died vs. killed

[Full Quiver]

Is there a difference in your mind between dieing and being killed? Obviously the result is the same, no more life, but is there a difference? For instance if someone shoots you and you perish then you were killed but if you live a long life and pass in your sleep you just died of natural causes.

The Scripture speaks of a time to die. If we are killed whether by murder or tragic accident do to our own stupidity, mishap, or someone else's carelessness is that the same? Cain slew Abel but was it Abel's time to die?

[macgulley]

In the sense that God has our days ordained before we are born, we all have a time to die and we will not die before nor live after that time. On the other hand, that in no way excuses those who cause the wrongful death of someone. So, I guess I'm saying that it doesn't make any difference to the one who is dead, only to those who are left behind to deal with the loss and/or seeking justice for a wrongful death.

NIV Psalm 139:15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.