“Jesus said… ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die…’” – John 11:25–26
The greatest miracle in the history of the world is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from death. This miracle is history’s most famous, even among non-Christians. Confirming this, a “poll reflected voters’ belief that Jesus physically rose from the dead, by a margin of 68% to 13%.” (1)
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is THE HOPE of the believer. Those who come into God’s family will be joined to Jesus in His death and resurrection life (Romans 6:3-5). Eternal life does not begin the day we die, but rather the day we meet Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
Jesus’ Resurrection is the precedent and pattern of our own: “…Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” (1 Corinthians 15:20) As His body was resurrected in complete health, so too will we rise and never experience pain, injury, or death ever again. This is because, through the Resurrection, Jesus has put death to death. The believer’s eternity will be spent in a world much like the one enjoyed by our first parents in Eden because God reclaimed and restored the earth through Jesus’ Resurrection.
Prior to His dying and rising, Jesus rose three people from death – a beloved son, a young girl, and His close friend Lazarus. Technically, these three miracles caused people to be revived but not resurrected. Someone who is revived from death continues to live until they later die again. These miracles pointed to Jesus’ greater miracle – resurrecting from death to eternal life, never to die again – which paves the way for the same resurrection of the dead, including believers living in a perfect body in Jesus’ Kingdom forever.
Tomorrow we will look at one of these resurrection miracles.
Take some time to worship Jesus for the miracle of resurrection to eternal life.
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