We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:4 ESV)
Jesus’ Death and Spring
My grandfather, a master gardener, tried to teach my skeptical young mind that, “for new life, you have to have death.” He told me that as we pushed old lifeless seeds into the cold dead ground.
And then, green life would sprout.
Jesus’ death, on our behalf, because we were dead already in our sins, paved the way for new life in Him.
His death was not simply a tragedy. His death brought new life! Both the new life we have in Him, now; AND the new life we will have with Him in eternity.
And death today is similar. Of course it is a source of grief. But death, because of Jesus’ death, is now also the gateway to true, perfect, joyful, eternal, bright, holy, tear-less, life.