Life
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Nicene Constantinople Creed
Aging is an interesting process. Most of it involves letting go, letting go until things boil down to their essence. What things do I keep? What objects to I actually need? What matters enough to spend my time on it? When you peel away layers you come to "What is life" or "Is there life after death?"
The great good news of Christianity is, yes, there is life after death. Jesus came and took on humanity which is to say He accepted death and in doing so destroyed it. Paul called him the "first fruits of those who are asleep," (1Corinthians 15:20). He's the first fruits, we're the harvest.
My grandson is Jewish. At his bris (aka ritual circumcision) the mohel asked about the Covenant. "What do we promise?" We promise to obey His law. I anticipated that answer, but the next one was, "What does He promise in return?" No easy response occurred to me. His other grandmother had no hesitation. "Life." God promises life.
Perhaps the whole long history of Judeao-Christianity, indeed, perhaps all religion, boils down to the search for life. We find it in God, only in Him.
The great good news of Christianity is, yes, there is life after death. Jesus came and took on humanity which is to say He accepted death and in doing so destroyed it. Paul called him the "first fruits of those who are asleep," (1Corinthians 15:20). He's the first fruits, we're the harvest.
My grandson is Jewish. At his bris (aka ritual circumcision) the mohel asked about the Covenant. "What do we promise?" We promise to obey His law. I anticipated that answer, but the next one was, "What does He promise in return?" No easy response occurred to me. His other grandmother had no hesitation. "Life." God promises life.
Perhaps the whole long history of Judeao-Christianity, indeed, perhaps all religion, boils down to the search for life. We find it in God, only in Him.
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