When a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
until my renewal comes Job 14:14.
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Imagine, you are in the lab working on cells. Suddenly, a cell dies on you. What have you lost? Can you revive it? After all, it’s only a tiny cell. The strange thing is, we don’t know what life is.
I raise this question for many reasons. I was watching the biochemist, Dr James Tour, being interviewed on Socrates in the City. He discussed life,
https://socratesinthecity.com/watch/dr-james-tour-how-did-life-come-into-being/
And you would expect scientists to know and define what life is, but Dr James Tour says otherwise.
In the Book of Matthew, Jesus states in verse 10:29 the following,
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.”
Let’s ponder, you walk along the park and see a dead sparrow. It has just fallen; you saw it with your own eyes. And yet, it still looks like a sparrow, but it is missing that vital life force. Just before Jesus mentioned the sparrow, he said, “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.” Matthew 10:28 (BSB).
Humans can take our physical life from us, but not our future life that God has planned for our future.
We have a soul; we are the soul with body and life force. Consider,
“Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.” Genesis 2:7 (BSB).
I was walking through a graveyard last Thursday whilst on holiday. There were graves dating back to 1760. People who were once living souls with rich inner lives. Was their short walk on earth futile? That depends on how they lived their life as their future lies in the hands of God and Jesus.
This reminds me of a story regarding a child who was speaking about her grandmother. Her fiend asked, “Where is your grandmother?”
“She is in the tomb.”
“What’s a tomb?”
It’s like that locked drawer where my mum keeps all her valubles, but the tomb is a drawer that only God can open.”
I am a duellist. In other words, I believe consciousness is linked physically to the brain, but in essence is a separate entity. When the day of renewal comes, I believe God and Christ will give me a perfect body whether spiritual or physical, and with it, he will restore my memories. Effectively restoring my identity.
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes Job 14:14.