Thank you for reading and asking your question. I probably mention this subject in several Bible lessons because it is very important to learn. But, the primary lesson series that should help the most is called “Understanding Bible Covenants”. This will explain a good overview of the topics of Bible Covenant types, establishment and termination.

A quick overview of the subject if found in Deut. 24:1-4. Here we find the God given law of divorce. This is the law used by God to terminate His marriage covenant with Israel because of her repeated unfaithfulness to be His devoted wife. We will find the requirements of the Deuteronomy law carried out by God’s prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah. We will find these two witnesses using the exact same terminology written in Deuteronomy in Isiah 50 :1 and Jeremiah 3:8. Both verses use the exact same Hebrew words H7971 (put away), H5612 (bill) and H3748 (divorce) used in Deuteronomy 24:1-4.

I hope this will help in your Bible study. God Bless.

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Thank you for reading and studying the Bible on this Website. I am always blessed to try to answer questions if I am able. I do have some lessons on this subject if you would like to read them. Please read the lessons titled “Understanding the Baptism of the Holy Ghost”. If you type this in the search box on this website it will pop them up. God Bless you.

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Thank you very much for your comment. I do appreciate it so very much. I will add the subject of “Generational Curses” to my “To Do” list. God Bless you.

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There has been martyrs within Christianity from the beginning of the church age. They will probably remain and even increase because Satan is in control of this world system knowing that his time is growing short. Christians have been given authority over Satan but rarely know it or how to use it to stop these attacks. Hosea 4:6 says “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge”. So while it is not the will of God for a Christian to die young, they can because of their ignorance.

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Thank you. You have done very well. I have not found any other methods of God instructing His children other than giving us His Word. According to 2 Timothy 3:16 the Word of God is sufficient to rebuke, correct and instruct. God Bless.

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I appreciate your heart for God to learn. You are asking good questions but I feel like it would be more beneficial if I could teach you how to find the answers rather than just give you the answers to the questions. That is what I will attempt to do today.

There are basic rules for valid Bible interpretation. I cannot give you them all but I will at least point a few out to get you started. First read the context very closely and find the primary subject matter and who it was written to and who it was written about. If you do this with Hebrews chapter 12 you should find that it is written to the church about the church and the primary subject is God instructing them to help them grow/mature.

Then the next part of valid interpretation is for us to look up the word definitions from the Greek in order to understand the original language and see if there could be any potential conflicts to the way we read it in the English translations. The primary word you are asking about is G3811 that was translated as “chasteneth” in the KJV Bible. Therefore we are looking for what this word means. However we will start with the English dictionary of the word chasten first. Here is one dictionary that I found:

Chasten: to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.

Ok this is typically what most Christians believe God is saying but was that what God really said? Let’s look up the word in the Strong’s and find out an actual original language definition:

From G3816; to train up a child, that is, educate, or (by implication) discipline (by punishment): – chasten (-ise), instruct, learn, teach.

Ok, this definition changes my viewpoint from what we originally thought dramatically from the English only. This original word literally means to train a child. How do we do this in the natural? I guess that could vary significantly depending on the sanity and moral character of the parent. But now consider we are talking about God training His children. God’s character and moral thoughts are way beyond the human comprehension for purity. Would God hurt His children in order to train them? I don’t think so.
Consider the definition again. This word means to instruct or teach and at the same time the child is supposed to learn from what is taught by the superior instructor.

Now here is the third way to learn the correct interpretation. We must learn how God used the word in the rest of the Bible. So we will search for both G3811 and G3809 that was translated as “chastening” in the verse 5 context. You should find that G3811 is found 13 times. Then G3809 is found in only 6 verses. Go and read all of these and use these to interpret the verse in Hebrews using a consistent manner application and definition of the word as “instruct” or “train”. You may also find that there is a definition contained in one of these verses to how God trains us.

That is all I am going to give you. You do the rest and tell me what you find and I’ll help you after that if you are off. Pray before you begin and ask God to open the eyes of your understanding to give you wisdom and revelation of His Holy Word. God will answer your prayer and do this. Thanks for your question and God Bless you.

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God bless you for reading, commenting and asking a question. You ask a very complex and difficult question to answer. Why anyone dies young is seldom known by people. Only God is omniscient and all-knowing and can accurately answer this question if we pray and ask. But He will not normally answer this question even in prayer because it is usually none of our business. What goes on in a person’s life is usually between them and God only. You and I are responsible for only our self. If we try to fix or understand anyone else we will normally fail.

Having said all of that there are a few good reasons why people die young and this includes Christians. Read this verse over and consider the application for the answer to your question:

Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

I know very few Christians that are consistently led by God’s Spirit. Not being led by the Spirit correctly will usually cause people to die early because they are in the wrong places and the wrong times with the wrong people. Let’s look at another reason why Christians could die early:

1Pe 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Proverbs 18:21 says death and life are in the power of the tongue and those that love it shall eat the fruit there of. Isn’t that what God says through Peter? Christians die young because they are speaking death instead of life. They have been tricked by the devil to pronounce a curse upon themselves. Let’s look at another reason why Christians die young:

1Co 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1Co 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
1Co 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

Here is a very specific reason why Christians die according to God. I’m not sure if you understand what these verses are saying but they are talking about Christian sin. When we examine our own hearts we will always find things that need to be removed from our lives because none of are perfect. After we find an item we can pray asking for forgiveness and then ask God for help in changing us. Verse 31 ends with many Christians are sick and weak and even die (sleep).

Ok, I’m only going to give you one more reasons why Christians die early. We forget that there is an evil devil present in this world that Jesus said in John 10:10 has only come to kill, steal and destroy us. This devil wants any Christian dead. When a Christian is dead they leave the earth and are present in heaven. This makes them a non-threat to Satan and his kingdom. Satan thinks that he can remain on the earth if there are no Christians. We can learn this fact from reading the Bible. Cain killed his brother Abel in Genesis. Abel is called a righteous man in Hebrews 11. The man Cain is a type of Satan and took the righteous off the face of the earth by spilling his blood. This is an example of the work of Satan. I hope and pray that you understand this better now.

There are too many reasons why Christians die early. It is not the will of God for any of His people to die prematurely. God does not take a Christian to heaven early. If He did this it would make the words of Jesus in John 10:10 a lie.

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