We will not die but live
The sun shone on the lake as the
risen Lord met his disciples in the bright morning of eternal life. A righteous ruler, a ruler in the fear of
God, like the light of morning at sunrise, a morning cloudless; like brightness
after rain, bringing greenness from the earth.
Jesus rose from death. Nature
defied it; reason denied it. But, contrary to every expectation, he rose. Yet
this was what the prophets foretold: I
have killed and I will make live, said the Eternal
to Moses. After the suffering of his soul
he will see the light of life, sang Isaiah. Indeed, Jesus said so himself: After three days I will rise again. How
slow we were to believe!
We should not doubt his bodily
resurrection. There are many proofs which show it to be true. But the best
reason is an inner truth: If he was not raised, then there is no hope for us or
our troubled world. In that case, our inner instinct to hope is a delusion. But
since he rose, our inner instinct is a God-given truth, and hope is boundless.
This world and its momentary troubles are but a test and a preparation for the
eternal life we will receive. We will not
die but live, and proclaim what Yehovah has done.
David Mitchell
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