Resurrection as the Beginning of a New World

Saving the World

How do we know all this? How can we know all this? How is all this not simply a pious dream, a fantasy, a utopia that we all enjoy but know is a mirage? The answer is simple. Jesus was raised from the dead. This is, of course, the second half of the classic summary of the gospel. Following ‘The Messiah died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures’, we find ‘and he was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day in accordance with the scriptures’. The good news about the future is utterly dependent on the good news about the past. Christian life is shaped by both…