Meditation
YOUR DEAD SHALL LIVE
Text: Isaiah 26:19; John 20
21 April 2019
A WONDERFUL RESURRECTION HOPE
We celebrate Easter Sunday with the grandest and the most certain of hope! Belief in the Resurrection was proclaimed by Isaiah the prophet!
Your dead shall live;
Together with my dead body they shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead. Isaiah 26:19
- Your dead shall live
a) This was a significant of faith
b) There was an implicit understanding of life after death
c) This was one of the rare declarations of faith in God concerning those who die
- Together with my dead body they shall arise
a) This was one of the clearest statements of faith concerning the resurrection
b) Isaiah was not afraid of death
c) With all confidence, he declared that he would arise from the dead
- Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust
a) Dwelling in the dust
i) This is an expression describing people who feel down and out
ii) They dwell in the dust because it seems as if there was nothing to live for
b) The call is to awake in faith
c) The challenge is to sing for joy in this hope of the resurrection
- The earth shall cast out the dead
a) When the Lord calls, the dead will arise
b) This is the faith that summarizes what we believe in when we celebrate Easter
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
It was Jesus who firmly and clearly declare,
“I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in Me, though he may die;
Yet shall he live.” John 10:25
Let us celebrate Easter with this re-affirmation of our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ!