Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Making Plans for the Resurrected Life

Mark 14:28 KJV
But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

The "matter of fact" nature of Christ's statement concerning His resurrection must have brought wonder as well as comfort to His disciples. Jesus made plans for His post resurrection life as if it was something like
  • "After I return from the grocery."  or
  • "After I get home from work." 
His death was not even a hiccup in His plans.
  • He would continue living
  • He would continue meeting with His disciples
  • He would continue winning the lost

And so we would be best to view our own demise. It is anything but a cessation of life. It only is life after the death event. We would do well to make our plans for after we are risen:
  • Plans concerning our relationship with God
  • Plans concerning the treasures we have laid up in heaven
  • Plans concerning those we wish to meet when we get there

For the Christian death is no defeat. It is only our step into life after we are risen. 

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