Re The Longest Day, November
I have just read Dr. Vissers’ article. I have to say it was very revealing, insightful and informative on a topic that most of us have difficulty facing up to. We are all going to die. This is something that we North Americans seem to deny.
At the present time I am a student at Knox College, Toronto and as part of the course Human Growth and Spiritual Journey, we have to prepare a seminar with two other students on a topic of our choice. We chose on dying and death, not the most happy of topics, or perhaps happier than one would at first imagine?
Vissers gives us some wonderful insights into the question, what happens when I die? I have had six experiences in my lifetime of either a person close to me dying or my own possible demise. They have all given me pause to wonder.
I like, as Dr. Vissers does, Einstein’s idea that “time is relative, then when you die, the end of all things has come for you.” Eschatologically speaking, if we believe that Jesus Christ, Son of God, is our Saviour and beloved friend and brother, then we shall be resurrected as he promised and we shall be and live with God through eternity.
If we look at Revelation 21, we are given the picture of the New Jerusalem, once again very reassuring.
Finally, Vissers asks us to have a look at 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 and we read what Paul has to say about the resurrection body. Paul refers to other writers of the Old Testament but particularly Isaiah 25 which tells us, “Death has been swallowed up in victory” through Jesus Christ who conquered sin and death by his resurrection from the dead. What wonderful images and truths there are in the Bible and thanks to Dr. Vissers’ insight, we have been given an earthly look at our heavenly home, which as Christians is the final destination of our spiritual journey.
