Job asked “If a man die, shall he live again?” (Job 14:14)
He later answered his own question:
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. (Job 19:25-27)
The apostle Paul taught:
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(1 Corinthians 15:20-22)
After my father died, I recited these scriptures spoke at his funeral. These scriptures brought peace and comfort to our friends and family.
Jesus Christ suffered for our sins in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the Cross at Calvary. He was buried in a tomb, but rose the third day. He then appeared to Mary Magdalene and his disciples.
Matthew records:
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. (Matthew 27:52-43)
Like the saints of old, we too will arise from our graves as resurrected beings. We will greet Jesus and be reunited with our families.
May we be always grateful to our Heavenly Father for the gift of his son, Jesus Christ.
And may the Lord bless you,
Tom Irvine