Resurrection means we will not be able to hide in our graves from the presence of the living God. Death cannot hold us, as much as we may want it to. We may wonder how resurrection can be the New Testament’s scariest doctrine when it is simultaneously the greatest doctrine of Christian hope. Ironically, resurrection is so scary because it is so packed with hope. It is hope because death cannot hold us. It is fear because death cannot hide us from the living God before whom we must stand. It is hope because sin will be defeated. It is fear because sin must be defeated in us. It is hope because
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