But when man dies, he is finished!\par When man dies, he is gone.\par
Ecclesiastes 3:21 - Easy To Read Version Who knows what happens to the spirit of a man? Who knows if a man’s spirit goes up to God while an animal’s spirit goes down into the ground? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth? American Standard Version (1901) Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth? Common English Bible Who knows if a human being’s life-breath rises upward while an animal’s life-breath descends into the earth? Catholic Public Domain Version Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward? |
But when man dies, he is finished!\par When man dies, he is gone.\par
Your body came from the earth.\par And when you die,\par your body will go back to the earth.\par But your spirit came from God.\par And when you die,\par your spirit will go back to God.\par
After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am.
We know that \{our body\}—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a home for us to live in. It will not be a home made by men. It will be a home in heaven that will continue forever.
So I say that we have confidence. And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.
The Lord will make you be like the head, not the tail. You will be on top, not on the bottom. This will happen if you listen to the commands of the Lord your God that I tell you today. You must carefully obey these commands.
It is hard to choose between living or dying. I want to leave this life and be with Christ. That is much better.