A Devotional Thought from Hebrews And it is appointed unto men once to die… Hebrews 9:27 When a world-wide famous sports figure, or other rich and famous person dies, through no fault of their own; an accident, a dread disease, an unexplained phenomenon, the news is broadcast far and wide on T.V., radio, the internet, social and print media. People are shocked that someone of that stature has been lost to the world, especially when they die young. Human tendency is to think that someone in that privileged position in life, with every resource available to him/her does not need to fear untimely termination of life . But such well known people who die are teaching us something we all could have learned from the Bible. “It is appointed unto men (mankind, humanity as a whole) once to die…” Everybody dies! Sooner or later everybody dies (with the exception of certain people described in the Bible who will have an equivalent but different experience) everybody dies. What Then? That statement and question is a good reason to turn to God’s Word, the Bible, and find out what God says about it.