-God didn’t just rescue us from death and make us alive together with Christ. No, He raised us up out of the grave and brought us to glory right alongside with His Son. He did not leave us trapped in the tomb. Think about that for a moment, and then keep thinking about it. No. More. Tomb. No more tattered rotten grave clothes. No more imprisonment to the stuff of death and destruction, not even a whiff of death or decay, no taint or hint of brokenness on our persons. Just Jesus and glory. Right now, Jesus is seated at the right hand of God in heaven (Ephesians 1.20), and we get seated right there with Him when we believe in Him. Obviously we do not yet see this fully realized, but one day... Glory is guaranteed. This is where we are headed, our destiny. And this is part of what it means to be ‘in Christ’. When we find our place in Him, His place becomes our place. We share in all that is His, and it is as good as ours. Yes - His place is now as much ours as it is His (and the extent to which we struggle to embrace this truth is an indication of how far we still have to go in our understanding of what it means to be 'in Christ'). That's right - we belong there, with Him! We've been fully adopted and brought into the Royal Family, and we have the run of the entire estate! And this life (His life!), this total triumph over death and the grave, this glorious destiny is found only in Christ. And the sequential flow of time is rather inconsequential. According to Paul, it’s already ours. We have actually already been glorified (cf Romans 8.30). We’re livin' the dream, right now. Or should be...
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