Opus 2026-274: Born Again…and Again

My younger brother died just a little over a year ago.  He left an awesome legacy in his children, all serious believers, and his grandchildren.  The funeral was inspirational and the time with family was refreshing.  This past weekend we had my sister-in-law down and continued the healing.

One of the topics that came up was the nature of eternal life and that opened the door to a lot of glorious attempts to understand the impossibilities.  In the conversation she shared a thought that had never occurred to me.  She equated the baby emerging from the womb with the resurrection.  You can carry any analogy too far, and I am sure we did, but the parallels were inspiring.

Picture a baby in the womb.  There is no light.  The concept of light is incomprehensible.  When the infant emerges his eyes are assaulted by a brightness and a variety that he has no way of understanding.  Slowly, over time, things begin to make sense and a whole new dimension is embraced.  I look forward to the visuals of heaven.

The newborn must deal with a greater clarity of sounds.  I remember talking to our children before they were born.  I know they could hear or sense the vibration of my voice.  They may not know the words but the timber was familiar.  Now they had to begin to figure out the words, melodies and sound effects.  I expect there to be music in heaven that would put me in a trance if I heard it today, or it might burn out my ears.

There will be freedom of movement.  In the womb the baby and kick, punch and squirm.  He has no comprehension of crawling and the idea of walking would really be strange.  What will our incorruptible bodies be able to do?

We can readily see parallels with what the resurrection will bring.

In between there is another required rite of passage.  In John it is called being born again.  Paul talks about three levels of spiritual condition at the end of I Corinthians 2 and into chapter 3: Natural, carnal and spiritual.  The natural man has no comprehension of spiritual things and the carnal Christian is limited to the milk of the word.  Only the spiritual man can begin to comprehend the great truths of God.  That is why the Bible continues to speak to us all our lives. 

We have come through a lot.  What is to come will dwarf the past.  Keep on the path for the final resurrection.  The third time is the charm.

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