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And just as it is appointed for man to die once...”
(Hebrews 9:27)

Death is inevitable. Everyone has to face it. God's Word tells us death was the penalty for our sin. But death is not the end.

The rest of Hebrews 9:27 states, "and after that comes judgment." And that's such a sad statement for those who have rejected God and the free gift of salvation.

Recently, ardent atheist Daniel Dennett had to face what we all will have to face--death. His obituary was in news papers (like the excerpts of the one attached from the UK Telegraph) around the world. For Daniel Dennett he believed death was the end, that he would cease to exist. But that is simply not true. Our bodies (the tent we live in as God through the apostle Paul describes) dies but our soul does not. We live on for eternity either with Christ or without Him in Heaven or Hell. That's the bottom line.

Daniel Dennet proclaimed that life had no intrinsic meaning. He was a typical materialist trying to grasp the mind. He insisted, based on his Darwinian worldview, that consciousness must be based on the material and our thoughts/minds are actually an illusion. He was steadfast on his atheism—like Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens and others. Being a materialist, he commented on a lot of immaterial things, mind, knowledge, conclusions, etc. This shows (sadly) his blinded inconsistency. Belief in a material universe does not explain the immaterial like the laws of logic, laws of chemistry, laws of mathematics and so on.

Let this remind everyone that death and subsequent judgment are inevitable. But:

“if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)

““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

Atheists leave such a sad legacy of meaninglessness purposelessness, and of no hope.

What a different legacy Christians leave:

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1 Peter 1:3).
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Joe Biden’s proclamation to make today Transgender Day is not just an insult to Christians, it is an attack on the Son of God, it is an attack on the gospel, it is blasphemous, it is Joe Biden’s war on God that he has taken to a new level. I believe he has really crossed a line.

I thought of

a. Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel said ““But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.” (Daniel 5:20)

b. Belshazzar and the words “Mene Mene Tekel and Parsin.” Daniel said, ““And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored. “Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN. This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;” (Daniel 5:22–27)

c. Haman. As we read in the book of Esther about Haman right before his fall. He thought he was on top and could do anything, bring in any law he wanted….But little did he know the gallows he built for Mordecai would be for himself and all his sons.

d. King Herod. As we read in Acts, “On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory,” (Acts 12:21–23)