It is a question that people put with a sore heart, why do people die? I have already posed this question. We all witness death but it also comes as a surprise and hurts. In the bible, the concept of death was not an original plan of God on man. In Genesis 2:17, God threatened Adam that he would die in case he disobeyed him. As sin gained access into the world, death ensued. According to the Bible in the book of Romans 5:12, through one man sin entered the world and with sin came death. This demonstrates to us that death was as a result of sin.
We live in a sinful world and that is why people today die. Our bodies become weak, our sickness strikes, accidents occur and time goes by. The book of Hebrews chapter nine verses twenty seven states, It is once to men appointed, once to die, but after this the judgment. This is that every human being will die. It belongs to our human nature.
Yet death does not put an end to it. This is what gives me hope. The Bible preaches that there shall be a resurrection. John 11: 25 says, the Lord Jesus said, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. I am comforted with this promise. Physical death can occur, but God has made an everlasting life to those who follow him.
So why do people die? It is sin that kills people and because it is set that man die once. But God in His mercy gave us hope of the grave. Death teaches us to be wise, to live to obey God, and be ready to live eternally.
God bless his word
Amen