Death Brings Immediate Judgment

Prologue

Death, to many, brings the unknown. Will there be an afterlife? Of what kind?

Certainly the Scripture has the answer.

"And as IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS JUDGMENT..." Hebrews 9:27 Authorized Version (AKJV)

God Commands the Wind, Rain,
Thunder, Lighting to Do
His Purposes

Job 37:1-13 NIV

“At this my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.
Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,
to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven
and sends it to the ends of the earth.
After that comes the sound of his roar;
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.
God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways;
he does great things beyond our understanding.
He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
So that everyone he has made may know his work,
he stops all people from their labor.
The animals take cover;
they remain in their dens.
The tempest comes out from its chamber,
the cold from the driving winds.
The breath of God produces ice,

and the broad waters become frozen.
He loads the clouds with moisture;
he scatters his lightning through them.
At his direction they swirl around
over the face of the whole earth
to do whatever he commands them.
HE BRINGS THE CLOUDS TO PUNISH PEOPLE
OR TO WATER HIS EARTH AND SHOW HIS LOVE.

Jesus Calms the Storm

Matthew 8:23-27 NIV

Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”

He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

Epilogue

Certainly, God controls everything in His Creation. First Samuel 2:6, ESV says, "the Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol (grave) and raises up." Another says, God is righteous in his judgments. (2 Thessalonians 1:5; Psalm 9:4, 36:6)

When death comes to anyone, judgment has already been determined. For God knows the end from the beginning.

These are sobering truths. So, while living one must take to heart what the prophet John says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED, BUT WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE STANDS CONDEMNED ALREADY because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. John 3:16-18 NIV

Or, what John says in Revelation 2:23, "I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds." (NIV)

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