The Land Where No One Dies

Thursday - August 13, 2020

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“No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.” – Isaiah 33:24
 
In 2017, filmmaker David Freid released a short film entitled “Nobody Dies in Longyearbyen”. It about Longyearbyen, Norway, one of the most northernmost towns in the world. The town of about 2100 residents is situated on the Svalbard archipelago and is the home of the Global Seed Vault. Freid went to investigate the rumor that no one is allowed to die in Longyearbyen and discovered that if climate change results in the permafrost melting in places like this, diseases from long ago may be released back into the world.
But for more than 70 years, not a single person has been buried in Longyearbyen. That’s due to the region’s year-round sub-zero temperatures: Bodies don’t decompose but are preserved, as if mummified, in the permafrost. Should anyone die there, the government of Svalbard requires that the body is flown or shipped to mainland Norway to be interred.
 
In heaven, there will be no more illnesses, no more death. Today in prayer, praise Jesus that He will put an end to illness and death. 
 
“He that blotteth out our transgressions will heal our souls.” – Matthew Henry
 
God’s Word: “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” – Revelation 21:4