Since I know that whatever is going to happen to a person after their death, is already in God's hands, it doesn't make sense to tell the dead person to make sure they are rested. LOL
This "RIP" presumes that the dead person has something within their own power to make themselves rested and at peace.
Even sillier is the presumption people have that wicked ungodly movie stars are going to rest in peace.
I have heard family members of wicked people who lived terrible lives and never trusted Christ wish them "RIP." Its as though they are "forgiving" the dead person who can't change anything now and who cannot be forgiven after death.
We have so many false presumptions based on pagan practices that we have lost sight of God's principles. Many Christians practice these unbiblical and paganistic rituals, even becoming angry when a born again believer comes along and rains on their parade with the truth.
Since our culture is more about feelings than facts, they are easily agitated at the mention of the truth.
Luke 6:21
“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets"
Once we know the truth about many of these things we can no longer go back to those practices or even enable others by endorsing them as insignificant.
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