Martha said, “I know he will live in the resurrection of the last day” (John 11:24). Jesus said, “I am the resurrection” (John 11:25). Our hope is not in a day, but in a Person. Our hope is not even in the Second Coming, but the One who is coming. Our hope is not in heaven, but in Jesus. Our hope is not in any man, but in the Son of Man. Our hope is not in the pagan idea of the immortal soul, but in the One who was raised from the dead and who raises the dead. Eternal life is not automatic, but is a gift from the One who said, “I am the Life.”
