Romans 6:5-6
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
The world is ruled by resurrection. It is embedded into the soil beneath our feet. The seed that dies survives and the fruit we can see came from seeds can no longer. We plant, we harvest, we eat. We plant, animals eat, we eat the animals. Resurrection rules the world right now. The power of death and resurrection is the power of every plant. It is the energy that keeps everything alive. It is woven into the fabric of every endeavor. It lays the foundation of everything.
In the end, when resurrection ends all other things, it will not be a plot twist. It will be the natural climax and denouement of the entire arc. Everything is foreshadowing the final resurrection in which the entire world will be reborn through dying, but never to die again. Life is sustained by resurrection and it will be secured by resurrection. The resurrection at the end will be the resurrection of all the lesser resurrections. The final rebirth of all the rebirtthings. It will throw death itself into the lake of fire and nourish a tree of life that will never wither or die.
The ground is watered by the reign of resurrection. The world as we know it is quickened by its quickening as will be the world to come; the one without end and forever with amen.
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