return to life

復活. Literally translated as "return/repeat life". I think the Chinese had it right when they translated Easter.

I always heard "Christ is risen" but never really understood the gravity of the meaning of it until about last Easter.

The phrase is in the present tense and I never thought twice about it. Yeah, I knew the basic reasons as to why this day is important. He rose from the dead to save us but that was in the past. He was raised (emphasis on -ed), right?

BUT, somewhere in the midst of struggling with the present tense I realized He is still saving souls today and He continues to still be risen. I knew all this before hand but I finally was connecting all the dots to the very fact "He IS risen". It blew my mind.

Keep spreading that Truth. We all need to return to life too.