The Resurrection cannot be discussed in isolation,

as if it had nothing to do with the cross.

 

As if Jesus would, in any case, even if he had died of old age,

have gotten the benefit of this wonder drug.

 

If we keep before our eyes what this puzzling phrase “resurrected from the dead” says, then the reality “cross” belongs to it:

whoever lives in love has to reckon with contempt, abuse, discrimination, even with death.

 

In this other way of living, the Resurrection is already visible long before death. 

Jesus believed above all - and for all - in a life before death.

The Resurrection, the spark of life, was already in him.

And only because of this God-in-him were they unable to kill him.

It simply did not function.