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Death is Common

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Solomon said, "For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again" (Ecclesiastes 3:19, 1 0).
    Perhaps you have heard the old saying, "I had a dog whose name was Rover, and when he died he died all over." Though it seems to insult the casually assumed religiosity of some people, when men and women die, they, too, die "all over."
    The Bible says so.
    As God's Word states, "As the one dieth, so [in like fashion, in like manner] dieth the other."
    Solomon explained that a man has no "preeminence" over mere beasts when it comes to death. All have the same physical, chemical existence; each depends upon the intake of air, water and food, the continual replenishment of a metabolic system which is temporal, transitory, earthly, and which is subject to the process of aging and final death.
    Dogs, cows, birds and humans all breathe of the same air. They all eat of the foods that come from the ground. They all drink the same water. They all are sustained by beating hearts, flowing blood-streams, vital organs and systemic design which cause their fleshly forms to function.
    Interfere with these vital organs and systemic functions, and they're severely injured or they die.
    When a dog, a cow or a bird dies, it dies exactly as does a man. When a man dies, he dies exactly the same kind of death that takes a cow in the field. Your Bible says so!
    The Bible makes it very clear that death is a state of total unconsciousness, the complete absence of conscious thought or mind.
    "...To him that is joined to all living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything..." (Ecclesiastes 9:4).
    There is no problem understanding the subject of death and life after death if one accepts the Bible, and the Bible alone, at face value.
    It is because millions have departed from the revealed knowledge ofGod's Word and believe the ancient pagan philosophy, the lie of Satan the devil in the Garden of Eden ("You shall not surely die"), and the perverted teachings of modem-day theologians and the pagan mysteries of darkened ages in the past.