How Shall We Undestand Death

We as Christians ought to see death as a time in which both the person who is dying, and those who love him, can think deeply about what death will mean for them. If you are a Christian, it will mean that you are going home to God. But everyone else who is living will remain here. What are the implications of these things? Well, I believe that the death of Jacob teaches us some clear lessons about how death is to be understood. These verses teach us that death is a time of gathering, a time of mourning, and a time of sympathizing. Let's think about each of these subjects so that we will be better prepared when death comes to others, or to ourselves.