Daily Bread for April 21st An ancient painting I saw recently made a deep impression on me. Its title, Anastasis, means Resurrection, and it depicts the triumph of Christs victory over death in a stunning way. The Lord Jesus, newly emerged from the tomb, is pulling Adam and Eve out of their coffins to eternal life. What is so amazing about that artwork is the way it shows how spiritual and physical death, the result of the fall, were dramatically reversed by the risen Christ. Prior to His death on the cross, the Lord Jesus predicted a future day when He will call believers into a new glorified existence: The hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth (John 5:28-29). Because of Christs victory over death, the grave is not final. We naturally will feel sorrow and grief when those we love die and we are separated from them in this life. But the believer does not grieve as one who has no hope (1 Thess. 4:13). The witness of Jesus resurrection is that all Christians will one day be taken from their graves to be clothed with glorified resurrection bodies (1 Cor. 15:42-44). And so we shall always be with the Lord (1 Thess. 4:17). -Dennis Fisher
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 02:10:03 +0000
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