Death, natural

Death is natural to humanity as part of the created world

Ecclesiastes 12:7 LEB

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

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Death is a result of Adam’s sin

There is a tension between this text and those which suggest that death is a natural aspect of being human. Some suggest that the death referred to here is spiritual rather than physical.

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There is no death in heaven

Revelation 21:4 LEB

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any longer, and mourning or wailing or pain will not exist any longer. The former things have passed away.”

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Death is universal

None can escape death

Psalm 89:48 LEB

What man can live on and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of Sheol? Selah

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Death comes to all kinds of people

Job 21:23–26 LEB

This one dies in full prosperity, completely at ease and secure. His vats are full with milk and the marrow of his bones is moist. Yet another dies with a bitter inner self and has not tasted prosperity. They lie down together in the dust, and maggots cover them.

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Only two people did not die

; Enoch and Elijah died in the sense that their bodies were transformed from being suited to earthly life to life in heaven. They anticipated the death of Jesus Christ, whose body was not corrupted but transformed, and the transition to the new world of those who are alive when Jesus Christ comes again.

Death is irreversible

The idea of reincarnation, that after death people repeatedly return to this life in a lower or higher form, is incompatible with death being once for all and an entrance into heaven or hell after the judgment.

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Death is an aspect of human frailty

Psalm 146:3–4 LEB

Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance. His breath departs; he returns to his plot; on that day his plans perish.

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Death occurs when God determines it

Job 14:5 LEB

If his days are determined, the number of his months is with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross them.

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The means of death

Through old age

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Through disease and accident

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Through violence

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As a judgment by God

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Through a legal penalty

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The prospect of death affects human attitudes and values

Life is short

James 4:14 LEB

you who do not know what will happen tomorrow, what your life will be like. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.

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People fear death

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People should prepare for death

2 Kings 20:1 LEB

In those days Hezekiah became deathly ill, and Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet came to him and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Command your house, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’ ”

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The expectation of death is an incentive to serve God

Ecclesiastes 9:10 LEB

Whatever your hand finds to do—do it with all your might; for in Sheol—where you are going—no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.

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The expectation of death is an incentive to hold material blessings lightly

1 Timothy 6:7 LEB

For we have brought nothing into the world, so that neither can we bring anything out.

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Death is sometimes desired to escape problems

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Death was defeated by Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 1:10 LEB

but has now been disclosed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought to light life and immortality through the gospel,

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