An avowed atheist passed into eternity.
I think there is nothing so sad as that on this sweet Earth. Stephen Hawking passed away, and I'm sure you've heard. I think you have contemplated his thoughts upon leaving his broken human form. We all do.
Maybe we shy from such horrors as imagining an eternal fire burning with souls suffering forever. Time ceases. Suffering exists.
It's that way, or God is a liar.
God isn't a liar. He is TRUTH. He created it all, and atheists are in denial.
Their God, as John Lennox recently stated, is fashioned in the likes of Thor and Zeus.
Christians don't believe in that type of god either. We believe in the One who made it all, including time.
But the happiest thing happened yesterday, too.
My aunt, who turned 101 two weeks ago, decided to die. She was a believer. When she was a little girl she was gravely ill and "passed away." Miraculously she came back to life. Back in the 20's people didn't have the same medical care. Miracles happened more frequently, I think.
She didn't fear death after that. I have another relative that also had the same experience. Dying from a fever, seeing Jesus, coming "back to life" and living for decades afterward. These experiences made them less fearful about passing from this life. Both of them are with their LORD right now.
Oh, the joy of being in the presence of the Savior!
This life wasn't too bad for my aunt. She had a family, a long marriage, she lived the good life! She was a fun person. God gave her long years. But now she is perfected in Christ Jesus.
A promise that we can know was kept.
As C.S. Lewis said, Jesus was either a liar, insane, or what He claimed to be: God of the Universe.
He is God. That is the truth of the Gospel, and it is our greatest hope for glory to come.
Believe.
Maranatha!
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