Once, someone told me he was not afraid of death. Because he was even more afraid of living in this world alive and getting tired. But the problem is, "getting tired" is the true meaning of "death" itself. Because the horrible nature of death is not death, but deterioration. For the priests, the kind of daily life that witnesses curfews, coexists with death every day, and lives from the edge of sensitive conflict is a long process that is more terrifying than the "moment of death". Most people, in such a nightmare environment, will definitely leave. The pastors have also argued about whether to stay as shepherds or to save their lives and protect themselves. But soon, they realized the good intentions that came from God after they stayed. Because they discovered that those gradual qualitative things can be completely digested in the face of faith, so that each of them began to clean up as usual, heal the sick, harvest crops, and read the scriptures frequently. In the end, each of them was reborn. And this kind of life is different from the life that "saves life". Because the scripture says: Whoever wants to save his life will lose his life; whoever loses his life for me will save his life. (Luke 9:24)
This is a difficult question. Because all the deaths we understand are deaths that start from the "moment of death"; and all the lives we understand are all births that start from the birth of the mother. But in fact, true death begins with a life we understand; and true life begins with a life beyond our understanding and a complete rebirth from God. Therefore, as the movie said, when their deaths are finally forgotten, someone will definitely laugh at their naivety and accuse them of idealism. However, in the kingdom of God, what God values is the real life, not the surviving, but he does not know the so-called "birth". Don’t you see, we are all alive, but we all live in a generation without hope, step by step to death; the pastors are dead, but have received a complete resurrection from God, always in the arms of the Father Hope. Yes, we may ask why, why we have established this generation with one hand, but cannot be redeemed by generation alone; why we have "conquered" nature with one hand, but cannot overcome the fear of death in our heart. After reading "Man and God", the answer may be obvious. Because we have all deviated from God and the truth of true life. The pastors are able to face death calmly without him, because they are a group of true Christians, a group of true people of God.
And I believe that they are still alive now. Just as they always believed.
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