Death is not what it has been! When Jesus left the open grave easter morning, the world was new and different.
We often hear: "One thing is certain: we all gonna die!" (as if death always has the last word!). But in fact, this is not as safe as many people expect. Death is no longer what it has been. Not since Jesus.
When Jesus left the open grave easter morning, the world was new and different. Death was overcome, beaten and defeated. Jesus blasted death from within. Therefore, we also call Easter Sunday for "the day the death died".
Jesus' resurrection is not just a beautiful picture, a myth or a sympathetic story. It is a historical event, witnessed and documented. (cf. 1 Corinthians 15, 3-9) Everything in Christianity stands and falls with this event. If it has not really taken place, then the Bible is false and Christianity deception. Paulus says so: "If Christ has not risen, our sermon is empty, and your faith is also empty. We also come to be false witnesses of God because we have testified against God that he has raised Christ" ( 1 Cor 15:14-15) and a little later, he continues: "Have we alone in this life put our hope to Christ, we are the most gracious of all men." (v. 19)
But Paul continues triumphantly: But now Christ has risen from the dead as the firstfruits of those who have slept. Because death came by a human being, also the resurrection of the dead has come by a human being. (v. 20-21) Just because Jesus has defeated death and still lives, today he can give eternal life to all who believe in him. In faith in Jesus, we are connected with him so that he can guide us through death and into eternal life. However, without Jesus, death still has the last word to say.
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