Death is separation of various types: God to soul, soul to body, body to world and person to person. Deathliness enters into humanity at the Fall, but God in his common grace arrests the continuing consequences of sin. The ultimate reason for this was that humanity was created by God for his own glory with his ‘treasures embedded’ within it. Ultimately, God’s honour was at stake in the Fall, so he immediately restrains the effects of death in humanity. Common Grace and Particular Grace (that is, saving grace), function together: Common Grace prolongs human life so that Particular Grace can be outworked, but also so that the whole of nature can be renewed and claimed by Christ at His return.
Light in Public Life
