Death our Enemy?
Garrett Lambur

In class on Wednesday we did our analysis of the biblical passage in an attempt to determine some sort of meaning. I found it very interesting to hear everyone’s different interpretation of the meaning of the passage. But there was something that Brookelynn was focusing upon in the passage that caught my attention that was separate from our focused passage. It stated that Death was the last enemy of God the he would vanquish. Now, this provides an interesting idea within my head, it is hard to imagine God as having enemies. Being the holy other and something beyond human comprehension; He has the powers to create life and the world upon which we live according to the bible; He is the infinite being that our conception of time as human beings means nothing to. Yet he has enemies? Could he not with his power just un-create these enemies? Getting rid of death would present some difficulty on earth; the world would become immensely overpopulated. The devil could justifiably be the ultimate enemy but without the devil where would everyone not deserving of heaven end up. Thus the devil and his hell have a place within our world too.

Though each has a justification for its existence, focusing upon death and the devil, it still seems strange to label such beings as an enemy of God. Other than his infinite power and existence, there seems to be no reason for God to have an enemy especially within death. Without death, than human beings could never move on into the afterlife, aka heaven, and understand what is said to be the true majesty that is God. Death provides people with a release from this world and the ability to move onto the next one, provided they are supposed to end up in Heaven because if they aren’t then Death would become an enemy right? A human being destined for hell should have death as an enemy? I mean what could be worse than suffering for all eternity and being eaten by Satan, go ask Brutus, it can’t be a pleasant thing. But for the rest of Christians, who are going to heaven, how come death is an enemy of God?