Built into creation is dying and rising. We see it in Winter and Spring. We see it in germinating seeds. We see it in dormant flowers that spring to new life. The Word came to live among us. We did not expect Him to be so gruesomely murdered, but He was. We mourned at His tomb. We had hoped that He would be the One that would redeem us. Our hot tears mocked the hope. However, early news from the tomb has been confirmed. He is alive! Out of the ground has come new first fruits of resurrection. Our hope is restored. The life of the age to come has arrived.
“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” 1 Corinthians 15:20 (NIV)
