It is jokingly said that there are only two things which occur for sure which are death and taxes. One question from that is self-apparent which Job asked, "If a man dies, will he live again?" (Job 14:14). This implies a continuity between the two. David asked God to "remember what my span of life is" (Ps 48:47). He cites "my soul has had enough troubles, and my life has drawn near to Sheol" (Ps 88:7). He requests to "rescue my soul" (Ps 6:4). "What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?" (Ps 89:48). He confesses "I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit" (Ps 88:4). He concludes he is "forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave?" (:5). "Will your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?" (:11). A grave is a tomb where a person is buried when he dies.
Are these considerations outmoded? Hardly. It is "with a view to the redemption of God's own possession" (Eph 1:14). God had told the serpent that the woman's seed "'shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heal'" (Ge 3:15). Scripture "preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham" (Gal 3:8). Can you discover the limits of he Almighty? They are as high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know? (Job 11:7-8). Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven You are there; if I make my bed in Shoel, You are there" (Ps 139:7-8). "Though they dig into Shoel, from there will My hand take them, and though they ascend to heaven, I will bring them down" (Amos 9:2). "For a fire is kindled in My anger, and burns in the lowest part of Shoel" (Dt 32:22).