Steve Jobs

, the driving force behind Apple, uttered this about 3 hours before his death as

reported by his sister Mona Simpson: “OH WOW, OH WOW, OH WOW.” Was he in

pain? Did he reflect on his life? Did he see a vision? We’ll never know

President George Washingt

on: “Doctor, I am dying, but I am not afraid to die.” He

folded his hands over his chest and said: “It is well,”

President Lincoln, in the Ford Theatre, speakin

g to Mrs. Lincoln: “I’d like us to visit the

Holy Land, we could go to Jeru”.....(at that point Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes

Booth).

Clarence Darrow, the Scopes Trial lawyer in the famous 1925 debate, while on his

deathbed asked several clergymen to “pl

ease intercede for me with the Almighty

. During

my life I have spoken many times against Christians, and I now realize that I may have

been wrong.

”

Edward Gibbon, author of the ‘Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire’: “All is lost,

irrecoverably lost. All

is dark and doubtful.”

John Wesley, preacher and songwriter: “The best of all is that God is with us, farewell,

farewell.”

Marilyn Monroe: “I don’t need your Jesus.” Related by Billy Graham who tried to

present the Gospel message to Marilyn, just befor

e she died at age 36.

Michelangelo, famous painter and sculptor: “I die in the faith of Jesus Christ, and in the

firm hope of a better life.”

homas Andrews who designed the T

itanic and drowned when it sank April 14

1912:

“No, not even God could si

nk the Titanic.”

David Brainerd, (well known missionary): “I am going into eternity and it is sweet to me

to think of eternity.”

Alexander the Great was an admirer of Socrates and Plato (both were atheists). When he

died he threw a handful of his blo

od at the sky in defiance of God.

Talleyrand (called the most brilliant mind of his gener

ation) when asked about his

condition while on his deathbed replied: “I am suffering the pang

s of the damned.”

William Pitt, British statesman: “I throw myself on

the mercy of God, through the merits

of Jesus Christ.”

Joseph Stalin,

(who murdered many millions of his countrymen), while on his deathbed

as related by his daughter Svetlana

to Malcolm Muggeridge

: “He suddenly sat up,

groaned

, shook his fist at th

e ceiling as if he could see beyond it

, then fell back and died.”

Sir Michael Faraday, (brilliant English scientist 1791

–

1867), was asked when he was

near death: “What are your speculations now?” He answered: I have no speculations. I

rest upon Jesu

s Christ who died, and rose again from death.”

Sir Francis New

port allowed his name to used on

a brand of cigarettes.

On his deathbed

he cried out: “Oh eternity. Oh eternity”. And he uttered a groan of inexpressible horror

as a cried out, “Oh the ins

ufferable pains of hell, forever, forever.”

Voltaire, one of history’s best known atheists, often stated that “by the time I’m buried,

the Bible will b

e non

existent.”

His last words were: “I am abandoned by God and

man;

I shall die and go to hell alone

.”

His condition had become so terrible that his associates

were afraid to approach his bedside, and as he passed away, his nurse said that for all of

the wealth in Europe, she would never watch another infidel die.

A few years after he died the Geneva B

ible Society purchased Voltaire’s home

and turned it into a print shop to print Bibles.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, beloved preacher

and author

, on his deathbed: “I can hear

them coming!” He sat straight up in bed and asked: “Don’t you hear them? This is

coronation day. I can see the chariots, I’m ready to board.”

Famous French author Guy de Maupassant (1850

–

1893) of whom it was said: “critics

praised him, men admired him, women adored him.” Before he went insane and died at

the early age of 42,

as a result of having contracted syphilis, he penned his own epitaph:

“I have coveted everything, found pleasure in nothing.”

Socrates

was probably the most brilliant

man of his millennium. The government of

ancient Greece charged him with polluting the

minds of the youth of his day, and

sentenced him to death. He drank poison to activate his sentence.

As he lay dying his students asked him: ‘Is there life after death?” His answer was: “I

hope so.”

Julian the Apostate (Roman emperor who hated Christ

ians), was leading his forces in the

battle for Persia in 363 AD. He was mortally wounded, and as he lay dying on the

battlefield, picked up some of his own blood, mingled with dirt, flung it skyward and

said: “Thou hast conquered oh Galilean.” (A refer

ence to Jesus).

Dwight L. Moody, famous preacher and founder of the Moody Bible Institute, while on

his deathbed: “Can this be death? Why it is better than living! Earth is receding, heaven

is opening.

This is my coronation day

”

Robert Ingersoll, n

oted lecturer and avowed anti

Christian on his deathbed said: “Life is

the cold and barren value between two eternal peaks. I strive in vain to see beyond the

distant height. I cry out and the only answer I hear, is the echo of my empty wail.”

Dietrich

Bonhoffer, German theologian, standing in front of a firing squad during World

War 2, for speaking out against Nazism, “This

may seem to be the end for me,

but it is

just the beginning.”

Sir

Julian Huxley,

English evolutionist, biologist and

staunch athe

ist, on his deathbed:

“So it is true after all, so it is true after

all.”

King David, recording his last words for his son Solomon: “I go the way of all the earth;

be strong therefore, and prove yourself a man. Keep the charge of the Lord your God.

o walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His

testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may pro

per in all that you do

and wherever you turn.”

Charles Darwin, on his deathbed: “I regret that I sugg

ested a theory, and that gullible

men gobbled it up, as though it were fact. I never intended that.”

Augustus Toplady, author of ‘Rock of ages.” His final words: “All is light, light, light.”

Queen Elizabeth I, grabbed he physician by the sleeve and p

ulled him down over her bed

and said: “Half of the British Empire for six month of life.” He could not even give her

six minutes and she died.

H.G. Wells, historian and the ‘apostle of modernism’, and a determined atheist: “Here I

am at age 64, still

searching for peace of mind. It is a hopeless dream”

John Knox, Scottish clergyman and founder of the Presbyterian Church was asked on his

deathbed: “

Hast thou

any hope?” Unable to speak, John Knox slowly lifted up his arm,

and with his index finger po

inted heavenward, and with a peaceful countenance he died.

P. T. Barnum the circus magnate on his deathbed asked: “How are the circus receipts

today?”

Hobbs the atheist said: “I am taking a fearful leap into the dark”.

Byron the famous English poet

on his deathbed said: “My days are in the yellow leaf.

The flowers and the fruits of life are gone. The worm and the canker and the grief are

mine alone”.

Some billionaires on the day of their death, if they were coherent were still making deals.

On t

he very day! Among them were Howard Hughes and H. L. Hunt.

Tancredo Neves, president

elect of Brazil, during the election campaign of 1985 said: “If

I get 500,000 votes from my party, not even God will remove me from the presidency.”

On March 14

1985,

a day before his inauguration, he became very ill, and shortly

thereafter he died.

Thomas Payne, originally one of America’s great patriots in his book: “The age of

reason” ridiculed the Christian religion. He slowly lost his friends. He left America

and

while in England came to a premature death. On his deathbed he said to a friend ‘I would

give worlds if I had them, if the ‘Age of Reason’ had never been published. Oh Lord

help me. Christ help me. You stay with me. It is hell to be left alone.”

Bon

Scott, a singer with the band AC/DC, in 1979 sang a son

with this line in it: “Don’t

stop me, I’m going down all the way, down the highway to Hell.”

On February 19

1980 Bon Scott was found dead, having choked on his own vomit.

John Lennon: Shor

tly before he died he was interviewed for a US magazine. He was

quoted: “

Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am

certain Jesus was O.K., but his subjects were too simple. Today we (the Beatles) are

more famous

than Jesus.” Lennon died on Dec 8/1980 from gunshot wounds.

Adolph Eichmann, was offered the services of a Protestant Minister a few hours before

his execution. He declined by saying: “I am not a Christian and I don’t have time for

this. I don’t beli

eve in life after death. Long Live Germany and long live Argentina.”

esar

Borgia, a famous writer and politician

(it was he who Machiavelli used as his

model for the Prince in his timeless novel) was a meticulous planner. He planned

everything to the

minutest detail. W

hen he knew he was dying said: “When I lived I

provided for everything

except death. Now I must die, and I am totally unprepared and

provided”.

Cazuza (bi

sexual Brazilian composer

singer

poet, during a show in Rio de Janeiro,

whi

le smoking a cigarette, puffed out some smoke into the air and said

‘’

Here God, this

is for you.

’’ Shortly thereafter, at age 32 while suffering the effects of Aids, he died a

very painful death.

Adams, the infidel said: “I’m lost, lost ,lost. I am

damned forever.” His agony was so

great that as he died, he tore the hair from his head.

Christine Hewitt, Jamaican journalist and entertainer was quoted: “The Bible was the

worst book ever written. Shortly thereafter, in June 2006, she was found, bu

rned beyond

recognition

in her automobile.

Nietz

sche, well known atheist, who had

great influence on Adolph Hitler, went insane

during the last few years o

f his life. We can only speculate

what his last words may have

been.

Joseph Stalin,

(who murdered many millions of his countrymen), while on his deathbed

as related by his daughter Svetlana

to Malcolm Muggeridge

: “He suddenly sat up,

groaned

, shook his fist at th

e ceiling as if he could see beyond it

, then fell back and died.”

Sir Michael Faraday, (brilliant English scientist 1791

–

1867), was asked when he was

near death: “What are your speculations now?” He answered: I have no speculations. I

rest upon Jesu

s Christ who died, and rose again from death.”

Sir Francis New

port allowed his name to used on

a brand of cigarettes.

On his deathbed

he cried out: “Oh eternity. Oh eternity”. And he uttered a groan of inexpressible horror

as a cried out, “Oh the ins

ufferable pains of hell, forever, forever.”

Voltaire, one of history’s best known atheists, often stated that “by the time I’m buried,

the Bible will b

e non

existent.”

His last words were: “I am abandoned by God and

man;

I shall die and go to hell alone

.”

His condition had become so terrible that his associates

were afraid to approach his bedside, and as he passed away, his nurse said that for all of

the wealth in Europe, she would never watch another infidel die.

A few years after he died the Geneva B

ible Society purchased Voltaire’s home

and turned it into a print shop to print Bibles.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, beloved preacher

and author

, on his deathbed: “I can hear

them coming!” He sat straight up in bed and asked: “Don’t you hear them? This is

coronation day. I can see the chariots, I’m ready to board.”

Famous French author Guy de Maupassant (1850

–

1893) of whom it was said: “critics

praised him, men admired him, women adored him.” Before he went insane and died at

the early age of 42,

as a result of having contracted syphilis, he penned his own epitaph:

“I have coveted everything, found pleasure in nothing.”

Socrates

was probably the most brilliant

man of his millennium. The government of

ancient Greece charged him with polluting the

minds of the youth of his day, and

sentenced him to death. He drank poison to activate his sentence.

As he lay dying his students asked him: ‘Is there life after death?” His answer was: “I

hope so.”

Julian the Apostate (Roman emperor who hated Christ

ians), was leading his forces in the

battle for Persia in 363 AD. He was mortally wounded, and as he lay dying on the

battlefield, picked up some of his own blood, mingled with dirt, flung it skyward and

said: “Thou hast conquered oh Galilean.” (A refer

ence to Jesus).

Dwight L. Moody, famous preacher and founder of the Moody Bible Institute, while on

his deathbed: “Can this be death? Why it is better than living! Earth is receding, heaven

is opening.

This is my coronation day

”

Robert Ingersoll, n

oted lecturer and avowed anti

Christian on his deathbed said: “Life is

the cold and barren value between two eternal peaks. I strive in vain to see beyond the

distant height. I cry out and the only answer I hear, is the echo of my empty wail.”

Dietrich

Bonhoffer, German theologian, standing in front of a firing squad during World

War 2, for speaking out against Nazism, “This

may seem to be the end for me,

but it is

just the beginning.”

Sir

Julian Huxley,

English evolutionist, biologist and

staunch athe

ist, on his deathbed:

“So it is true after all, so it is true after

all.”

King David, recording his last words for his son Solomon: “I go the way of all the earth;

be strong therefore, and prove yourself a man. Keep the charge of the Lord your God.

o walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His

testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may pro

per in all that you do

and wherever you turn.”

Charles Darwin, on his deathbed: “I regret that I sugg

ested a theory, and that gullible

men gobbled it up, as though it were fact. I never intended that.”

Augustus Toplady, author of ‘Rock of ages.” His final words: “All is light, light, light.”

Queen Elizabeth I, grabbed he physician by the sleeve and p

ulled him down over her bed

and said: “Half of the British Empire for six month of life.” He could not even give her

six minutes and she died.

H.G. Wells, historian and the ‘apostle of modernism’, and a determined atheist: “Here I

am at age 64, still

searching for peace of mind. It is a hopeless dream”

John Knox, Scottish clergyman and founder of the Presbyterian Church was asked on his

deathbed: “

Hast thou

any hope?” Unable to speak, John Knox slowly lifted up his arm,

and with his index finger po

inted heavenward, and with a peaceful countenance he died.

P. T. Barnum the circus magnate on his deathbed asked: “How are the circus receipts

today?”

Hobbs the atheist said: “I am taking a fearful leap into the dark”.

Byron the famous English poet

on his deathbed said: “My days are in the yellow leaf.

The flowers and the fruits of life are gone. The worm and the canker and the grief are

mine alone”.

Some billionaires on the day of their death, if they were coherent were still making deals.

On t

he very day! Among them were Howard Hughes and H. L. Hunt

Tancredo Neves, president

elect of Brazil, during the election campaign of 1985 said: “If

I get 500,000 votes from my party, not even God will remove me from the presidency.”

On March 14

1985,

a day before his inauguration, he became very ill, and shortly

thereafter he died.

Thomas Payne, originally one of America’s great patriots in his book: “The age of

reason” ridiculed the Christian religion. He slowly lost his friends. He left America

and

while in England came to a premature death. On his deathbed he said to a friend ‘I would

give worlds if I had them, if the ‘Age of Reason’ had never been published. Oh Lord

help me. Christ help me. You stay with me. It is hell to be left alone.”

Bon

Scott, a singer with the band AC/DC, in 1979 sang a son

with this line in it: “Don’t

stop me, I’m going down all the way, down the highway to Hell.”

On February 19

1980 Bon Scott was found dead, having choked on his own vomit.

John Lennon: Shor

tly before he died he was interviewed for a US magazine. He was

quoted: “

Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am

certain Jesus was O.K., but his subjects were too simple. Today we (the Beatles) are

more famous

than Jesus.” Lennon died on Dec 8/1980 from gunshot wounds.

Adolph Eichmann, was offered the services of a Protestant Minister a few hours before

his execution. He declined by saying: “I am not a Christian and I don’t have time for

this. I don’t beli

eve in life after death. Long Live Germany and long live Argentina.”

esar

Borgia, a famous writer and politician

(it was he who Machiavelli used as his

model for the Prince in his timeless novel) was a meticulous planner. He planned

everything to the

minutest detail. W

hen he knew he was dying said: “When I lived I

provided for everything

except death. Now I must die, and I am totally unprepared and

provided”.

Cazuza (bi

sexual Brazilian composer

singer

poet, during a show in Rio de Janeiro,

whi

le smoking a cigarette, puffed out some smoke into the air and said

‘’

Here God, this

is for you.

’’ Shortly thereafter, at age 32 while suffering the effects of Aids, he died a

very painful death.

Adams, the infidel said: “I’m lost, lost ,lost. I am

damned forever.” His agony was so

great that as he died, he tore the hair from his head.

Christine Hewitt, Jamaican journalist and entertainer was quoted: “The Bible was the

worst book ever written. Shortly thereafter, in June 2006, she was found, bu

rned beyond

recognition

in her automobile.

Nietz

sche, well known atheist, who had

great influence on Adolph Hitler, went insane

during the last few years o

f his life. We can only speculate

what his last words may have

been.

Alfred Krupp, the great manuf

acturer of munitions, said to his doctor: “Physician, I will

give you one million marks if you can prolong my life 10 years.”

Sir Walter

Scott the skeptic said: “Until this moment I thought there was neither a God

nor a hell. Now I know that there are

both, and I am doomed to perdition by the just

judgment of the Almighty.”

When Christians die, they often report, on their death bed, of seeing angels. Quite often

they hear the most beautiful singing they’ve ever heard. The closer to death, the more

autiful the sound.

There is only one book that deals authoratively with life after death, and it’s your Bible.

The Apostle John wrote: “We have written these things that you may know you have

eternal life.” (1 John 5 verse 13).

THE FINAL WORDS OF TH

E UNBELIEVER ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM

THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST

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Alfred Krupp, the great manuf

acturer of munitions, said to his doctor: “Physician, I will

give you one million marks if you can prolong my life 10 years.”

Sir Walter

Scott the skeptic said: “Until this moment I thought there was neither a God

nor a hell. Now I know that there are

both, and I am doomed to perdition by the just

judgment of the Almighty.”

When Christians die, they often report, on their death bed, of seeing angels. Quite often

they hear the most beautiful singing they’ve ever heard. The closer to death, the more

autiful the sound.

There is only one book that deals authoratively with life after death, and it’s your Bible.

The Apostle John wrote: “We have written these things that you may know you have

eternal life.” (1 John 5 verse 13).

THE FINAL WORDS OF TH

E UNBELIEVER ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM

THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST.

a collection of the last words uttered, at the edge of eternity.

http://www.pdegraaf.com/articles/last_words.pdf