“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment — the universal human experience (appointed, apokeimai, is fixed by God) is one death followed by judgment. This unavoidable appointment structures human existence.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 9:27
Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, the Judgment.” He next says also why He died once [only]: because He became a ransom by one death. “It had been appointed” (he says) “unto men once to die.” This then is [the meaning of] “He died once,” for all. (What then? Do we no longer die that death? We do indeed die, but we do not continue in it: which is not to die at all. For the tyranny of death, and death indeed, is when he who dies is never…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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