"Perhaps the only thing not in dispute about his life and death is the jarring impact of money: It may not have caused his problems, but it certainly didn't solve them."
I am going to be so bold to say something that will tick people off but I have to say it. This man was an idiot. Sure he may have been a Christian but I have doubts. Not all of Israel is Israel. This man had a chance to change a part of the world but he made unbiblical decisions. If he did committ suicide than good riddance. I am not going to work full time, go to college, feed my family, manage my home, spend quality time with my wife (who is scared of me going back to active duty) and try to contribute to others needs, and feel empathy for this man.
He found out that he was worthless to others before the money came around. There was something in him that knawed and knawed till he cracked.
Godly princliples related to wisdom and money work even for atheists.
The richest (for his day) and wisest man who ever lived, Solomon, wrote a tremendous amount on these subjects in Proverbs, essentially saying again and again that "A fool and his money are soon departed."
G-d loves idiots, too-He certainly made enough of them. Hopefully, when the poor fellow is called to account, some considration is given in that the person could not even manage his life well, before it was complicated by a windfall that he was helpless to manage.
How a Believer can commit suicide, I cannot guess at, though. If Life is a gift, and the gift is thrown back in the Giver's face..well.
Dante had some theories abou that.