TSK · Job 14:5

The Brevity of Life“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust.

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.

This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene– God has numbered your kingdom’s days and brought it to an end.

“Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.

But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

To the Church in Philadelphia“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open: