Question: Is the time of your death set in stone?

[Angel12011985]

Here is a question my preacher has been asking us and having us study so I want your opinion also. Is the time of your death set in stone or do you believe it could change?

[Herman Uticks]

I guess I would have to think that it might be set in stone. If God foresees the future, and I beleive he does, then whatever time he sees that happening, is when it will happen. If it changes at some time in His mind, then what He beleived previously, is wrong. God is never wrong.

However, since we are not privy to that information, there is not much practical value to the question, that I can see, wonder what your pastor is fishing for.

[Guest]

Welcome~!

 

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Here is a question my preacher has been asking us and having us study so I want your opinion also. Is the time of your death set in stone or do you believe it could change?

 

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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

 

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

 

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forth ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

 

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. 2 Kings 20:1-11

[Guest]

I guess I would have to think that it might be set in stone. If God foresees the future, and I beleive he does, then whatever time he sees that happening, is when it will happen. If it changes at some time in His mind, then what He believed previously, is wrong. God is never wrong.

However, since we are not privy to that information, there is not much practical value to the question, that I can see, wonder what your pastor is fishing for.

 

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Figs? (And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs.) Or Money?

[kwikphilly]

Blessings Amy!

                     Welcome to Worthy....there are 2 dates that are set in stone,the date you are born & the date you physically die but there is also a dash in between the two that is set in stone...that is the one that matters most.....what you do with that "dash"or the time in between.....                                                                                                           With love in Christ-Kwik

I have no idea why your Pastor wants you to ponder that thought but why don't you just ask him?

[BFP]

Well I have to say that believing it to be set in stone has relieved me of much anxiety in the last few years. And I do believe it to be written in stone. I don't have to worry about anything, God has it all planned. BUT at the same time, I do value my health while I am on this earth and wish to feel as well as I can while I am here so I take care of my body...knowing full well that when God calls me home nothing can save me, but until that day nothing can kill me either...but it sure can hurt if I'm not careful.

[Guest man]

Here is a question my preacher has been asking us and having us study so I want your opinion also. Is the time of your death set in stone or do you believe it could change?

 

 

How would anybody know? Our lives are in the hands of God. Jesus raised the dead. Was their death etched in stone? And what about when they finally died? Was their second death etched in stone also?

 

Here's something else to ponder. If our life is scheduled to end on a specific date, what about those who commit suicide? Does anyone believe God would drive someone to the point of ending their own life just to satisfy a certain date?

 

I honestly don't know. If our deaths are indeed prearranged, there's absolutely no way to tell. 

 

Don't know if this helped any, but it gave me something to think about.

 

Welcome aboard.  

[Guest man]

Well I have to say that believing it to be set in stone has relieved me of much anxiety in the last few years. And I do believe it to be written in stone. I don't have to worry about anything, God has it all planned. BUT at the same time, I do value my health while I am on this earth and wish to feel as well as I can while I am here so I take care of my body...knowing full well that when God calls me home nothing can save me, but until that day nothing can kill me either...but it sure can hurt if I'm not careful.

 

 

Good post.   

[ayin jade]

Whether it is set in stone or not, He knows when we will die and how. We do not know this. 

[Guest ninhao]

Ecc 9:11-12  I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.  (12)  For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.