2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Encouraging Words…
Death! One of those inevitable events in life that so many people fear and loathe. This week has been quite a reminder for me of the fragility of life. Earlier this week my priest’s father passed away…he was of the generation of my parents, who have had quite a year dealing with physical maladies. Then Laura’s cousin passed away…she was of our generation. We went to her funeral today.
The notes in my Orthodox Study Bible have the following comment about this verse:
“Fear of death is overcome by hope in the resurrection,
“Fear of death is overcome by hope in the resurrection,
faith in the Holy Trinity (vv. 5, 7), and the love of Christ
and our union with Him (v. 14). Our earthly house (v. 1)
is our present mortal body. The building from God, the
one which is from heaven (v. 2), is the immortal, deified
body we shall have in heaven (see 1Co 15).”
As these notes go on to explain the glory of our future and the hope that we can have in it I am comforted that i know that Jesus reigns victorious over death.
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