Why do people say it is Gods Will that some dies?

Question

How do you deal with the issues of the pain of dealing with the death of someone that was killed at a very young age that had everything to live for, One case a man mere days from proposing marriage, another case, a man 2 years married with a 4 month old baby. And people call it Gods will? How can it be Gods will to treat the widow and the orphan to such neverending pain?

Answer 1

I agree with alot of these answers. In the Lord's prayer there is a statement "thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" The first promise that we made unknowingly when we were born is that we will die. Unfortunately because of sin this holds true for everyone. Thats a reason that its soooo important how we live each day for no man knows the time nor the hour.
If we live a good life according to Word of God "Bible" our death is just merley a change in our status. The work and the time here on earth is completed.
My suggestion to you is to say a simple prayer and ask God for guidance in his word. You will understand.
When we say its God's will we mean to comfort and let someone know that God is in control and no matter how bleak it may look at that moment it will get better.
This is for those of us who truly believe. If not then take the psych approach and look at it as all wounds heal with time. If you let it.

Answer 2

Sometimes the death of a person brings about social change, whether on the community level, municipal level, or even a national-level. The death of one child (named Amber) who was abducted started up the "amber alert", which is used very extensively in both the US and Canada. This has helped to save countless other children from sharing Amber's fate. What if she'd lived? Then maybe this Amber Alert would never have happened. I'm not saying it isn't tragic because it is, it really is, and sometimes I question these things too, but I think that if someone dies, that death shouldn't be seen as a complete and utter loss, but perhaps it can be used to start something great for others. God had to watch His own son, Jesus, get tortured and cruxified, and God knows our hearts, and He shares our pain. He's not some cold presence hovering above... these things are terrible. The world is full of terrible things, but instead of moping in them and seeing despair... wouldn't the dead want us to use what has been to make great things that will be?

Answer 3

We all have a limited amount of time on Earth before we must leave. Unfortunately none of us will live as long as we want or accomplish everything in life we want to accomplish. The Bible says that everything works together for the greater good, so we have to believe that those people passing at a young age or at a wonderful time in their life (such as getting married or having a baby) are or have served God to make something else better. We aren't capable of seeing or understanding Gods plan, but we can have faith that He is walking with us and making sure everything is good.

I recently lost my mother, who was only 60 and in good health. I can sit here and give you a list of a hundred things in my life that went went bad because of her passing (and I'm not trying to sound selfish), but a few things have happened in the months after her passing that have turned out to be good things that would never have happened had I not gone through the suffering loss of my mom. If given a choice of the few good things and having my mother back....at this point I still want her back, but that isn't part of God's plan. I do know and believe his plan is working and that I just have to trust it and believe in it.

Answer 4

Firstly flesh death is only a shadow of death.

The second death is non-existence and no one, not even Satan has perished yet.

Ecc 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Ecc 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Mar 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Answer 5

It's a way for people to deal with the unpleasant facts of life. Many people simply can't accept that life is unfair, bad things happen to good people, good things happen to bad people, and everyone eventually dies.

I think it's much easier to simply accept that life is not fair instead of believing that some being is making these cruel decisions. However, for people who have a strong belief in God, the "life isn't fair" argument doesn't make sense. God knows all, so how could he possibly make an unjust decision? Therefore, according to their logic, there is a greater reason for His decisions.

I believe that what goes around comes around and that often in life, what appears to be bad, turns out to be good later (not getting a certain job, breaking up with a boyfriend/girlfriend). However, death is one area where life just isn't balanced. Some good people die young, some bad people live long lives, some people die peacefully, some suffer for years.

Answer 6

To say "it's 'God's' will" that someone has died is meant to be consoling, but if you examine it in the light of reason, the concept falls apart. So many religious ideas have an insidious way of insulting 'God', of making 'God' cruel and arrogant. Obviously to a rational mind it's not 'God's will' that anybody suffer; suffering is what we do to ourselves. As a Reincarnationist I know that we and we alone are responsible for everything that happens here on Earth. We have no divine or satanic intervention to interfere with free will. What we do have is the potential to discover that all things and all people are pieces of that which is 'God' -- not the incomprehensible schizophrenic deity described by primitive men, but the true, intelligent, nonjudgmental entity who is the sum of the cosmos. We are all a part of that; we are all starstuff. And we exist eternally, having no beginning and no end; we reincarnate and evolve spiritually through karma. There are no dead ends when one understands reincarnation. There's no angry or aloof god, no injustice. And Judaism accepts reincarnation. And Jesus, a rabbi of the Essene sect of Judaism, believed in and taught reincarnation (which was later modified, misinterpreted or deleted by the early Christian church). The truth is buried under centuries of superstition and mythology, but it's there if you open your mind and heart to it.

Answer 7

It's a hard concept, you're right. But we don't understand alot on this big beautiful planet. We have a hard time understanding God. We have a hard time understanding angels and demons. We don't understand death at all. All we know is that we are sad that someone we loved is gone. But the Bible gives us hope! It tells us that if we believe in Him, Jesus Christ. That he died for our sins, that He was resurrected on the third day and ascended into Heaven. If we believe this, the Bible says to be absent from the body is to be present with God. How awesome to be with God. We don't know how wonderful it is. Time is for us here on earth. When we get to heaven, it will be like seconds have passed since we saw them last. You deal with the issues of the pain of death, the best you can. Knowing you will see them again, always helps. Little consolation to the left behind I know!

Answer 8

Everyone is born to die. We cant live for ever. Some get killed cause of being unhealthy, drugs, drunk drivers, and some killed. This list could go on. People die most the time cause of their own choice. Some its not their choice to die. God knows all things and God could have stopped it to, but through someones death maybe it woke them up to eat better, or not do drugs, or even stop drinking. God can take a someones death and turn it into good. Nothing takes God by suprise.

Answer 9

"God's will" is simply a turn of phrase - it is not meant to be taken literally. Its a way of explaining an essentially random occurrance by implying there's some method to the madness of the universe. The randomness of the universe can be harsh, as in the cases you mention, and giving it a face to apportion blame to helps sometimes.

Its a way of humanising the universe, also. The sad truth is we often need cold reality fluffing up with humanised terminology, because ultimately, the human race is weak-minded and emotionally fragile.

Answer 10

First it is not never ending pain! Yes it is Woe to us that remain.
Second all must be tested. This for those that remain may be the only testing they will receive.
Third No one knows the mind of God, or why bad things really happen to good people (see Second).
Forth Sometimes God can only allow special individuals to be out of his presence for only a short time (see third)

Answer 11

I have dealt with a lot of death in my life. Normal ones like grandparents, aunts, uncles... but I have also lost a son. He was born dead. I never even got to hear him cry. I carried him for 9 months and yet he was gone in an instant. I don't believe that God "killed" my son, but I do think that he brougt good out of it. I was only 18 and had only been married for 3 months. (yes I got my cart before my horse, but God forgave me for that). His death gave my husband and I a chance to grow up and get to know each other as husband and wife before we had this little person dependent on us.
Would I choose to do it this way? NO... do I see God's handiwork in it? Yes. It has allowed me to help a lot of people, it has strengthened my faith, not destroyed it! Help?