Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.” Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand! Another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” So the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he, too, had a sharp sickle. Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and he threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for a distance of about one thousand six hundred stadia. (Revelation 14:12-20, NRSVue)
If you die, well, when you die. No one has figured out how to get out of here without dying. Well, ok, Jesus did the second time, but the first time, even he died. We will all die. It is a fact of life, and according to Revelation chapter 14, if you want to be blessed in your death, you have to die in the Lord.
You need to follow what Jesus has told us to do and be. It is not just worshipping Him, which He never asked for. It is also not about how often your butt is in a pew or chair, whatever the place you worship has; it is about living like Jesus in the world.
Showing love. Caring for others. Putting them before you.
Live like Jesus, and die in the Lord.
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