He holds the key!

Revelation 1: 18

“I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.”

 

Just reading this verse so early in the morning, brings me such great encouragement.

I hope it’s a good way for you to start off your day too!

 

I’ve recently read, that at Vladimir Lenin’s tomb in Moscow, you can actually see him lying in state.

If you look on line, you can see the image of his tomb, and he looks like he’s asleep—but he’s not.

 

What most people don’t know, is that engraved on his tomb are these words…..

“He was the greatest leader of all peoples—of all countries—of all time.”

 

It struck me funny this morning, that these words written on Lenin’s tomb are all past tense.

The words from the book of Revelation, suggest that Jesus is alive forever more.

 

It’s obvious that Vladimir Lenin didn’t know Jesus, or severely underestimated Him.

The Christian composer/performer Mark Shultz, wrote a song about Jesus, and the lyrics are… “He was—He is—and He will always be.”

 

Jesus is the living Christ of my life, and He has made such a difference in who I am today.

The great “I am”, is coming back again one day soon.

The reason He’s going to do that, is because He’s alive forever more. It’s pretty hard for a dead person to do that.

Who’d want to worship some dead guy, in some glass tomb anyway?

 

If it’s all the same to you, I choose to worship the God who is alive, and who defeated death and sin, once and for all….