You Only Die Once!
What is the best way to die?
I used to think that the best way to die was on the operating table under total anesthesia. I would just go to sleep in this world and then wake up in the next one. It would be a smooth and peaceful transition.
However, my perspective has changed since I went to the brink of death and chose to come back to this Earth. I had no fear of death before this, but now I really have a hard time taking a lot of things that people worry about in life seriously. I know that I am literally better off dead.
Dying is lot like getting on a ride at an amusement park and discovering that it is not near as scary as you imagined it would be. Well, at least not for the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him).
I have realized since then, that with a few exceptions, the rule for the Children of Truth is that you only die once. That being the case, it seems that using my one and only chance to die, by doing something as boring as dying on the operating table under total anesthesia, is not a very fulfilling way to die. It would be better if my death made some sort of meaningful impact. I want to make my death count!
It would be better to die in some heroic manner defending America, than to die quietly with no impact beyond a few friends and family members. We remember these fallen heroes each year on Memorial Day. They are remembered because they made their death count!
They gave that last full measure of devotion out of love for their country. They displayed heroic resolve when they chose death over surrender to tyranny!
American soldiers, sailors, marines, and air men have been inspired to make their deaths count by Patriots like Nathan Hale.
Nathan Hale understood the importance of making his death count. That is why his last words were, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country", right before he was hung for spying against the British in the Revolutionary War. His only regret was that you only die once!
However, it is not just during war that people make their deaths count. There are plenty of first responders and similar heroes, who understand that you only die once!
Some of these people die rescuing other people. They lay down their lives for the sake of others. They too are worthy of being memorialized because they made their deaths count!
There are also civilian heroes, who have died to protect their friends, or even total strangers. Their sacrifice might not be known by the masses, but their sacrifices mattered to the few they saved. They made their deaths count!
The greatest example of someone making their death count is the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ). He used his death to demonstrated love to the uttermost, because he knew that you only die once!
The Man of Truth died to defend his country (John 11:50-51)!
The Man of Truth died to rescue other people (John 3:14-17)!
The Man of Truth died to protect his friends (John 15:12-14)!
The Man of Truth even died to save his enemies (Romans 5:6-10)!
In like manner, the Children of Truth should strive to make their death count, because you only die once!
They could die defending their country, or rescuing other people, or protecting their friends, or even saving their enemies. These are all good ways to die that would make their death count, but they are not the best way to die.
Dying in any of these manners would have impact on other people, but that impact would only be temporary - even if it lasted for a thousand years. Dying in a manner that has impact on other people for eternity is the best way to die.
Since the Children of Truth only die once, why should they not die in the best way possible?
John the Baptist (Yochanon the Mikvah Man) lived the best way possible by calling people to repentance because the Messiah of Israel was coming (John 1:23-28). He gave witness that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel (John 1:29-34).
John the Baptist was beheaded for calling King Herod to repentance (Matthew 14:3-10). He died, so that people might be saved by believing in the Man of Truth (John 5:32-34).
John the Baptist died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
Stephen the Jew also lived the best way possible by bringing people into the House of Truth (Acts 6:5-10). He was killed for his witness that the Man of Truth is the Messiah of Israel (Acts 7:55-58). He died showing the love of the Man of Truth to his enemies (Acts 7:59-60).
Stephen the Jew died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
James the Jew (Ya'acov aka Jacob aka the Apostle James (brother of John)) was sent out by the Man of Truth to live the best possible way by witnessing to the truth about the Man of Truth to the people of Israel and all the world (Acts 1:8-13). He gave witness to the resurrection of the Man of Truth to the people of Israel with great signs and wonders (Acts 4:26-33). He was killed for witnessing to the truth about the Man of Truth to the people of Israel (Acts 12:1-3).
James the Jew died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
The Man of Truth told Peter the Jew (Sh'mon aka Simon aka Simeon aka Cephas aka The Apostle Peter) that he would die the best way possible, after living the best way possible (John 21:17-18). It was the best way possible to die because it would cause people to give glory to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) (John 21:19).
Peter the Jew died in the manner that the Man of Truth had said, after spending his life bringing people into eternal salvation (2 Peter 1:11-14). His death served as a testimony of the truth of the Good News about the Man of Truth (2 Peter 1:15-18).
Peter the Jew died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) was also told by the Man of Truth, that he would live the best possible way by suffering to bring Jews and Gentiles into the House of Truth (Acts 9:15-17). His great work of bringing the Good News to Jews and Gentiles was crowned by dying for his faith in the Man of Truth (2 Timothy 4:6-8)!
Paul the Jew died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
Antipas lived the best way possible by witnessing about the Man of Truth, and then died the best possible way by dying for his faith in the Man of Truth (Revelation 2:13).
Antipas died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
When the Man of Truth called the Children of Truth, he called them to die (Matthew 16:24-25). They become like him, when they lay down their lives to bring other people into the House of Truth (1 John 3:16).
When a Child of Truth makes their death count like this, they are giving a precious gift to the Father of Truth (Psalm 116:13-15)! So every one that is faithful to the Man of Truth until death, will get a crown for all eternity (Revelation 2:10)!
The best way for a Child of Truth to die, is to die as a martyr for the Man of Truth. (Martyr literally means "witness"). This will impact other people for eternity when they come into the House of Truth as result of this witness. The Children of Truth should make their death count because they only die once!
So, the Children of Truth need to make their lives count by living in the best possible way, as well as making their deaths count by dying in the best possible way (Romans 14:7-9). They are to live for the Man of Truth on this Earth, while knowing that their death gains them Heaven (Philippians 1:20-21).
The Children of Truth have no fear of death, because death will put them in Heaven with the Man of Truth (2 Corinthians 5:6-8). For they only die once (Revelation 20:6).
However, there is no good way to die for those, who have not come into the House of Truth!
They will go to be tormented in the Chamber of Horrors when they die (Luke 16:22-24). They will afterwards face the judgement of the Father of Truth and be sentenced to a second death (Revelation 20:11-15). They do not only die once, but they will die twice (Revelation 21:8)!
So, if you have not come into the House of Truth, then please do, so that you only die once!
Everyone is going to be resurrected, but not everyone is going to be resurrected to eternal life (Daniel 12:2). It is only those willing to live and die in obedience to the Father of Truth that will receive the better resurrection (Hebrews 11:35-38).
You only die once, if you surrender your life to the Man of Truth, because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9)!
Come into the House of Truth!
I used to think that the best way to die was on the operating table under total anesthesia. I would just go to sleep in this world and then wake up in the next one. It would be a smooth and peaceful transition.
However, my perspective has changed since I went to the brink of death and chose to come back to this Earth. I had no fear of death before this, but now I really have a hard time taking a lot of things that people worry about in life seriously. I know that I am literally better off dead.
Dying is lot like getting on a ride at an amusement park and discovering that it is not near as scary as you imagined it would be. Well, at least not for the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him).
I have realized since then, that with a few exceptions, the rule for the Children of Truth is that you only die once. That being the case, it seems that using my one and only chance to die, by doing something as boring as dying on the operating table under total anesthesia, is not a very fulfilling way to die. It would be better if my death made some sort of meaningful impact. I want to make my death count!
It would be better to die in some heroic manner defending America, than to die quietly with no impact beyond a few friends and family members. We remember these fallen heroes each year on Memorial Day. They are remembered because they made their death count!
They gave that last full measure of devotion out of love for their country. They displayed heroic resolve when they chose death over surrender to tyranny!
American soldiers, sailors, marines, and air men have been inspired to make their deaths count by Patriots like Nathan Hale.
Nathan Hale understood the importance of making his death count. That is why his last words were, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country", right before he was hung for spying against the British in the Revolutionary War. His only regret was that you only die once!
However, it is not just during war that people make their deaths count. There are plenty of first responders and similar heroes, who understand that you only die once!
Some of these people die rescuing other people. They lay down their lives for the sake of others. They too are worthy of being memorialized because they made their deaths count!
There are also civilian heroes, who have died to protect their friends, or even total strangers. Their sacrifice might not be known by the masses, but their sacrifices mattered to the few they saved. They made their deaths count!
The greatest example of someone making their death count is the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ). He used his death to demonstrated love to the uttermost, because he knew that you only die once!
The Man of Truth died to defend his country (John 11:50-51)!
The Man of Truth died to rescue other people (John 3:14-17)!
The Man of Truth died to protect his friends (John 15:12-14)!
The Man of Truth even died to save his enemies (Romans 5:6-10)!
In like manner, the Children of Truth should strive to make their death count, because you only die once!
They could die defending their country, or rescuing other people, or protecting their friends, or even saving their enemies. These are all good ways to die that would make their death count, but they are not the best way to die.
Dying in any of these manners would have impact on other people, but that impact would only be temporary - even if it lasted for a thousand years. Dying in a manner that has impact on other people for eternity is the best way to die.
Since the Children of Truth only die once, why should they not die in the best way possible?
John the Baptist (Yochanon the Mikvah Man) lived the best way possible by calling people to repentance because the Messiah of Israel was coming (John 1:23-28). He gave witness that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel (John 1:29-34).
John the Baptist was beheaded for calling King Herod to repentance (Matthew 14:3-10). He died, so that people might be saved by believing in the Man of Truth (John 5:32-34).
John the Baptist died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
Stephen the Jew also lived the best way possible by bringing people into the House of Truth (Acts 6:5-10). He was killed for his witness that the Man of Truth is the Messiah of Israel (Acts 7:55-58). He died showing the love of the Man of Truth to his enemies (Acts 7:59-60).
Stephen the Jew died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
James the Jew (Ya'acov aka Jacob aka the Apostle James (brother of John)) was sent out by the Man of Truth to live the best possible way by witnessing to the truth about the Man of Truth to the people of Israel and all the world (Acts 1:8-13). He gave witness to the resurrection of the Man of Truth to the people of Israel with great signs and wonders (Acts 4:26-33). He was killed for witnessing to the truth about the Man of Truth to the people of Israel (Acts 12:1-3).
James the Jew died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
The Man of Truth told Peter the Jew (Sh'mon aka Simon aka Simeon aka Cephas aka The Apostle Peter) that he would die the best way possible, after living the best way possible (John 21:17-18). It was the best way possible to die because it would cause people to give glory to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) (John 21:19).
Peter the Jew died in the manner that the Man of Truth had said, after spending his life bringing people into eternal salvation (2 Peter 1:11-14). His death served as a testimony of the truth of the Good News about the Man of Truth (2 Peter 1:15-18).
Peter the Jew died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) was also told by the Man of Truth, that he would live the best possible way by suffering to bring Jews and Gentiles into the House of Truth (Acts 9:15-17). His great work of bringing the Good News to Jews and Gentiles was crowned by dying for his faith in the Man of Truth (2 Timothy 4:6-8)!
Paul the Jew died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
Antipas lived the best way possible by witnessing about the Man of Truth, and then died the best possible way by dying for his faith in the Man of Truth (Revelation 2:13).
Antipas died the best possible way by using his death to impact people forever. He made his death count because he knew that you only die once!
When the Man of Truth called the Children of Truth, he called them to die (Matthew 16:24-25). They become like him, when they lay down their lives to bring other people into the House of Truth (1 John 3:16).
When a Child of Truth makes their death count like this, they are giving a precious gift to the Father of Truth (Psalm 116:13-15)! So every one that is faithful to the Man of Truth until death, will get a crown for all eternity (Revelation 2:10)!
The best way for a Child of Truth to die, is to die as a martyr for the Man of Truth. (Martyr literally means "witness"). This will impact other people for eternity when they come into the House of Truth as result of this witness. The Children of Truth should make their death count because they only die once!
So, the Children of Truth need to make their lives count by living in the best possible way, as well as making their deaths count by dying in the best possible way (Romans 14:7-9). They are to live for the Man of Truth on this Earth, while knowing that their death gains them Heaven (Philippians 1:20-21).
The Children of Truth have no fear of death, because death will put them in Heaven with the Man of Truth (2 Corinthians 5:6-8). For they only die once (Revelation 20:6).
However, there is no good way to die for those, who have not come into the House of Truth!
They will go to be tormented in the Chamber of Horrors when they die (Luke 16:22-24). They will afterwards face the judgement of the Father of Truth and be sentenced to a second death (Revelation 20:11-15). They do not only die once, but they will die twice (Revelation 21:8)!
So, if you have not come into the House of Truth, then please do, so that you only die once!
Everyone is going to be resurrected, but not everyone is going to be resurrected to eternal life (Daniel 12:2). It is only those willing to live and die in obedience to the Father of Truth that will receive the better resurrection (Hebrews 11:35-38).
You only die once, if you surrender your life to the Man of Truth, because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9)!
Come into the House of Truth!
Labels: Death, Martyrs, Memorial Day
posted by The House Of Truth @ May 19, 2019
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