Accidents, bombs, wars, and natural weather events provide ample material for the constant reporting on death. One thing is evident about death. Over and over we realize that no one is out of the reach of death. No one is greater than death. No authority, wisdom, shrewdness, prudence, no honorableness of a person or position of life, no amount of valuableness and importance to the world or to those close in relation, spares anyone from the seizure of death.
Death comes upon many as a thief in the night.
For some it is not sudden, but for many it is. The understanding of this should lead us all to prepare for departure from this life. There are probably several things we can do, but they are all related. First on my list of things to do to prepare for death would be to gain as full an understanding of the gospel as is possible. It is the gospel that brings hope.