When comedians say they “killed” an audience, they are usually speaking metaphorically. They mean that they made the audience laugh hard, but not so hard that anyone actually croaked.
However, it’s possible to literally die from laughter—not from the joke itself, but from the body’s reaction to it. Among the many possible medical ways that laughing too hard can kill you:
• Ruptured brain aneurysm
• Cardiac arrest
• Collapsed lung
• Strangulated hernia
• Gelastic seizures
• Stroke
• Asphyxiation
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—by Jim Goad
James 4:9 Berean Standard Bible
"Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom."
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8 billion people circling the Sun and most of them are lost (spiritually). But there is good news:
"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." (Luke 19:10)
The concept of Israel as "ground zero" involves several key passages:
Zechariah 14:2-4: Describes a final gathering of all nations against Jerusalem for battle, ultimately culminating in the Messiah's feet touching the Mount of Olives.
Ezekiel 38-39: Prophesies a massive invasion of Israel in the "latter days" by a coalition of nations (often interpreted as Gog and Magog).
Luke 21:20: Records Jesus prophesying that Jerusalem will be surrounded by armies prior to the end.
