Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Hebrews 9:27

"And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment;" — Hebrews 9:27 (ASV)

This phase of the argument is rounded off with a reference to the one death people die and the one death Christ died. There is a finality about both, but with very different consequences. Human beings are “destined to die once.” This is not something within their control. A condition of life here on earth is that it ends in death. There is a finality about it that is not to be disputed. But it is not the complete and final end. Death is more serious than that because it is followed by “judgment.” People are accountable, and after death they will render account to God.