Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. – John 8:51
Matt Chandler believes this means that, at the moment right as our souls leave our bodies, they are scooped up, as if by an angel, to paradise. We don’t truly “see” or “taste” death, in the sense that the tearing apart of soul and body comes thus gracefully and gently to the believer. Our eternal life continues uninterrupted. I agree with this – I can see the beauty in the angels eagerly gathering the saint at the very first instant they can. Worth some further thought.
Ben Taylor 