It is a summary of the faith of many of the characters described in the Old Testament. We see, then, that biblical faith is that faith which faces death squarely, indeed, which looks beyond death. Seriously Faith does not deal with death by minimizing it, it deals with sin as a most serious matter. It is, without trying to be humorous, a grave matter. Death is serious because it is the penalty which God has pronounced on sin.
Death is serious because it is a certainty for all men.
The seriousness of death is indicated by our Lord's response to it. One of the few times that we are told the Lord Jesus wept was at the grave of Lazarus, a man whom He was shortly to call forth from the grave. Jesus took His own death seriously as well, as can be seen from His agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. Death must be taken seriously, for it is the unavoidable consequence of sin. Job was a man of faith.