I

If one’s birth was destined by one’s previous life,

then one’s death marks the end of that destiny,

one’s death marks the end of that destiny.

If one’s birth is the beginning of one’s mission in this life,

then one’s death marks the end of that mission,

one’s death marks the end of that mission.

Since the Creator has determined

a fixed set of circumstances for a person’s birth,

it goes without saying that He has also arranged

a fixed set of circumstances for one’s death.

In other words, no one is born by chance,

no one’s death arrives abruptly,

and both birth and death

are necessarily connected with one’s previous and present lives.

II

The circumstances of one’s birth and death

are both predetermined by the Creator;

this is a person’s destiny, that is to say, a person’s fate.

Everyone wants an illustrious birth, a brilliant life, and a glorious death,

but no one can reach past their own destiny,

no one can escape the Creator’s sovereignty.

This is human fate.

Although man can make all kinds of plans for his future,

no one can plan out how they’re born

or the manner and time of their departure from the world.

III

Though people do their best to avoid and resist the coming of death,

still, unbeknownst to them,

death silently draws near, death silently draws near.

No one knows the time when they will depart from this world,

nor does anyone know in what manner they will depart.

Even more so, no one knows where it will happen.

Obviously, it’s not humanity that holds the power of life and death,

not some being in the natural world, not some being in the natural world,

but the Creator, whose authority is unique, whose authority is unique.

Mankind’s life and death are not the product of some law of the natural world,

but a consequence of the sovereignty of the Creator’s authority.

from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique III