The House of Mourning



The House of Mourning

Ecclesiastes 
"Ecc 7:1 A good name is better than precious oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. 


7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men. And the living take it to heart. 

Something the living should take to heart. Youth is wasted on the young. When we are young, we think we are immortal, and everything is forever. This is not always a positive thing. We believe that our sorrows will never pass and nothing can or will ever change.
When we are old, we have earned the gift of perception through witnessing a change of seasons in life. We have the great relief of knowing that nothing last forever.

This knowledge allows us to enjoy the goodness of life while it lasts, and have hope that sorrow has its end as well. No matter what we are going through in life, this too shall pass. No matter what someone else is going through, that too shall pass. Every experience in life, especially the sorrowful has its limits.

Without death, time would become meaningless. Without death, injustice would become unbearable. Without death, the sufferings of the righteous would destroy our faith.

Isaiah 57:1 The Righteous perish and no one ponders it in their heart, that the righteous perish to spare them evil days ahead.

Sometimes in life, death is a gift. G-d took away many of the Kings of Israel before they could witness dark and heartbreaking days ahead, and it was considered a blessing. We even have a saying in the south "I'm glad your -insert title of dead relative- isn't hear to see this."
Some also are taken to spare them dishonor, as they may have dwindled into dishonor and helplessness in their old age. Others are spared years of suffering later in life, by being taken in the prime of life.

We never know when our end will come, or how. We never know for sure when the end of others will come either. We are promised that if we follow the commands of G-d, He will extend our life in the land (Deuteronomy 30). Other than that, we have no control over our end on this earth. We also have no control over our afterlife, except for two choices.
The first choice is deciding who stands to answer for our crimes against the Laws of the Universe (G-d's Law/Torah), will we stand for ourselves, or allow an advocate whose father is the judge to plead our case based upon HIS own clean record.
The Second Choice is deciding if we will follow G-d's Commands so we can be trusted with authority and leadership in the Kingdom, or going our own way and being least in the Kingdom? Matthew 5:17-19

To enter the House of Mourning is truly a blessing.
It is a reminder to enjoy the good times we have been given and to follow G-d with our lives (the whole duty of man according to Solomon) and a reassurance that the bad times don't last forever either.

1 Samuel 2:9 "He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,for not by might shall a man prevail.

Genesis 38:7
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD put him to death.

Genesis 38:10
And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also.

The House of Mourning for the Righteous is also a great reminder. The House of Mourning is where we are promised that the evil can only escape justice for so long before they meet the judge of all. No wicked man will live over 130 years, then they go to Sheol and then to the judgment. When we hear of atrocities and genocides and all manners of evil, we know that in the house of the wicked sits an hourglass, whose sand is running low.

The House of Mourning reminds us also of another great Truth "Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end."

The sorrow of the Righteous ends at the House of Mourning and then they enter a House of Feasting, and the Feasting of the Wicked ends as well, they begin with Feasting and end with Mourning.

"Shadows of the Day" by Linkin Park
Watch and Listen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1PCW0C1aiM

"Shadow Of The Day"


I close both locks below the window
I close both blinds and turn away

Sometimes solutions aren't so simple
Sometimes good bye's the only way

[Chorus]
And the sun will set for you
The sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you
[End Chorus]

In cards and flowers on your window
Your friends all plead for you to stay

Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple
Sometimes good bye's the only way

[Chorus]
And the sun will set for you
The sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you
[End Chorus]

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