Our Heritage - Eternal Life!

© Jim Hinck 2005

Firstfruits were the first part of the harvest that faithful Jews brought to the temple as an offering (Leviticus 23:10). Although Christ was not the first to rise from the dead (he raised Lazarus and others), he was the first to never die again. He is the forerunner for you, the proof of your eventual resurrection to
eternal life.

Death came into the world as a result of Adam and Eve's sin. In Romans
5:12-21, Paul explained why Adam's sin brought sin to all people, how death and sin spread to all humans because of this sin, and the parallel between Adam's death and Christ's death.

Those who have rebelled against Christ will be resurrected also, but to hear God's judgement against them and to be sentenced to eternity apart from him.
There are those who wish to live well on earth, ignore God, and then see death as final rest. Jesus does not allow unbelieving people to see death as the end of it all. There is a judgement to face.

Jesus has power over life and death as well as power to forgive sins. This is because he is the Creator of life (see John 14:16). He who is life can surely restore life. Whoever believes in Christ has a spiritual life in Christ that death
cannot conquer or diminish in any way. When we realize his power and how wonderful his offer to us really is, how can we help but commit our lives to him! To those of us who believe, what wonderful assurance and certainty we have:
"Because I live, you also will live" (John 14:19).

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