Prayer Requests

"In the old testament, death is seen as the ultimate threat; only Israel's faith that the Lord's power extended even over death allowed the people to hope for a resurrection. The real gain of the New Testament is that this hope is fulfilled in the resurrection of Christ, simultaneously retaining its character of a promise still to be fulfilled in our resurrection. Christ the firstborn has arisen. The rest of necessity follows (1 Cor. 15: 20-23). Christ's resurrection is the warranty of our own." Adrio Konig, The Eclipse of Christ in Eschatology, p. 227