Why so Many People are Afraid to Die.

We hear quite often about “natural this” and “natural that”, but we seldom hear the word “unnatural” brought up in discussion, probably because it’s a word that inspires thoughts that are either depressing in their content, or controversial. Nobody wants to get involved in a stark argument about what is natural and what is unnatural. It’s just not a politically correct thing to do.

But the fact is, there are natural and unnatural elements in this life we lead, and life and death themselves are part and parcel to that. Let’s take death for instance. Man was designed originally to live forever. He was not supposed to grow old, sick, weak and finally die. Although we are used to looking at death as a natural and inevitable part of life, it is actually very much an unnatural act.

God made us perfect, made us to live eternally, but the wages of sin are death, and when we originally sinned, we had to die, simple as that. This is why death is so difficult for the loved ones left behind when a family member dies. If death were perfectly natural, we would not weep over the casket. Life is natural, death is unnatural. And some of us are deathly afraid to die.

We fear death for many reasons. We wonder if it will hurt, or we wonder how it will happen, or how long it will take. Will it be slow or will it be instantaneous? Will I simply zap out of existence or is there an afterlife? If there is an afterlife, what is it? Will I go to Heaven or Hell? These are all legitimate questions and they bring apprehension with them. Apprehension is yet another symptom of an unnatural state.

God has said, “believe in me and ye shall not perish but have eternal life.” This is a powerful statement to those who go through life with faith at their side. It gives them hope that the best is yet to come, even if you do have to pass through death to get to it. But those without that hopeful faith are the ones who suffer needlessly throughout their lives, dwelling on the thought of their own deaths, or the passing of loved ones. They wonder where they can find relief from this constant threat of death.

The only path to this relief is to find the faith of the one true Natural God, Who inspires His Creation daily in each of their walks of life. Yes, death is inevitable for all of us, but fearing the unnatural is not necessary, nor is it common for those who understand the true nature of death and the true nature of life. For life is eternal, and the soul lives forever, even when the body itself is long dead and corrupted by the sands of time.