The End (Which Does Not End)

There is a saying, "Where there is life, there is hope." It seems obvious that once something has died, it's gone, as in over and done with, a done deal. There is only One who can revive the dead!John 5:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."

The Lord has chosen to birth sons from among the dead. (Romans 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.) That which was once dead has been born again. "Marvel not that I say to you that you must be born again."(John 3:7) "To as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become the sons of God."(John 1:12) "It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast."(Ephesians 2:8-10) This is one gift that is nonrefundable! "For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable."(Romans 11:29) How do we know if we have "passed from death unto life"?(1 John 3:14) We know because we love our brothers in Christ!

There is only One who can give life. The life He gives, nothing and no one can take away, and it is through faith that we relate to Him, by trust that we know Him and Who He Is and what He gives. What He gives us is eternal, imperishable, incorruptible, and powerful without fail. In trusting Him, He is securing, for us, the end of the story, now, while we yet breath.

There is only one thing that truly ends for us, and that is all endings, death itself. That which has been reborn, in Him, can no longer die. They arrive at their rest (which starts with belief!) to await the grand reunion and the wedding feast! This is actual life, and never death, where once was sorrow, but now is joy and rejoicing forever more!