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It feels like a cop-out to say that death may have been better than living, but according to the scripture in Isaiah 57:1-2, it is true. I have heard it quoted many times I have to say. most of the times it has been said because there was nothing else to say (Speaking is a bad option in a grieving situation, silence is better than speaking something which may/will cause pain). The lack of tack in its use doesn't dismiss the truth.
There are things better than death, but there are also many things worse than death. I have talked to many a people who wished they never would have lived to see _______________. The list of what those things are long and some I would actually agree with. So it can be understood that God may allow the death of a saint to keep them from facing worse.
This being understood, however, this doesn't mean that every premature death of a Christian is God saving them from something worse. Claiming that a person has died because God is saving them from worse is presumption on our part. So I go back to the idea that silence is best in a grieving situation because you and I don't have the whole picture.
This may be the answer in some premature-deaths but more often than not, death, like plane accidents, is the result of human error. We would just prefer to blame it on God.
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