This We Believe - Resurrection 2

Resurrection 2 
The life of faith encompasses several events and moments that we journey through multiple times during the course of a lifetime.  The devotion below is part of an ongoing series that explores these central themes of Christian doctrine.  

“Jesus became one of us and lived our life in order to experience our death, so that he could break the power of death.”  – Brian Simmons


When we claim that Jesus is God in human form we attach a cosmic significance to everything we know about him.  And so, when Jesus died and rose from the dead, that historical moment speaks to us a truth that resonates for the entire universe.

Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, God is communicating to the world that death is not an ending.  Death has always been this cloud that looms over all creation; this great vast mystery that no person can possibly know but Jesus’ resurrection communicates to the world that death does not get the final say.  God’s power is stronger than death.

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