How Many Times Will You Personally Face Death? a poem that I wrote in 2009

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How Many Times Will You Personally Face Death?
Will Your Soul Live or Die?



Dying twice full death-
Dying once little sorrow
Dying twice full rue-



Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:



Revelations 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.



Revelations 20:12-15
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.



20:13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.



20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.



20:15  
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.



Luke 16:23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.



Rom 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.



Rom 5:15
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.



Eph 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God



Moral of this Haiku style poem is referenced in the above scriptures taken from the King James Bible.



First it is appointed unto every single one of us to one day die.(Hebrews 9:27) !*No one gets out of this life alive.



We all have a debt that must be paid in full that is the debt of sin.
(Romans 6:23)



After we die, we go immediately to the eternal home we have chosen based on whether or not we have chosen to fully trust on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation.



*No one gets a second chance after they have died the physical death. Of this body we live in today.*



Those who have chosen Christ will not be found at the Great White Throne Judgment without their advocate who is Jesus Christ. For those who have fully accepted Christ all charges laid to their account will be covered by the blood of Christ. Their sins have been paid in full. The saved do not stand alone at the judgment. The unsaved will stand alone, having none to redeem their souls, and they will be cast into the "Everlasting Lake of Fire" for all eternity.



My friend this matter is not to be taken lightly, listen once again to this Haiku style rhyme, it is very simple to understand.



Dying twice full death (this is the death of both the physical body, and the soul)



Dying once little sorrow (this is the death of the physical body alone)



Dying twice full rue (this is the saddest line of all, because the second death means your sorrow will be complete never ending, your sorrows will be full)



Heaven is real, Hell is real, and we are all going to one place or the other ready or not. The rich man in the Biblical narrative below did not go to Hell because he was wealthy, he went because he refused God, accepting and trusting in the desires, hopes and things of this world instead of God. The poor man did not go to Heaven because he was poor; he went because he had a relationship with God. The poor man trusted in God alone.



Luke 16:19-31
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:



And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.



And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;



And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.



And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.



But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.



And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.



Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:



For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.



Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.



And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.



And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.