Do you think people always die when it's "their time"?

Question

like in terrible accidents or terrorist attacks especially.

Answer 1

There may be something to that, however there is a story in the Bible about a man named Hezekiah and "his time" had come to die, according to the Prophet of God, Isaiah. However when he turned to God in prayer and weeping, God heard his prayer, healed him, and added 15 years to his life.
Read the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 38 for this touching story.
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type in: Isaiah 38

Answer 2

No, it does not. Rather than indicate that each person has a predestined day of death, the Bible says that “time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all.” (Eccl. 9:11) Yes, an “unforeseen occurrence” can happen to anyone. If a person happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, he may meet a fatal accident. It was not that this was his predestined “time,” but something occurred “unforeseen” or by chance.

But what about the Bible’s statement at Ecclesiastes 3:1, 2? Doesn’t it prove that there is a set time for a man to die? It reads: “For everything there is an appointed time, even a time for every affair under the heavens: a time for birth and a time to die.” Does this mean that the time of birth and the time of death are fixed for each individual? Remember, it was this same Bible writer who said that ‘time and unforeseen occurrences befall all persons.’ What, then, does the writer mean?

He is merely commenting on the continuous cycle of life and its activities. You have seen for yourself that there is a time when people build and a time when they break down; there is a “time to weep and a time to laugh,” and so on. (Eccl. 3:1-8) So, also, a woman gets pregnant, and when the time comes she gives birth. Then again, the time comes when old age, sickness, or the like, bring death. No, not predestination—just the well-known cycle of life.

Answer 3

Death is uncertain the future is not set in stone. What you must remember though is everyone will die one day nothing can stop that. I believe that you should just take each day as it comes and live life to the ful because you never know whats going to happen tommorow

Answer 4

No, many die before their time due to sin.

I Cor 11:30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep (die). 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

Answer 5

No. People die when their body must use more energy to stay in order (and therefore alive) than is available. Elderly or ill people don't have enough energy to keep their body functioning. No human being has enough energy to counteract the effects of the catastrophic rearrangement/deconstruction of their body.

Answer 6

sometimes people die when it's time for their soul to move on, but i still believe in accidents and random acts of violence. i don't think there would be ghosts otherwise.

Answer 7

I do, even with small children who get sick. Everyones life is a light that touches us and when that light is gone it touches us in a way that shifts our thoughts, feelings to a place we are meant to experience.

Answer 8

No. I think some bad mojo goes down, and unfortunately people are just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Answer 9

Absolutely! Who's to say what is the correct way to die? In the end, you're dead, so what does it matter how you die?

Answer 10

Who can say? I don't believe God is a puppet master. We have free will and there is another player on the field besides God, Satan, and he plans and carries out things doesn't he? So my answer would be no, but that's just opinion.