All shall rise

When reflecting on the importance of Jesus Christ, one of the significant promises He gave is that all people will rise from the dead and receive a glorified body.

This fact was disputed by some in his day, and is misunderstood or unknown by many people in ours.

This promise was part of the Plan from the beginning when all people chose to come to this challenging world, and the surety of the promise was affirmed by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

If you are less familiar with this, I invite you to go the scriptures and learn about it. Link

It was known and foretold by Old Testament prophets like Job and Abraham. It was confirmed and clarified by New Testament Apostles like Peter and Paul. At first, Jesus Christ’s disciples struggled to wrap the minds around it before and after His death and Resurrection.

Paul who likened our lives to a grain of wheat, which has to be buried and figuratively die in order to rise again with new life. Likewise the knowledge we gain and the attributes we cultivate in this life are to rise with us in the next life.

This Resurrection will take place in the future, after a period of time living as a spirit in the spirit world. The resurrection is connected with the final Judgement, when all people will be brought back into the presence of our Father in Heaven and or savior Jesus Christ, and there will be an acknowledgment of all we have chosen and become. If we have repented of mistakes and sins, they have been forgiven and covered by our Advocate, Jesus Christ, who paid the price to offer us such a gift. So it will be a glorious joyful day for those who have believed and followed of Jesus Christ.

There remains the wonderful and terribly intense fact that we will all inescapably live again and face the consequences of our choices.

Knowing this can have a great impact on the way we approach life.

I am grateful to know that none are lost to death. I’m grateful to know that none of my life work, (as small as it is) will be lost. And I’m reluctantly grateful to know that I won’t get away with anything; it will all have to be accounted for.

This knowledge is core to what it means to be a Christian, and is central to the comfort Christ gives us. Knowing the endgame can give us His peace, which passes all understanding. It helps us face life knowing the joyful ending has already been won.

I am grateful for the knowledge that all shall rise from the dead.