The death of Jesus on the cross did not save us from dying, we still die. The death of Jesus on the cross reconciled us to God and revealed the depth of what God would do to demonstrate His love for us. It is the resurrection of Jesus that shows us there is life after death…
“Christ died for the ungodly… God demonstrates His own love for us in this - while we were still sinners, Christ died for us…For since, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be SAVED through His LIFE!” (Romans 5:6-10)
The resurrection of Jesus from death to LIFE is the good news that the early followers of Christ shared…
“This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses…the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses…Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead…And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.” (Acts 2:32; 3:15; 4:10, 33)
Like Jesus, we will be raised from the dead. It is no longer a mystery (secret) and the grace and peace from God rests on us when we have faith that we and our loved ones will rise from death to meet Him in the air!
“For I show you a Mystery…in the twinkling of an eye…the dead will be raised incorruptible…” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
"...the Lord Himself will be descending from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the Chief Messenger, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall be rising first. Thereupon we, the living who are surviving, shall AT THE SAME TIME be snatched away together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And thus shall we always be together with the Lord. So that, console one another with these words." (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)