When our children were growing up they would often play a game.  Whenever we used the microwave they would run for cover when the timer hit 10 seconds.  In their wonderful imaginations a bomb was about to go off and they had only 10 seconds to take cover!  Kids would go scattering behind couches and under coffee tables.   The buzzer would go off and they would laugh and go back to playing.  The excitement of a countdown is pretty irresistible.  From “ready or not” to the last 10 seconds in a close basketball game, there is just something exciting about coming up on the end.

Scripture teaches that we will indeed come up on the end.  This life and the existence that we currently know will stop.  What comes next has been the pursuit of endless flights of imagination; some are even playing in the movie theatres right now!  Fortunately we are not left to the wild tides of imagination and endless speculations.  Scripture reveals a solid and unambiguous answer: resurrection.

Everyone great and small, good and bad, followers of Christ and followers of self will experience a resurrection.  There is of course the notable exception of those who are alive and “in Christ” when Jesus comes back (personal favorite club to belong to … Lord willing!), but everyone who dies will experience a resurrection! There is more than just this life ahead!

However, that is just part of the news.  Even though everyone will be resurrected not everyone will face a bright future.   What happens after resurrection is still being decided, if you are yet alive.  Some will be resurrected into a new body and eternal life, and others will be resurrected in order to face judgment and ultimately justice.   Are you looking forward to the resurrection or do you fear what happens at the end?

Come discover some good news and learn how you can rest in confidence of  the essential truth of resurrection.

Hope to see you at church.

Pastor Chris