The Light of the World

by David Lins  |  04/28/2019  |  (Being) Catholic Matters

There are so many impressive accomplishments in our world. Jadav Payeng planted a 1360 acre forest over the course of a few decades after he saw the local wildlife losing their habitat. Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the choppy waters of the English Channel after being told a woman couldn’t survive the harsh conditions. Hiram Revels became America’s first African American Senator. He was from Mississippi and the year was 1870.

All of these feats are incredible.

Would you like to know what tops them all? Brace yourself. Rising from the dead. I think we’d all agree that one is tough to beat. Yet, Jesus did even more than that.

He didn’t just equal someone who was legally declared dead and came back to life. He did something even more impressive than Lazarus or Tabitha. Those Biblical figures rose from the dead only to die again one day.

Jesus was entirely different. He didn’t just rise from the dead, He defeated death itself.

In the twentieth chapter of John, we see Jesus appear in a locked room twice (and there was no chimney)! He was different than anyone else who had ever come back. He didn’t come back to tell us about some bright light. He came back as the Light - the Light of the World that would never die again.

Questions? Comments? Email David at dlins@oloj.org.

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