HOW LONG CAN WE REALLY LIVE AND THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT DEATH
My friend was in surgery and was starting to come out of the anesthesia when she hit a distinct point of decision. She saw the male nurse walk across the room calling her name. At that moment she knew that she had the choice to wake up or just let go. Then she said to herself, “I’m not done yet. God has more for me to do.” And she made herself wake up.
In Psalm 91:16 God promises us a long satisfying life if we will take a hold of it: “With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
People in certain church groups have been taught that 70 or 80 years would be considered a good long life and they base it on Psalm 90:10, which says “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” But if you’ll notice, this Psalm was written by Moses. It was regarding the Israelites who disobeyed God and their lives were cut short in the wilderness. Since people in our times have believed this was concerning them, they’ve missed out on so much wisdom and great insight that comes with the ages beyond 70 to 80.
Genesis 6:3 tells us God’s will for mankind’s lifespan on earth after the flood: “Yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
God wants us to be satisfied with a long healthy life, so we don’t have to give up if at 70 or 80 we’re not quite full yet. According to Genesis 6:3 we can certainly live a little longer, until we’re totally satisfied.
Now I want to lift the veil and show an amazing truth about death that so few people really know. It’s such a great comfort for us to be assured of and will get rid of any fears we may still have about death.
Hebrews 2:9 says Jesus tasted death for every man. Taste is in the five senses and represents all the five senses. Since Jesus went through the physical experience of death for us, we won’t even know the moment when we die. We will never taste it, feel it, smell, see or hear it. Suddenly we will just be there with Him and go on with our spiritual life in heaven.
My friend has had three distinct near death experiences and in each, she never had any five senses feelings of death. It was always just a decision to live or die, and not based on any five senses horrible feeling of death. This is documented in the Word of God. For the believer, death is only a passing from this earthly realm to a heavenly realm. What a comfort and what a blessing to know that for us there is absolutely nothing to fear in death! Amazing and wonderful.
Love, Carolyn
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