Hope For The Furture

The resurrection of Jesus gives us great hope for the future.  He is called 'the firstborn from the dead" (Col 1:18).  In His resurrection, he was opening the way for all those who would believe in Him to follow after Him - to also be raised from the dead!

One wonderful day in the future, Jesus Christ will return to the earth again--not as a baby this time, but revealing to the whole world Who He really is - the glorious God and Ruler of all Creation.  At that time, all those who have died, believing in Him will be raised to life again.

"If Christ has not been raised, your faith in futile, you are still in your sins.  Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.  If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
"But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead the first fruites of thos who have fallen asleep.
"For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man
"For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.  ...(1Cor 15:17-23)