This Easter weekend, may we celebrate the magnificent, cosmos-shaking victory of Christ’s physical resurrection, a real event that changed everything! 

Great question. On the one hand, given not only the Old Testament prophecies but also the direct statements of Jesus to the disciples regarding His coming resurrection, you would think the devil would have not been surprised. 

Malheureusement, cette idée que le Paradis sera ennuyeux est répandue, même parmi les chrétiens. Parfois, nous ne parvenons pas à imaginer que nous ferons bien plus que jouer de la harpe et polir des rues pavées d'or. Nous avons succombé aux stratagèmes de Satan qui nous pousse à « proférer des blasphèmes contre Dieu, pour insulter son nom et son tabernacle, ceux qui habitent dans le ciel. » (Apocalypse 13:6 Traduction Segond 21)

I listened to Sean McDowell’s interview with Lee Strobel, talking about how he as an atheist journalist came to believe in Jesus, through studying whether the resurrection of Jesus ever happened. I think it’s all great, but even if you don’t have time to watch it all, the first 11 minutes or so are terrific.

In what form will we be when we see God? Will we be ghostly spirits, floating about? No, we will be resurrected human beings, standing and kneeling, walking and talking, praying and worshiping and laughing, eating and drinking in our new bodies. As Job cried out, “After my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.”

I’ve been thinking lately about the resurrection of Jesus. It is the rock-solid foundation for our faith, and we should ponder it not just at Easter, but throughout the year. It is, among other things, essential to Christ’s victory over sin and death, and therefore essential to our deliverance from the Hell we deserve.

In 2019, Randy Alcorn was interviewed by Pastor Jim Putman at Real Life Ministries, in Post Falls, Idaho. In this clip, he talks about at what age of infants who have died, will be when there are resurrected and their reunion with their parents.

Many Bible-believing Christians today are crippled by their unbiblical view of the life to come. This is why I have written at length on the subject of Heaven, putting primary emphasis on the resurrection and eternal state centered on the New Earth.

The concept of a bucket list, a list of things you want to do before you “kick the bucket,” is entirely understandable for people who believe that this is the only life they will ever live.