As I read today I noticed that the unifying feature of all reconciliation with God is death. The soul who sins must die. The faithful in Leviticus approached God with death and bloodshed. Jesus calls his followers to die in order to follow him. We take up our cross, that is, an instrument of death.
In this Easter season, we remember not only the death of Jesus on our behalf, but his resurrection as the firstfruits of the new creation. How are we going to be raised to new life if we are not dying? How do we live except by first dying to ourselves, being crucified along with Christ?
Lord, give us a trust in your death on our behalf. Give us a willingness to die to ourselves and to live to you. Give us a living hope in the resurrection.
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