I Just Know

If a man dies, shall he live again?

Job 14:14

Four hundred years before Christ’s birth, the Greek philosopher Socrates lay dying from poison. He was considered the wisest teacher in the world, but when his friends asked, “Shall we live again?” he could only answer, “I hope so, but no man can know.”

In Job 14:14, another man asked the same question: “If a man dies, shall he live again?” It’s an age-old question. It haunts many people and tests every religious persuasion—the most crucial question of the ages. In Hebrews 2:15, we find that some men live all their lives in bondage to the fear of death. Many are afraid that death will catch up with them. Without some assurance of life after death, death becomes a terrifying proposition. But that is exactly why we can celebrate Easter: the resurrection of Jesus Christ answers that age-old question once and for all. The resurrection takes Christianity out of the realm of philosophy and turns it into a fact of history. It proves that there is life beyond this life.