KENT GORDON AUTHOR

We mark points in time by giving them names. Christmas is a time when we expect to see family and friends. My kid had a test on a Thursday. We mark death as that time when activity ceases. What’s up with that? That’s one of the most foolish notion’s I can think of.

Death is the point in time when everything really gets started for the Christian and, in case you have forgotten, (which is kind of the purpose of this paper/book) this time of new life is the time you should have been preparing for! At death there will be a little test. (Perhaps you should be preparing for that as well!)

There are varieties of opinions regarding this thing called death and what the correct definition or understanding might be. I can assure you that Gods word is clear regarding significant matters and there are aspects of death we should and must know in order to be properly informed.

I know most folks do not live with a conscious, every-day concern, regarding death. I am not saying anyone should. On the other-hand, a blissful (if possible), or busy, or numb existence, absent real thought, is not a good way to go either. Not a good idea to fail to solve the “basic” end of life concerns, at some point. The exciting thing is this, if you solve those concerns then everything else changes, and it all changes for the better!

I can make definitive statements because God does have quite a few specific things to say regarding physical death, spiritual death, and regarding all the other ways He uses that word to convey what He wants us to understand. (Dying to self, for example) A life that takes death into account and in some sense embrace’s death and the transition, is a life that has nothing to fear! 

I PROPOSE that death need not be a time of great grief and sadness for the believer, and I further propose that a Godly view of death, and what follows, is critical to living life as we are called to live it.