Welcome you who seek. Especially to those who have figured out they do not know what they seek. Those weary of all the trite answers, whether you think you are a citizen of ‘heaven’ or worldly-wise. You have trod the supposed ‘tried and true’ paths of faith and unbelief yet still are uncertain about the truth about anything. Time is the greatest solvent that corrupts everything. Or so it seems. Well, except death, right? But why does death have an exception? Or does it? Can death die? Is it eternal? What if before there was anything else (including death) there was Life? What if the most fundamental reality is Life, a Life so primal, powerful, and free it exists before and independent of the cosmos and all else (including the speculated ‘multiverse’), and indeed created the wonder of the cosmos? What if death IS a temporal state of creation like a seed that appears dead, is buried, and transforms into the new life that was not seen in the ‘seed’ itself? 

Do I have your attention and curiosity yet?

What if in all the processes of creation, death and suffering as well as many other things, appear to us as things they were never meant to be due to the way we have chosen to respond to “Life?” What if these, along with all the other experiences of creation, were to create a greater capacity for life by our devotion to these “disciplines?” What if due to our resistance to “Life,” our paradigms have been upside-down, backward, and catastrophically obstructing the goodwill of Life? What if the origins of the cosmos are from Perfect Life and the purpose of creation was it initiate instrumental conditions for creatures to participate in “the glory of God,” a life “more abundant,” maximal to our creatureliness? What if the Resurrection of Jesus is no mere contrivance of proof that human consciousness survives death, the existence of transcendence or the supernatural, but the full revelation of God’s life and intention for creation? Is the Resurrection of Jesus the very thing we have always sought, yet haven’t understood as well as we could and maybe should, or thought we had? Does the Resurrection of Jesus have the potential of the perfect ‘thing’ we long for yet haven’t found access to? If so, can it become the true source of hope for all it means to be fully alive in the Life of God now in Christ?

Yes. It has the power to transform the one who sees and perceives it for what it truly is. Pay close attention to a passage in Romans 10:9 that perhaps we have heard many times, yet because our head was elsewhere, we didn’t understand the point (Yep! This is from the Bible, and so is a lot of other surprising stuff that religious and cultural training and routines had us thinking we understood what was being said!):

“…if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God RAISED HIM from the dead, you will be saved.” (emphasis, mine)

The phrase, “God raised him from the dead,” is pregnant with significance! The Resurrection of Jesus is the key that unlocks every door in creation. This is the wisdom of Life that if trusted can become the light of our life. It is the realized life of God IN Jesus, the Risen (Exalted) One, made accessible to all who will fully embrace it. It is the perfected dignity of creation IN Jesus as the true image of God, and He calls us to share this inheritance with Him. It is SO much more than we have understood or been taught. The Resurrection of Jesus is like a perfect diamond with facets of life and light that fills all of creation to inaugurate a new Genesis, He is the Firstborn (“the last Adam”) of creation fully being actualized to launch all the transformations to remake all things perfect as “a new Heaven and New Earth,” to liberate all the potentials of creation in “the glory of God.”

Don’t let doubts and skepticism keep you buried, revisit the empty tomb. More about doubt and skepticism in later posts but briefly note this: it is good not to be gullible, but if there is enough evidence to make a reasonable verification and reconciliate the Resurrection of Jesus to your already existing beliefs about life, to continue fence-sitting is dishonest (lying) to oneself and Life.

The Bible calls this “death,” which in essence means separation. If one says they believe one thing, yet in behavior lives inconsistent to their beliefs, do the math. One is unequal and cancels the other, ergo, “dead” to life by lacking integrity. This mindset on death seems to be the point of the narrative of ‘the fall’ at the beginning of the Bible. We knew Life in a personal way, but chose to deny Him, believing we could become “as “God.” We haven’t changed much since (except for the Resurrection).

Where are all the utopias predicted by the agents that deny Life? Most of our present secular art promotes dystopian beliefs. We moderns almost romance the idea of zombies, but those ‘things’ aren’t conscious, and if they were, they ceased being who they were prior: human. But even the idea about ‘human nature’ has been subject to suspicion, I guess we really did “die.” If we were to be good little skeptics though, we would subject our skepticism and doubts to the same treatment and maybe could be able to circle back around to Life.

One more thing to consider: everyone has a set of beliefs (creed or constitution) that govern their life, and thus lives by “faith” whether one claims to be religious or not. The dirty little secret is we all are religious, though whom we are devoted to and what are the ‘reasons’ used to justify ones’ devotion are different. For instance, if one wants to deny the existence of God, they do so by faith (not by ‘proof’), because they believe their reasons justify their conclusion. To have proof would take an act/revelation of God. But that is self-defeating, isn’t it?

This is an embarrassing introduction to the Resurrection of the Prince of Life. I am barely treading the shallow end of the kiddie pool. But we must start somewhere. The depths of the Resurrection of the Lord are abysmally deep and intimidating. I often feel I am starting this expedition too late and personally ill-equipped. I often wonder how or why God brought me here. He must have better candidates for the dive. But it is as if I am driven to dive anyway. I don’t want to miss out on the discovery Christ made available to me. That is what this blog is about. I want to lead an expedition to increase the wealth of God’s Resurrection community, the new human race in Christ.

I have done much research and contemplation on what I have become convinced is the core revelation and truth of Scripture and the Christian faith. Much of what I have surmised may sound foreign to much of what we have been taught, but I have endeavored and am committed to be as faithful to the narrative and text of Scripture of Life “more abundantly” as I am able at this point in my growth. I want to discover and as best as possible to map this new cosmos that has been hidden in plain sight in the prophetic writ of Scripture, and only assessable and accessible through the Resurrection of the Lord, “the Son of God.” As we go together, I will do my best to share how I have reached the conclusions I have and give you some of the backstory. Feel free to scrutinize and engage these findings with me. I have for many years now sought to sound out the depths of the Resurrection. Many of the ‘depth charges’ have been unsettling but gave me a better image of the territory under the waterline. I long for community in the grace of the Resurrection of our Lord. I have dialogued with friends and colleagues about these findings and feel it is past time to broadcast beyond the scope of my personal circle. Feel free to share with anyone, unbeliever and believer in Christ, it is the good news for all.

Whether you are already a follower of Christ or not, I invite you to dive with me. Check back often, as I plan to post at least once a week, but given the enormous amount of treasure I have already discovered I may have more frequent posts. There is so much that I want to share, some which will be illuminating and refreshing, and some may sound like lament. But all in all, the Resurrection is hope (and judgment) for this world that has already appeared to show us who God REALLY is, and the way to truly know and enjoy Him forever. That’s the goal of my faith in the Lord of “the Resurrection and the Life.” Is it yours?