No Pleasure in Death
“And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?’ Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
The above truth about the character of God is the story of the Bible. In the beginning, God created man (Adam) with the intention that he would live forever. It was only because of Satan’s temptation and man’s succumbing to that enticement that caused death in the world. Sin causes death:
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The reason for all this is because Satan wanted death to be introduced into the world. He is the father of lies and the culprit of death:
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Satan murdered Adam and Eve and pronounced death on all mankind. God, as a result of man’s sin in the Garden, the killed an animal to clothe the nakedness of Adam and Eve. This brought death to the earth. But, as we see in the above passage, God takes no pleasure in death. This is a marvelous truth to see the grace, love and majesty of God. God, to prevent the ultimate death (separation from Him) sent His Son to destroy death:
Hebrews 2:14 (ESV)
Jesus came to destroy the power of death. We can rejoice in the fact that God takes NO PLEASURE in death. He has gone to the greatest lengths of any human thought to prevent the ultimate death of being separated from Him for eternity.
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