FACTS ABOUT DEATH: YOU ARE NO EXCEPTION
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Facts About Death
Hebrews 9:27
27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.
a) We look at a single Bible verse which tells us five facts about death. Knowing these facts helps us understand and prepare for death. We break this text up into five portions, each of which implies a certain fact about death.
b) Here is one of them.
2. You Are No Exception
a) In the phrase "It is appointed for for man to die once..." we find our fact, that you are no exception.
b) When Hebrews 9:27 says "it is appointed for man to die once...", it does so generically, with no sense of gender. In other words "men" here stands for all humankind — man, whether male or female.
c) You could replace the word "man" with your own name, because the scripture applies to you individually as well as to mankind in general.
d) Nevertheless, as we said before, most people live their lives as if they were exceptions to the rule of death!
e) Unless the second coming of Jesus Christ occurs in your lifetime, you personally cannot be excepted from death. In all of human history, the Bible tells of only two exceptions. One was Enoch (Genesis 5:23-24). The other was Elijah (2 Kings 2:1,11).
f) Anyway, were you to escape death only to face judgment, the stale cliche might find fresh meaning: "out of the frying pan into the fire".
The End ...
1. Facts About DeathHebrews 9:27
27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.
a) We look at a single Bible verse which tells us five facts about death. Knowing these facts helps us understand and prepare for death. We break this text up into five portions, each of which implies a certain fact about death.
b) Here is one of them.
2. You Are No Exception
a) In the phrase "It is appointed for for man to die once..." we find our fact, that you are no exception.
b) When Hebrews 9:27 says "it is appointed for man to die once...", it does so generically, with no sense of gender. In other words "men" here stands for all humankind — man, whether male or female.
c) You could replace the word "man" with your own name, because the scripture applies to you individually as well as to mankind in general.
d) Nevertheless, as we said before, most people live their lives as if they were exceptions to the rule of death!
e) Unless the second coming of Jesus Christ occurs in your lifetime, you personally cannot be excepted from death. In all of human history, the Bible tells of only two exceptions. One was Enoch (Genesis 5:23-24). The other was Elijah (2 Kings 2:1,11).
f) Anyway, were you to escape death only to face judgment, the stale cliche might find fresh meaning: "out of the frying pan into the fire".
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