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Job 30:24
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out [shalach] his hand [yad] to the grave [ba`iy], though they cry [shuwa`] in his destruction [piyd]. KJV-Interlinear
24 'Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help? NASB
Once you understand the very character and nature of God and life, then anything that occurs in your life, even in history should never come as a shock or a surprise to you.
This is the devils world and as such, there is great evil within it. God does not wish suffering or agony on anyone, but Satan who is the greatest complainer of all time, challenges everything that is good. Therefore, we are all subject to and exposed to the complaints of Satan's inevitable attempts to defeat God.
In every possible situation in history, God can demonstrate that His plan, even in the face of Satan's challenges, is greater than anything, than any alternate plan of his.
God is well able to deliver anyone from any possible situation in history. And though there will always be those who will complain in every situation, there will always be those, though few, who will see the truth of the situation and keep on looking to God for relief.
During life, is the only time when the world can attack us. After death, when God has removed us from this world, then neither Satan nor the evil of the world can reach us. Therefore, into the grave the hand of God, prevents the hand of evil from going.
Once we die, there is no more sorrow, no more pain, no more death, for those who have received salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ controls history. He does this in three ways. First, God may control history through the direct action of His own power. He created the universe, angels, life and so forth. Second, God may control history through the laws of divine establishment - volition, marriage, family, principles of free enterprise economics, nationalism, freedom, liberty, justice through due process and so forth. Third, God may control history through the free will operation of creature volition. God permits men and angels to think freely, to make decisions and to act on them even if those decisions are bad ones.
In life we will face suffering from four general areas of life. First, from our own thoughts. Second, from the thoughts and actions of other people. Third, from the activities of bureaucracies or systems of the world. And fourth, from natural physical or planet disasters (handicaps, bad genetics, disease, earthquakes, etc.).
All of these may apply in your life, but only during your life. When death seizes you, then the worlds actions against you, are stopped. God permits disaster in life, but not in death.
Once you have believed in Christ, then suffering cannot follow you into the grave. In death there is relief and a lifting of all burdens, completely and permanently from your life.
