EASTER: Dealing with the HARD Truth!

In 1882 the famous German philosopher Nietzsche made this statement in a book:

"God is dead". Sadly, Nietzsche and everyone born at that time are also. This is the hard truth Scripture makes clear. Here is how it is stated in two different renderings:

NET - Romans 5:14 Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.
 
NLT - Romans 5:14 Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did.

 
In 2006 a politician put out a movie dealing with global warming. It communicated a warning of future problems for life on this planet.
 

A science article in 2021 stated this -

Arctic Ice Coverage Is Up Substantially: Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced Wednesday that the Arctic ice sheet extends 25 percent further than it did last summer.
 
There can not be any honest debate concerning the fact that humans impact the environment…for goodness sake, cows impact the environment just by releasing gas, and cows don’t build, drive, or smoke! We must face the truth that we are stewards of this planet God gave us and do our best to take care of it, not destroy it. As long as we remember this planet was given to us and for us, not the cows. How much damage and how bad, I will not get into a debate about that right now, because I have a much larger point.
 
What saddens me is that so many people turn a blind eye to the Most Inconvenient Truth…all of us will die! Past, present, and future, until Christ returns.
 
Scripture states what each individual earns for their sin - death. (Rom 6:23)

Death means physical separation from our body and spiritual separation from God.

Jesus Christ experienced both for every human. Today, represents a day over 2,000 years ago, the Godman’s body was dead in a tomb. He allowed that for one reason – YOU! No, not “you & me” or “the world” that is how we deflect dealing with this reality.

Today, focus on YOU. Are you eternal? If not, then, what? Have you spent any time considering what happens to you when your physical heart stops beating? If not, why? Take a…pause and consider it.
 
The “So What”: We spend so much time thinking and planning for retirement, but that lasts about as long as a belch compared to eternity! At least have the honesty to take 30 minutes to ponder what you believe about your next life after this life. If you believe there is nothing, that is sad. If you believe there is more, then what, why, and how? Tomorrow we will look at Scriptural answers to that.