his best day!
Job 14:1, "Man who is born of a woman is born to trouble" and
sorrow. The word which is there rendered "born," signifies also
generated or conceived; to note to us that man is miserable as soon
as he is warm in the womb; he comes crying into the world. Before
ever the child speaks, he prophesies by his tears—of his ensuing
sorrows.
And this made Solomon to prefer his coffin before his crown, the
day of his dissolution before the day of his coronation. But not to
hold you longer from what is mainly intended, the observation that I
shall speak to at this time is this—That a believer's last day is his best
day! His dying-day is better than his birthday! This will be a very
sweet and useful point to all believers.
1. I shall first demonstrate the truth, that a believer's last day is
his best day!
1. Death is a change of PLACE. When a believer dies, he does but
change his place. He changes earth for heaven, a wilderness for a
Canaan, an Egypt for a land of Goshen, a dunghill for a palace: as it is
said of Judas, that "he went to his place," Acts 1:25. An unbeliever is
not yet in his place—hell is his place. Just so, when a believer dies he
goes to his place. Heaven, the bosom of Christ, is his place. And that
speaks out the truth asserted, that a believer's dying day is his best
day.