Death, Hope and Christ

Two deaths in a week. One, an elderly man, and the other in his 50s.

No one can fathom death - it does not announce the time to go, it can happen to anyone, it can be unexpected, it does not state its reason.

One moment he is talking, and the next moment he is no more. Are not "our days like grass? Like a flower of the field where the wind blows over it and it is gone?"(Ps 103:15-16)

If our citizenship is not in heaven, we would have lost all hope. But praise be to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who have gone ahead of us to prepare a place for us in heaven. (Phil 3:20; John 14:2)

And so even though death does always bring pain while we're still here, we know that death's pain do not last forever because we have a great hope in Jesus Christ. That one day we shall meet our Lord and Saviour face to face, and also all those we've missed on earth because they have gone ahead of us.

"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"
- 1 Cor 15:55

It is no more because of Jesus Christ. For "neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Rom 8:38-39

Yes. His love endures forever - over pain, over grief, over death. His love endures forever. (Ps 118:1)

May the peace of God be with those who are grieving now, and may the hope found in Christ strengthen them and comfort them. His love endures forever. Amen.