Our Informed Hope
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What hope do we have in the face of death? How is our hope informed? What is the basis for our hope at the end of this life?
Death is assured in this broken life—in this sin ravaged body—in this sin laden world. We grieve death and we anticipate our own death with feelings of disheartened grief. We grieve. However, we do not grieve without hope.
Because Jesus died and rose from the dead, we have hope in him for our own resurrection from death. We also have hope that Jesus will bring with him all the saints who have died and gone before us when he comes again.
The Apostle Paul wrote the church in Thessalonica, saying, “We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.” (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14, ESV).
In the face of death, we have a living hope in Jesus Christ. We grieve in the face of death, but we do not grieve without a well informed hope in the death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and return of Jesus. This informed hope is what we proclaim in the mystery of our faith: “Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.”
May we take comfort and be assured in our certain and informed resurrection hope.
In Christ alone, Robbie
A Prayer For The Coming Of God’s Kingdom: “Hasten, O Father, the coming of your kingdom; and grant that we your servants, who now live by faith, may with joy behold your Son at his coming in glorious majesty; even Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.” (#115., Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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