But God does not desire for us, His created people, to be in such a state.
So Jesus Christ comes, and calls us to rise from our graves, leaving behind the sins that entangle us. He raises us, and then puts His very Spirit in us, which gives us Life.
Jesus declares to Martha in the Gospel reading from John that He is "the Resurrection and the Life", in response to Martha's saying that Lazarus will rise on "the last day". Resurrection is not just something that will happen at the end of time. It is something happening now, as God clears away our sins, and we live anew in His righteousness, as we abide by His Life-giving Spirit.
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