Memorial Day is one day of the year when we actually focus on death, as we remember our loved ones who have passed away -- particularly those who served our country and died in defense of our country. Memorial Day should be to each of us a very sacred holiday.
For the believer, the Bible makes it clear that death has lost its sting -- I Corinthians 15:54-56. I explained to my grandsons recently that when a bee stings a person, its stinger is left in the person it stings, and the bee is thereafter harmless. The Apostle Paul is telling us that in similar fashion, the sting of death, which is sin, was left in the Person of Christ on the Cross of Calvary. Death, therefore, has no more power. It is harmless to the Christian. For the believer, death is simply a passage from here to there!
Jesus Christ has completely defeated death and conquered both death and hell through his resurrection from the grave. Death is still an enemy to us. Death interrupts our lives, disrupts our homes and takes loved ones from us. Death invades our lives and terrorizes us -- to some extent. But for the Christian, it is only a temporary disruption. We shall all meet again on the other side.
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