"Preparation For Death"

I was driving home yesterday from a job in the Folsom area, and was thinking about all that we do to prepare for retirement and our later years; but what about our preparation for when we die? If you read about many of the patriarchs in the Old Testament, they all prepared for their death and assured that they had their house in order before they went. Really, if you think about it long enough, the time you will spend after this earth is a lot greater than the time spent here; so then, why are we so stuck on the things of this world? Why are we so captivated by this stuff? It's all going to burn away, and we can take nothing with us; so what is the point? If we look into the context of Matthew chapter 25, we can see a pattern that continues from Jesus speaking about His second coming in chapter 24; and in the closing Scripture that I shared yesterday, He was not speaking a parable, but the reality of His judgement upon those that say that they are His. I find it interesting that before judgement is cast there is a separation, with the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. The funny thing about this, if you want to find humor in it, is that the goats on His left will probably not even realize that they are on His left, because they are so selfish and in love with themselves, that they will be thinking their right instead of His... Be ready, and be sure!!! "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as in the day of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." (Matthew 24:36-39)