Pause and reflect, for the day of death is approaching (cf. Genesis 47:29). I beg you, therefore, with all possible respect, not to forget the Lord or turn away from His commandments by reason of the cares and preoccupations of this world, for all those who are oblivious of Him and turn away from His commands are cursed (cf. Psalm 118:21) and will be totally forgotten by Him (Ezekiel 33:13). And when the day of death does come, everything which they think they have will be taken from them (cf. Luke 8:18). And the wiser and more powerful they may have been in this world, so much greater will be the punishment they will endure in hell (cf. Wisdom 6:7).-Letter to the Rulers of the Peoples, 2-5
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