Then What ???????

Esther 9-10

The book of Ester comes to an end with startling contrasts.  One group, the Jews, are saved and celebrate with a great party.  One group, the enemies of the Jews, are slaughtered in mass and in the end Mordecai is made a national hero.  Hard to seem celebratory with so much death lying around on the pages. 

It underscores a sad, but vital truth all humans must face.  Death is not the wages of old age, sickness, violence, or war.  Death is the wage of sin; it is the ultimate and assured, last installment for sin, sin’s final payment.  Human bodies die because all are infected with sin. 

We all die…then what?  Every human has to decide what they believe about “then what?”

“The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Romans 6:23

There’s a “then what” we can die with, with the power to change our “Now what.”