Life's executioner out of work!
No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him, the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough ... (Psalm 49:7-8)
Winston Churchill was laid to rest on Jan 30 1965. Churchill had considered this day with his usual thoroughness, exercising great care.
In short - Winston Churchill had even planned his own funeral, which took place in Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London.
He included many of the great hymns of the church, and used the well written Anglican church service.
At his direction, a bugler was to be positioned high in the dome of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, and after the blessing, the sound of “Taps,” would rise. This is the universal signal that says the day is over.
But then came the most dramatic turn: As Winston Churchill instructed, as soon as “Taps” was finished, another bugler, placed on the other side of the Cathedral's great dome, played the notes of “Reville” – “It’s time to get up. It’s time to get up. It’s time to get up in the morning.”
That was Churchill’s testimony that at the end of history, the last note will not be “Taps,” it will be “Reville.”#
Death used to be an executioner, but the gospel makes him a gardener.
Death used to be able to crush us, but now all death can do is plant us in the soil until we rise to an incorruptible, undefiled and eternal inheritance. (George Herbert)
... you were redeemed from the empty way of life ... with the precious blood of Christ ... (1 Peter 1:18 & 19)
NOTE TO SELF:
No Christian has ever been known to recant on his death bed.
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