And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment. (Hebrews 9:27)

One Life, Live It

The philosophy of life is to live it with all the gusto possible. Everything a man has in this life should focus on getting all that can be drained from the life experience before death. The world believes there is one life to live. Death is the final act in the drama of life. With this in mind, the purpose of life is to have as much fun, gain all the pleasures, and slide into death like a homerun king. The man with the most toys wins. Popularity and fame will secure a man’s place in history. Books will be written, statues commissioned, and streets named after the movers and shakers of the world for those who succeed. The great human tragedy is thinking there is one life. Because of this, no preparation is made for a greater reality – the second life.

Everyone is born the same way, and everyone dies the same way. From the birth of Cain, the first son of Adam and Eve, every human being is born of a woman. There is no other avenue of life as God has given man and woman the creative power to bring life into the world. Only God creates life. By the same creation of life, the Lord God has determined the days of man are like the grass of the field. They blossom one day and then are cut down. Cain was the first child born into the world, and his brother, Abel, was the first to experience death (killed by Cain). The two children of Adam and Eve are the story of life that has continued for thousands of years. This reality will continue until the coming of Jesus Christ.

There is a divine appointment for everyone, and that is death. While death is a reality, that is the minor player in the divine story. Every human is an eternal creature. This is the one story that most people in the world deny and never accept. When a man believes death is final and nothing beyond, he becomes like an animal. An animal is not an eternal creature, which separates man from animal. God created the human form in His divine image of eternity. When an animal dies, it ceases to exist, but when a man dies, there is another life. A man can deny that he is an eternal creature and that he lives like an animal, but this does not change; after death, there is another life. When a man closes his eyes in death, he may think he is finished, and there is no more. As his eyes open in eternity, he realizes there is life after death, and unprepared, he finds himself standing before the judgment bar of the Lord God Almighty. It’s too late to admit there is a second life.

God created the world and everything in it. He formed man and woman as eternal creatures for His glory. Billions of people have died since Abel, and the majority of those billions never believed in life after death. God sent His son to open the vistas of eternity, warning those who trifle with the word of God that there is life after death. All men die. It is a divine appointment and decree. Nothing man can do will change that. All men face life after death. That is a divine appointment and decree. Nothing man can do will change that. There will come a day when no one will die, but all men will cease to exist in their human form: the day Jesus Christ returns. Then, life after death will happen to everyone. No one escapes. The few who believed in life after death and prepared themselves in the grace of God will rejoice. Those who lived life thinking there was one life will not rejoice. Do you believe in life after death?