Him would have eternal life with and through Him.

Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father but through me.”

No matter how lost and unworthy you may feel, Jesus came, lived and died for YOU!

Don’t wait until they are standing over your grave saying what a good person you were and crying those crocodile tears because you are gone, Come to Jesus today, just as you are – acknowledge you are a sinner, ask Jesus to forgive you, believe in Jesus as the way, the only way to God and then turn from your wicked and sinful way, turn to Jesus and follow him. Even now… – RTM