Jesus hates death more than all of us put together. The whole reason Jesus came to earth was to abolish death and bring life and immortality to light through the gospel.
What is the gospel? It is the good news that Jesus has conquered death and its power over each of us, by dying for our sins, so that death has no right to hold the one who receives him as savior.
The very one our society mocks, ignores, and has nothing but contempt for – is in reality the only Savior of the world, the only Hope for mankind, the only avenue to eternal life.
No wonder the bible calls us to repent, that is, turn around from ignoring Jesus, from giving him our back and not our face; turn from our lesser and temporary preoccupations, to the one who alone grants eternal life; turn from thinking sinful living doesn’t matter, to the one who alone can forgive, cleanse and bestow new life.
Jesus is the resurrection and the rife, and he proved it. He entered earth announced by heaven. He left earth with the declaration that his next appearance will be to reign until all enemies are under his feet. “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
What a great reminder as we celebrate Canada Day, otherwise and better named, Dominion Day. Why Dominion Day?
Our founding fathers based it on Psalm 72: “He (Jesus) shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth … His name shall endure forever and all nations shall call him blessed.”
Why? Because he is the death of death and evil.
Life is not a game. It is a choice for eternity. “O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? Let us thank God who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
