John 11:25  Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live."

"Tell me my part again." "Just trust me." It was the summer of 2007. He was rappelling off rocks in northwest Arkansas. Some people love rock rappelling - that is, taking a blind, backward leap off a hundred foot cliff, connected only by a belay harness. Not him. He had traveled to Arkansas to spend time with his son, Jonathan. He didn't come to do a half gainer off a cliff!

There's another cliff. It's called death. Eventually - just like Lazarus in John 11 - our heart will feel a final pulse. Our lungs will empty a final sigh, Our eyes will close for the last time. Barring the return of Christ, I will die, and so will you. In our world, two people die every second; more than six thousand die every hour; 155,000 die every day; and about 57 million people in our world die every year. None of us escapes death.

We can trust Jesus. He is risen to redeem us from sin and to resurrect our bodies. On Easter, the women and the disciples didn't see a phantom or experience a ghost. They saw Jesus in the flesh - with a body!

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