Facing the Last Enemy

When we’re standing at the gravesite, death gives little closure and leaves many questions unanswered. Despite the common claim that “dying is just a natural part of life,“ people seem to avoid this unsettling subject more than ever. Yet the Bible doesn’t shy away from the reality of death. God’s Word has the answers we need to face the grave with confidence in our risen Redeemer.

In this book, Dr. Guy Waters provides the Bible’s answers to essential questions about death, dying, and what comes after this life. Here is balm for the grieving, counsel for caretakers, and guidance to help God’s people rest in Christ’s victory as we come to life’s final battle.

Death is often frightening, and talking about death can feel awkward. But death is real, and we must face it as an inevitable reality for ourselves and others until the Lord returns. Furthermore, believers in Christ have victory over death and need not dread it. Guy Waters has written a biblically faithful, personally helpful, and radiantly hopeful book about death so that, by God’s grace, we can be prepared to face death and to help others to do the same. Whether you are a pastor, counselor, caring friend, or just someone who wants to be ready to die with confident hope in the Lord, this book offers substantive answers to questions about our final destinies.

Dr. Joel R. Beeke

In these pages, Guy Prentiss Waters takes us gently, but securely, by the hand, and leads us through twelve chapters of biblically rich, pastorally reliable, spiritually wise, and deeply sensitive teaching to help us overcome death and the fears that accompany it. Facing the Last Enemy simultaneously answers our questions and reassures us that if we can say with Paul ‘to me to live is Christ’ then we can also be confident that ‘to die is gain.’ It is a classic of its kind and deserves a place in every home.

Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson

As a society, we tend to avoid facing the reality of death, and as a result, we often find ourselves unprepared for it when it comes to us or to a loved one. Even Christians’ views of dying and what happens next may be fuzzy. But the Bible offers so much help and hope in the face of death. The reality of who God is, His overarching plan, and how Jesus’ resurrection transforms death for His people touches down in our lives with concrete hope that changes everything in the midst of heartbreak and loss. Waters has done a great service in presenting a thorough account of biblical truth about death, dying, and grief as well as insights and advice that are both pastoral and practical. You will find this a very helpful resource.

Elizabeth W.D. Groves

In short order, Dr. Waters has provided for us a theologically sound and practical book on the matter that faces us all: our death and what happens afterwards. Written with the eye of a New Testament scholar, but accessible to everyone, Facing the Last Enemy will provide invaluable help to those facing death and their next of kin. I know nothing that meets this important need as well as this book does, and I will be highly recommending it at the church at which I serve. Invaluable.

Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas

Having reached my allotted three score years and ten, I have been realizing that I need to face up to the reality of death. This book has helped me to do so, not in a morbid or fearful way but in the assurance provided by the life-giving Word of God. In his thorough treatment of what the Bible teaches about death in all its nuances, Guy Waters has written a book that will be invaluable for pastors, for those who grieve, and for the dying, which all of us are. Facing the Last Enemy consistently shows the connection between our death and the death of Christ, and His resurrection and our resurrection.

Dr. Gene Edward Veith

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Death and the Christian

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