Does God have a certain time for every one to die?

Answer 1

Yes even the two that where taken into Heaven from Earth.

Answer 2

The Bible tells us, “…All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (Psalm 139:16). So, yes, God knows exactly when, where, and how we will die. God knows absolutely everything about us (Psalm 139:1-6). So, does this mean our fate is sealed? Does this mean we have absolutely no control over when we will die? The answer is both yes and no.



The answer is yes because God knows everything and knows exactly when, where and how we will die. Nothing we can do will change what God already knows will happen. The answer is no because we do have an impact on when, where, and how we die. Obviously, a person who commits suicide causes their own death. A person who commits suicide would have lived longer had they not committed suicide. Similarly, a person who dies because of a foolish decision (i.e., drug use) “expedited” their own death. A person who dies of lung cancer from smoking would not have died in the same way or at the same time if they had not smoked. A person who dies of a heart attack due to a lifetime of extremely unhealthy eating and little exercise would not have died in the same way or at the same time if they had eaten healthier foods and exercised more. Yes, our own decisions have an undeniable impact on the manner, timing, and place of our death.



How does this effect our lives practically? We are to live each day for God. James 4:13-15 teaches us, “Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.” We are to make wise decisions about how we live our lives and how we take care of ourselves. And ultimately, we trust God, that He is sovereign and in control of all things.

Recommended Resource: What the Bible Says about Heaven & Eternity by Ice & Demy.

Answer 3

That's one of those deep theological questions that people have different opinions on. For instance all conservative theologians believe that God knows exactly when a person is going to die since He exists outside of time and knows every future event. But then it comes down to whether or not God actually ordains how long a person will live and whether or not God would do something like prevent someone from committing suicide or not and if not then if that was part of what He had already agreed should be the end of that person's life.

Here is one of the passages that people look to when they support the notion that God has made a certain time for every one to die.

Psalms 139:14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them.

Answer 4

Of course. He's very precise it stuff like that. In car accidents he has to decide who lived and who dies.,If the baby dies he does it to punish the mother for something, or he kills the mother and kid to punish the father. But later he doesn't mention what the punishment was for. That's the best part of being god I suppose. Even this Virginia killer maniac, how sick and disturbing it may be, was still trying to explain why he did what he did in his video's. God still never sends video's to NBC.
Gods ways are just a little bit too mysterious for me.

Answer 5

I don't know, but I think it is really interesting that all of us are going through our life experience at the same general time. Each of us could have been living 200, 400, whatever number of years ago. We are all here right now. Not as interesting as I thought when I put it on paper.

Answer 6

Yes, our physical departure from this planet doesn't surprise God at all. He appointed an exact time for us to be born and also a time for us to die. That is why taking care of your body while you live isn't to extend your life, because you can't, it is to improve the quality of your life while you live.

Answer 7

RELIGION. I as a christian believes God has a time for everything and he gives us free will to control that time, place etc way of dying, buy to my belief God knows every single thing that will happen before it is even dreamed of by us.

Answer 8

I love gtahvfai's answer!! Yes, G-d determines this. "There is a time for everything under the heavens, a time to be born and a time to die",(etc.) "On Rosh Hashana it is written Who Shall Be Born,and Who Shall Die and on Yom Kippur it is sealed". This is what I grew up believing and I am still a proud believer as an adult.

Answer 9

Good question.....I think we come here to accomplish certain things along our spiritual journey. We don't know or remember what those things are, but once we these lessons of love are done, it is our time....and sometimes "our time" is for other people's lessons.....and maybe, just maybe, that was something we were supposed to accomplish? Meaning, we learn from hurtful things, also.

Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood

Answer 10

Yes everyone has an appointed time right do to the second. The thing is that we need to make sure that we are really when he calls our name, and it can be at any time.