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*WHO DESERVES A REST?* The acronym R. I. P,. REST IN PEACE, where is it from? Is it meant to be said for everyone? Thinking aloud, I realised that every poster I see carry the acronym in it. Where a relative dies or a person one knows dies, it is expected that the living says to the body of the departed, REST IN PEACE. I now want to ask where is it from? Many people say it as sympathiser of the dead. "Eyiyaaaa rest in peace, Mama John rest in peace o" It came from the Bible, the Word of God to the Prophet as a prophecy. Practiced first when the early Christians began to experience rapid death in their camps through persecutions. *[[Isa 57:1-7/EasyEnglish]]* (1) When a very good man dies, nobody really thinks about it. Death takes away men who love God. But nobody understands why death takes them away. But God wants to save the very good man from trouble that will come soon. That is why he has died! (2) A good man dies. Then he goes into a place where there is...