This is why the Resurrection of Jesus is important for Christians. The point is not that some man, by some odd twist of fate, defeated death. It is about the meaningfulness of life itself. Do our loves and losses and decisions matter, or are they all just a collection of events that end with our passing? Resurrection infuses our lives with meaning. It suggests that who and what we are echoes into eternity. Therefore, it matters who my father was, how he lived, how he died, and what hope we might have for him in the future.
