The journey of no return. Job
chapter 16 verse 22. Only a few years will pass before
I go on the journey of no return. The certainty of death. Man's
days are determined. You have decreed the number of
his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. I know you
will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all
the living. What man can live and not see
death, or save himself from the power of the grave? It is appointed
for man to die once, and after that to face judgment. The nearness
of death. Man born of woman is of few days
and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and
withers away, like a fleeting shadow he does not endure. You
have made my days a mere hand breath. The span of my years
is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath.
Man is like a breath. His days are like a fleeting
shadow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for
a little while and then vanishes. The uncertainty of death. Do
not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may
bring forth. So you also must be ready, because
the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him.
But God said to him, You fool! This very night your life will
be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have
prepared for yourself? The terror of death for the ungodly. Surely you place them on slippery
ground, you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly are they destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors. They will throw them into the
fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from
the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of His power.
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life,
he was thrown into the lake of fire. The blessedness of death
for the godly. You have made known to me the
path of life. You will fill me with joy in
your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. No eye has
seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived. what God has prepared
for those who love Him. He will wipe every tear from
their eyes. There will be no more death,
or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the old order of things has
passed away. Then they will go away to eternal
punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. Matthew chapter
25, verse 46.