"If Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wanted to tell stories whose import was ‘If Jesus is risen, therefore you will be too’, they have done a remarkably bad job of it. Instead, we find a sense of open-ended commission within the present world: ‘Jesus is risen, therefore you have work ahead of you.’"
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Bishop Michael Rinehart 
April 5, 2012 at 4:55 am
True, our own resurrection is not the emphasis of the gospels. But our future resurrection IS the key point of Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:20–“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” Since he rose first, we will rise later!