{"id":71946,"date":"2024-12-31T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/?p=71946"},"modified":"2025-01-03T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:23:12","slug":"we-rejoice-in-eternal-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/we-rejoice-in-eternal-life\/","title":{"rendered":"We Rejoice in Eternal Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of my favorite biographies is The Hiding Place<\/em>, which chronicles the life of Corrie Ten Boom. She was a Christian during the time of the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. She and her family were imprisoned in the Ravensbr\u00fcck concentration camp after being arrested for hiding Jews in their home. Corrie\u2019s father died shortly after arriving at camp, but she and her sister ministered to others with the hope of Jesus Christ, sharing Bible verses and hosting prayer meetings within the prison walls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When her sister died from an illness, a friend rushed to find Corrie so that she could bid her farewell. However, when Corrie saw her sister, she was pleasantly surprised to see her looking as bright and beautiful as she had before they entered the concentration camp. Despite the lack of life in her body, there was a serene smile on her face, and she knew her sister was in the presence of Jesus. Corrie\u2019s heart was sorrowful due to the loss of her sister, but she also rejoiced in knowing that she was with her sweet Savior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we consider the resurrection of Jesus, we must remember\u2014this is the crux of our entire faith. Yes, the virgin birth of Jesus is miraculous. His life and death proved the love of His Heavenly Father for us. But foremost, His resurrection proved He was God. Everything He told the disciples and all who followed Him proved true when He walked out of the grave with a new body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the resurrection was not real, Corrie and her family would not have endured the persecution they did to bring hope to the Jews and their prison mates. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:19, \u201cIf we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.\u201d Our entire lives, when surrendered to Christ, must be built on the solid foundation of the empty tomb and our resurrected Savior. There is no other way, for He Himself is \u201cthe resurrection and the life\u201d (John 11:25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trials and heartaches of this world are enough to leave us feeling hopeless. But the resurrection of Jesus Christ infuses us with the hope of eternal life and reminds us nothing is impossible for God (Luke 1:37).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you find yourself today, friend? Perhaps you feel like Mary, the sister of Lazarus, who said to Jesus, \u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d (John 11:21) Maybe there are situations in your life where you can\u2019t see God. Or perhaps you are confident in God\u2019s presence in your life and relate to Mary Magdalene after she saw her risen Savior and declared, \u201cI have seen the Lord!\u201d (John 20:18). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friend, the resurrected King Jesus is at the right hand of the Father, interceding for you (Romans 8:34). No matter what you face today, God has already conquered it, and He has a plan for you that is for your good and His glory.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite biographies is The Hiding Place, which chronicles the life of Corrie Ten Boom. She was a Christian during the time of the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. She and her family were imprisoned in the Ravensbr\u00fcck concentration camp after being arrested for hiding Jews in their home. Corrie\u2019s father died shortly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":71564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advent2024"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[71574],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"She Reads Truth","devotional_text":"WE REJOICE IN ETERNAL LIFE<\/b>

\r\nby Jessica Mathisen<\/i>

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One of my favorite biographies is The Hiding Place<\/i>, which chronicles the life of Corrie Ten Boom. She was a Christian during the time of the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. She and her family were imprisoned in the Ravensbr\u00fcck concentration camp after being arrested for hiding Jews in their home. Corrie\u2019s father died shortly after arriving at camp, but she and her sister ministered to others with the hope of Jesus Christ, sharing Bible verses and hosting prayer meetings within the prison walls.<\/p>
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When her sister died from an illness, a friend rushed to find Corrie so that she could bid her farewell. However, when Corrie saw her sister, she was pleasantly surprised to see her looking as bright and beautiful as she had before they entered the concentration camp. Despite the lack of life in her body, there was a serene smile on her face, and she knew her sister was in the presence of Jesus. Corrie\u2019s heart was sorrowful due to the loss of her sister, but she also rejoiced in knowing that she was with her sweet Savior.<\/p>
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As we consider the resurrection of Jesus, we must remember\u2014this is the crux of our entire faith. Yes, the virgin birth of Jesus is miraculous. His life and death proved the love of His Heavenly Father for us. But foremost, His resurrection proved He was God. Everything He told the disciples and all who followed Him proved true when He walked out of the grave with a new body.<\/p>
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If the resurrection was not real, Corrie and her family would not have endured the persecution they did to bring hope to the Jews and their prison mates. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:19, \u201cIf we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.\u201d Our entire lives, when surrendered to Christ, must be built on the solid foundation of the empty tomb and our resurrected Savior. There is no other way, for He Himself is \u201cthe resurrection and the life\u201d (John 11:25).<\/p>
\r\n

The trials and heartaches of this world are enough to leave us feeling hopeless. But the resurrection of Jesus Christ infuses us with the hope of eternal life and reminds us nothing is impossible for God (Luke 1:37).<\/p>
\r\n

Where do you find yourself today, friend? Perhaps you feel like Mary, the sister of Lazarus, who said to Jesus, \u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d (John 11:21) Maybe there are situations in your life where you can\u2019t see God. Or perhaps you are confident in God\u2019s presence in your life and relate to Mary Magdalene after she saw her risen Savior and declared, \u201cI have seen the Lord!\u201d (John 20:18).<\/p>
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Friend, the resurrected King Jesus is at the right hand of the Father, interceding for you (Romans 8:34). No matter what you face today, God has already conquered it, and He has a plan for you that is for your good and His glory.<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"31","scripture":"John 11:17-27, John 20:1-18, Romans 8:34, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, 1 Corinthians 15:35-44, 1 Corinthians 15:50-57, Colossians 1:18","available":true,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}