Three Deaths of The Human Race
Ishak Natan
March 2021, May 2021


One of the main things that must be resolved when dealing with the subject of death is the question "Why?"
Why do people die and why do they have to die? From the Bible it is clear that:
  For spiritual death, there is a cure: salvation John 3:16


  For physical death, there is a cure: resurrection John 11.25-26 


  For eternal death, there is no cure: perish, eternal punishment

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Mt 25:41)

When God said to Adam, in the day that thou eattest thereof thou shalt surely die. Adam did eat and what happened next?

Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Ro 5:12  )

If man had never died spiritually, he would not have died physically.
Spiritual death came to the earth first, then manifested itself in the physical body by destroying it. Physical death is but a manifestation of the law which is at work within, called by Paul, the law of sin and death;


Yet the Bible says in Hebrews 2:9 that He tasted death for every man. You see, Jesus Christ took upon Himself our sin nature.
Heb. 9:26 says He put away sin (not sins) by the sacrifice of Himself. He took upon Himself our sin nature, the nature of spiritual death, that we might have Eternal Life.
First mention of SIN in the Bible; If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. (Ge 4:7-8)

 
SIN is SINS are
Character Conduct
The Centre The Circumference
The Root The fruit
The producer The product
The fountain Its flow
What WE are What WE do
We are sinners by constitution rather than by action - Ro 5:19; We are not sinners because we commit sins, but we sin because we are sinners.

Hence the ultimate good news for the fallen human race is . . .

For he [God] hath made him [Jesus] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2Co 5:21)

A true story
An aged lady left Buffalo by boat for Cleveland to visit a daughter living there. Soon a dreadful storm arose and many of the passengers, fearing death, gathered for prayer. Only the aged lady seemed unconcerned about the tempest as she sat with her hands folded and prayed. After the storm had subsided, some of the passengers were eager to know the secret of her calmness. They gathered around her and asked her the reason. "Well, my dear friends," she replied, "it is like this. I have two daughters. One died and went home to heaven. The other lives in Cleveland. When the storm arose, I wondered which of them I might visit first, the one in Cleveland or the one in heaven, and I just left it to the Lord; for I would be glad to see either."


Maranatha

The Choice


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