So Christians, are you excited to die?

Question

If you believe that through death, you will go to Heaven, then are you excited to die? To be united with God, and worship him for eternity? If I said you would die tomorrow, would you jump for joy? If you needed a heart transplant, and the surgeon said, "Sorry...we don't have any at the moment," would you smile instead of cry?

Well, you should. Because if you said no, then you are going against God's plan! I mean, how dare you go against God. You need to put God first! If you are saying that your family members will miss you, you are putting someone else before God.

Shame on you. Christians, you are disobeying God when you cry over loved ones who die. It was God's plan, and you crying means that you aren't happy with it and don't trust God. SIN!!

I'm finding that Christianity is making less and less sense. And that *Christians* do not understand what life would be like if they REALLY wanted to follow the Bible.

To save some people trouble:

Yes, I've read the Bible. Yes, I've attended Church. The message is that this God needs to be FIRST in your life, and you need to trust Him. Your spouse, children etc. are not supposed to be higher up on your ladder than God.

Answer 1

I do, unfortunately, know some Christians who are ACTUALLY looking forward to death...

So sad, such a waste of a life.

Answer 2

Death is still the enemy. It isn't as if we were, at the time of creation, supposed to die. It's totally understandable that any person would be afraid of death. Upon the death of Christ, he was separated from his heavenly father. (Of course, that is because upon his death he took on OUR sins, but why would we desire something that appears so unattractive?)

At the same time, I think (I hope) that when my time comes I will be able to accept it and know that stuff will make more sense on the other side of eternity.

In answer to the question. No, I cannot say that I am anxious to hurry the inevitable event of my death.

BTW: Nothing is keeping anyone from worshiping God for eternity starting right now. No sense waiting til you're dead.

Answer 3

You don't really have a question; you felt a need to argue a point against an unknown audience.

I look forward to one day meeting God and going to Heaven, but I am trying first to be the best Christian I can on earth to ensure I merit a place in his kingdom.

God also asked that "do not judge, lest ye be judged." You shouldn't go around telling people that they're sinning if they miss a loved one. The Blessed Virgin wept over the death of her son, did she sin in feeling sorrow for his loss? Even Jesus wept on the cross although he accepted his faith and he asked for forgiveness of those who had condemned him to death.

The Bible also contradicts itself at times. Don't forget it was written by men. The bible also says that eating shellfish is a sin and that people who have premarital sex should be stoned to death. Don't get so caught up in what you read that you miss the fine print.

Answer 4

No, not excited. God has a plan for me and I am here to perform that plan. He also has given me many wonderful things. My wife, my children, a great church, family, home, work, etc. Funny thing about this question, we are still worldly and weak. Christians, Catholic, Muslim, Athiest...we are all weak and of this world. This means I am sad when I think about not being here. I think I will miss my wife, children, etc. All things of this earth. Fact is, I am not excited about death, but I do not fear it. Next fact. When I die. I don't think I'll care or remember anything of this world. I will be with the Lord, praising his always, and all earth and earthly things will be lost and forgotten. I'm not excited about dying, but look forward to the day I am free.

Answer 5

Just because it is in death that we are granted access to heaven, doesn't mean we're not supposed to live full, happy lives in the meantime. God created us, he placed us on this planet, gave it to us for us to care for and enjoy. And after living out the wonderful gift of life he gave us, we are called home again. Think of life on earth like a little vacation from eternity.

It isn't disobeying God to cry at the death of a loved one. It's normal, it's human, it's simply an emotion- another of his gifts. We have the capacity for love and companionship, which we share with one another as well as with the Lord. If we get this sad over missing our human companions, imagine how miserable we'd be to have to spend eternity without God!

Despite a Christian's tears at a funeral, most of them acknowledge that their loved one is in a better place, without suffering. And they do trust that someday they will see their loved one again in paradise with God.

I think you're taking a very sick and morbid stance on the promise of eternity with God's love and grace. Maybe you should try rereading the bible and really reflecting on things.

God bless, in this life and the next.

Answer 6

Christians cry at funerals because they know they will miss their loved one. Time on earth is different from time in Heaven. They know it will be a while before they see their loved one again. However, it is the gift of eternal life and the knowledge of this that gives them hope in their grief.

If you want a perfect example of what I am talking about, read High Calling by Evelyn Husband.

She is the widow of Shuttle Columbia commander Rick Husband. (Columbia was the shuttle that broke up on re-entry back in 2003.) She grieves for the loss of her husband, but throughout the book - she acknowledges and clings to the fact that she will see him again.

Don't be quick to judge people by their emotions in the future. Christians are meant to be human beings too - not God's robots.

God Bless!

Answer 7

Looking forward to life with God after we die is NOT the same as looking forward to Death, it just means that we may be a little less afraid of it!

Mourning the loss of a loved one is NOT going against God's will, who ever gave you that idea?

I mean no disrespect, but it seems you may be listening to some anti-Christian drivel!

If you are finding that Christianity is making less sence, I suggest you study what Christianity REALLY is.

you can try here to start if you wish.

May God Bless you and your family!

Peace!

Answer 8

Should anyone be excited to die when they are going to be in the grave asleep until Jesus returns? Yes--No


Perhaps Christianity makes less and less sense to you because like you so called Christians don't read and study the Bible for themselves. They allow others to interpret for them. Thereby believing much to much crap that is not true.
No carnal person that has lived and died is in heaven. There is to be a resurrection of the dead when Jesus returns to this earth to wet up his kingdon on this earth not in heaven. Read for yourself. There is nothing wrong with having a good cry when a person dies. Jesus wept.
Joh 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

If any human man were in heaven it would be David a man after Gods own heart.
Act 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see. Read the Bible and learn.

Answer 9

While excited is not a word I would use to describe how I feel about my fleshly body's impending death.

I would say that I no longer fear death itself. Being told that I would die "tomorrow" as you wrote would not throw me into a panic. Of course I would be sad, Jesus does allow us to mourn the loss of our loved ones. We are allowed to erect memorials of them, we do it in the form of tombstones. Sadness was given to us as an emotion and we are allowed to feel it.

What you feel is sin, is simply not so. What would be sin is cursing God for anything that happens to us that we may not like.

Knowing God is awesome, I urge you to read a bit more about emotions in the bible, there is so much more to what you already know.

Putting God first in our lives does not mean to the exclusion of all else, it means in all things, good and bad, understand that it it from God and deal with it on that basis. If your child is ill, you do not go to church anyway, you stay and care for that child, and while physically caring for that child, you also pray for healing and wisdom to know what to do and when to do it for that child.

Putting God first is not an exclusionary process, it is inclusionary.

Answer 10

Oh you are so funny. Fear of death is a natural human emotion. While many christians are comforted by knowing there will be life after death noone wants to die before they have had a chance to live a full life.

Answer 11

What right do you have preaching to Christians? I did not cry when my wife died. She suffered four years with cancer, she was saved and baptized, a member of church and went three times a week. I know where she went because she was saved and you have no right, sitting there in all your smugness telling us what we should and should not feel. I cannot judge you, but I can be a fruit inspector and you are rotten to the core.