(November 3, 2014 at 2:27 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Care to answer it with a straight answer instead of linking irrelevant quotes? It's a yes or no question Huggs.
Yes.
Death is simply a transition from one place to another...but then, so is birth.
"But dying involves suffering" you might say. So does birth.
None of us view a child being born as a bad thing even though there is an incredible amount of suffering involved. Likewise From God's point of view, the process of leaving this earthly realm and being born into his kingdom is a joyous occasion, hence:
Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.