As you go on in life, more people that you know die. I think of when I was a kid, and all the relatives were around.And as the years went by,until now, the number of family members, as well as others I know,have left.Now when a person dies, the spirit shows me a few things.One, about the separation and missing them, and the sin that caused the death.{"And death will be no more. Neither will there be any mourning nor ./ outcry or pain. For the former things have passed away."}How it came about{Through one man death entered in"}But also, very strongly shown to me in the spirit,for those who died without salvation,that I can almost "see" in my minds eye, as I "hear"the verses relating to it, that they lived their life "their" way,but the next thing,they stand before God for an "assessment." {"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God,And books were opened. And another book was opened it was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works.And whosever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire".Now death itself....death is not in itself the judgement, BUT what I do believe and feel strongly in the Spirit is that{speaking about unbelievers, who the Great White Throne Judgement applies to} is that death is the beginning of the journey to judgement.Because at a former time the person was well, but then this person who has gone on sinning for years gets afflicted wth some sickness, goes downhill, is placed in hospice in their final days, and then at their appointed time dies.I don't think death and judgement are unrelated--after all, except for the Antichrist and the false prophet, who has been judged alive?So I think death is TIED IN TO judgement. Even when they get the terminal illness, and start sliding down, I believe that's the begining of God saying,"You had your time.'.{"It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the jugement."}. So is there a connection between death and judgement? I say so.After all, Revelation states,"I saw the DEAD, small and great stand before God."It doesn't read, "I saw the living, small and great stand before God." So I say, from the time the unsaved person gets that terminal illness,the first step towards judgment has begun.Agree?