A Word About Death
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die:…” (Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2)
As sure as we were born, we can be of death.
We were born a tripartite being – body, soul and spirit. We get that from these two verses –
“I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23)
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow (body), and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12)
When the believer in Christ dies, his soul and spirit go to be with Christ – “…absent from the body… present with the Lord…” (2 Corinthians 5:8), and his body is buried in the earth. He is said to be “fallen asleep in Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:18)
I love the thought of being “asleep,” as it implies there will come a time to be woken up from that sleep!
The grave is not the end. “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.” (1 Corinthians 15.53)
Eventually, all who sleep, and those of us who remain (until the coming of the Lord), will receive a new resurrection body, fashioned after that of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 3.21)
“And so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” (Psalm 116.15)
I’ll Fly Away
1.
Some glad morning when this life is o’er,
I’ll fly away;
To a home on God’s celestial shore,
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away).
Chorus
I’ll fly away, Oh Glory
I’ll fly away; (in the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away).
2.
When the shadows of this life have gone,
I’ll fly away;
Like a bird from prison bars has flown,
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away)
3.
Just a few more weary days and then,
I’ll fly away;
To a land where joy shall never end,
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away)
Albert E. Brumley, Author (https://popularhymns.com/ill-fly-away)