Four friends were talking about death. One of them asked the other three, “When you are in your casket and people are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?” The first man said, “I’d like to hear them say that I was a fine physician in my time and a great family man.” The second fellow said, “I’d like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and a school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow.” The third man replied, “I’d like to hear them say, ’Look, he’s moving!’”
Revelation 1:18 — “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”–Revelation 1:12-18 (NKJV)
“Behold, I am alive forevermore.” With those words Jesus Christ affirms truth we celebrate this Sunday. Jesus Christ took the worst symbol of suffering ever known on earth—the cross—and made it a symbol of the greatest triumph. He took the thing that gives greatest fear—death—and made it the doorway to our greatest hope. Praise God for a risen, living Lord!
