Thursday, April 8, 2010
1 Corinthians 15:51 " ... we will all be changed."
EASTER CHANGES OUR LIVES
The resurrection of Jesus has changed many things for us. In His resurrection is the promise of our resurrection, and that gives meaning to our otherwise meaningless lives. We now have a purpose and a goal to pursue. As Paul writes to the Philippians (3:11-14), the resurrection is the objective toward which we are ever pressing. At the end of our brief earthly pilgrimage, we shall depart this vale of tears and enter the glorious, eternal home prepared for us by our Savior.
In the resurrection we will be raised to a life very different than anything we have yet experienced. Many unpleasant things common to this life shall no longer exist, things like pain and fear and sorrow and crying (Rev. 21:4). Our bodies also shall undergo a dramatic change in the resurrection. The terrible effects of sin and corruption on our bodies shall be entirely removed. Our bodies shall be renewed to be as pure and perfect and glorious as the risen body of Jesus (Philippians 3:20-21).
Just as He created all from nothing, and as He fulfilled that which was necessary for us sinners to pass from death unto life, so He is able to raise and glorify our bodies on the Last Day. Truly, His resurrection has changed our lives!
-- The Lutheran Spokesman, April 1999
