{"id":35327,"date":"2021-05-16T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T21:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=35327"},"modified":"2021-05-16T16:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T21:09:01","slug":"who-controls-when-we-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/who-controls-when-we-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Who controls when we die?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Question:<\/h2>\n

Hello sir,<\/p>\n

I have another question. Who controls when we die? Recently, someone I knew died in a car accident at only 19 years old. It really made me question why and who controlled this.<\/p>\n\t

Answer:<\/h2>\n

There are occasions when God decides the time of someone’s death. “In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'” Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, “Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “Return and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD. “I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.”‘”<\/em> ” (II Kings 20:1-5). While this happened to a few people, we know that the vast majority of people don’t know when they will die.<\/p>\n

Nor does God state that there is a set time for most people to die. See\u00a0Is there a set time for someone to die?<\/a> There are times when events happen by random changes. “I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all. Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them<\/em>” (Ecclesiastes 9:11-12).<\/p>\n

Thus, while God has control over our time of death, it appears that He doesn’t often choose to exert direct control over the time of our death.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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