The Transition Of Life

THIS IS WHAT WE BECOME DEEPLY CONSCIOUS OF WHEN WE FACE NOT ONLY THE DEATH OF SOMEONE THAT WE LOVE, BUT OUR OWN DEATH AS WELL. THAT’S WHY I’LL SAY IT AGAIN: AS CHRISTIANS, WE BELIEVE THAT DEATH IS NOT AN END. IT IS A TRANSITION. IT IS NOT A BREAK IN EXISTENCE. IT IS A TRANSFORMATION INTO WHAT IS INCORRUPTABLE AND ETERNAL.

WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH ARRIVES, WHEN OUR EXISTENCE ON THIS EARTH REACHES ITS END, WE WON’T HAVE TO FIND OURSELVES FACING NOTHINGNESS.

WHAT WE DO AT THE MOMENT OF OUR TRANSFORMATION IS TO INSTANTANEOUSLY FACE THE MERCIFUL, EMBRACING HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD WHO WELCOMES US AND CONVERTS OUR DEATH INTO THE BEGINNING OF OUR RESURRECTION.

WE SHOULD NOT DOUBT THAT DEATH IS THE MOST SERIOUS CRISIS THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH IN OUR MORTAL LIVES. DEATH RIPS US OUT OF OUR BEING ON EARTH. IT IS A CRISIS WITHOUT REMEDY TO WHICH WE HAVE NO MEANS OF STOPPING OR PREVENTING FROM HAPPENING.

ONLY GOD CAN RESPOND TO THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE FEEL ABOUT DEATH. BECAUSE GOD IS REALLY OUR MERCIFUL FATHER, OUR FRIEND AND OUR ALLY, GOD CANNOT LOOK INDIFFERENTLY AT DEATH.

GOD IS THERE TO WELCOME US! GOD IS HERE TO SHOW US THAT THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, HE HAS MADE ALL THE PREPARATIONS AND HAS FULFILLED ALL THE SACRIFICES NECESSARY FOR US, THAT THE ANSWER TO DEATH WILL ALWAYS BE ETERNAL LIFE AND, ULTIMATELY, OUR RESURRECTION.

IN 2 TIMOTHY 2:11, PAUL SAYS, “YOU CAN DEPEND ON THIS: IF WE HAVE DIED WITH CHRIST, WE SHALL ALSO LIVE WITH HIM.” SOONER OR LATER THIS EARTHLY SEPARATION WE HAVE FROM OUR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE ALREADY GONE ON BEFORE US WILL COME TO AN END AND WE WILL ALL BE REUNITED.

THEREFORE, KNOW TODAY, THAT BECAUSE OF GOD’S SON, JESUS CHRIST, DEATH DOES NOT NEED TO BE FINAL. BECAUSE OF JESUS, WE CAN BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD AND BEGIN OUR ETERNITY WITH HIM, THE SAINTS AND OUR LOVED ONES.

JESUS IS PREPARING ROOM FOR YOU. JESUS WILL COME BACK TO GET YOU SO THAT WHERE HE IS, YOU CAN BE ALSO. HE HAS PREPARED THE WAY. HE IS THE WAY. WILL YOU BELIEVE?

LET US REMEMBER THE CONSOLING WORDS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO SAID, “DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED. HAVE FAITH IN GOD AND FAITH IN ME… I SHALL COME BACK TO TAKE YOU WITH ME, THAT WHERE I AM YOU ALSO MAY BE.