Yeshua is everything to us:  our salvation, our hope, our future, to name a few. It is important to get to know Him as well as possible.  We can do this by interacting with Him and also by reading the Bible.  It is the word of Yehovah and Yeshua is the living Word of Yehovah.  This series, entitled “Who Is Yeshua?” will consist of twenty-one articles. Each article will explore a different section of the Bible to discover different titles and roles of Yeshua and our response to each role. In the seventeenth article in the series, Yeshua is the Resurrection.

Yeshua said to her, “I AM the Resurrection and the Life! Whoever puts his trust in me will live, even if he dies; (John 11:2).

As Yeshua’s apostles spread the good news of the Kingdom, they emphasized the significance of Yeshua’s resurrection.  The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of [Yeshua], and God’s great blessing was upon them all (Acts 4:33). In fact, Sha’ul (Paul) claims in his letter to the Romans that Yeshua’s resurrection proves that He is the Son of Yehovah.  It concerns his Son — he is descended from David physically; he was powerfully demonstrated to be Son of God spiritually, set apart by his having been resurrected from the dead; he is Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord (Rom 1:3-4).

Yeshua raised the widow’s son from the dead in Nain (Luke 7:11-17) and also raised his friend, Lazarus after three days (John 11:38:44).  So, what is significant about Yeshua’s resurrection and how is it different from Lazarus being raised from the dead?  Unlike the widow’s son and Lazarus who were brought back to life in their mortal bodies, Yeshua was raised into an immortal body, a body that cannot be harmed, that is incorruptible.  What does that mean for us?

It means that the payment Yeshua made for our sin debt has been accepted by Yehovah (Rom 4:25). Our corruptible bodies will die but we need not fear for we will be raised into immortal bodies just like Yeshua. For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies (1 Cor 15:53).

It also means that Yeshua is alive and active in His body of believers. He is very involved with us, with our growth and formation as citizens of His kingdom.  Even though He is seated at the right hand of the Father, Yeshua communicates with our spirit through His Spirit.  Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing (Acts 2:33).

In this mortal body, we have pain, illness, and weakness, but in our new glorified bodies, we will have perfect health and power.  Living in this mortal body is temporary, but living in an immortal body will be forever. So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.  It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body (1 Cor 15:42-44).

Yeshua is our resurrection; therefore, we have hope for the future beyond the death of our mortal bodies.  According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you… (1 Pet 1:3-4).

Yeshua’s resurrection means that He will someday return to the earth to judge, to rule and to reign in His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.  The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead (Acts 17:30-31).  Those who remain faithful to Yeshua while in their mortal bodies will reign with Him in their resurrected bodies. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also, I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years (Rev 20:4-6). Revelation 1:5-6 states “and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

This is an excellent time to ask forgiveness for your sins and invite Yeshua (Jesus) to be Lord of your life.  When we commit sin, we incur a debt that none of us can ever pay on our own.  It cannot be paid with earthly currency or even with great sacrifice on our part.  This debt can only be paid for by the blood of Yeshua which has already been shed for us. This is the greatest gift to ever be offered.  Don’t miss out.  After you have accepted Yeshua as your Lord and Savior, ask for baptism in the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit will be your constant companion and Counselor and will equip you for Kingdom living.