The Resurrection: God’s Preview For Your Future

1 Corinthians 15:50-57

In AD 125, a Greek named Aristides wrote to a friend about Christianity, explaining why this “new religion” was so successful:

“If any righteous man among the Christians passes from this world, they rejoice and offer thanks to God, and they escort his body with songs and thanksgiving as if he were setting out from one place to another nearby.”

Revelation 21:1-4

Job 14:14

Considering the biblical picture of a “new heaven and a new earth”, clearly the most important aspect is God’s presence and our relationship with Him.


The central joy of heaven and the source of all our joys will be seeing Him face to face and being with Him.

1 Corinthians 15:45-49 (NLT)

1 John 3:2

Philippians 3:2-21



“We will not be disembodied spirits in the world to come, but redeemed spirits, in redeemed bodies, in a redeemed universe.”

-R. A. Torrey

I don’t know the process, but I know the chemist.
I don’t know the when, but I know the timekeeper.
I don’t understand the promises, but I trust the promise maker.
I wasn’t there the first time, but I believe the testimonies of those who were.

Job 19:26