Hebrews 1:3

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature.

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

John 5:19

Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

If you’ve seen Jesus, you’ve seen God.

There’s no death in heaven.

Revelation 21:4

There will be no more death...

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death forever…

1 Corinthians 15:54

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: Death has been swallowed up in victory.

Death doesn’t belong in God’s kingdom.

John 11:1

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

John 11:6

So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.

John 11:11

These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” 12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”

God hates death

1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Romans 6:23

The wages of sin is death.

John 11:21-22

Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.

John 11:23

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

John 11:24

“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

The resurrection isn’t just an event on the timeline of history—it’s a person.

1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

John 11:32

Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?”

troubled - tarassō = to be stirred up, agitated, unsettled.

Groaned - anger, indignation, outrage, The snorting of a war horse

Jesus is filled with anger because his enemy is bringing pain on people He loves!

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

Your sorrow matters to Him. It breaks His heart to see His children suffer.

John 11:39

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

Jesus defeats death, and He does it with resurrection power. And this was only the beginning.

Through the cross death lost its grip, The grave lost its power.

Revelation 1:18

I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Jesus didn’t just escape death—He conquered it and He took the keys.

If you’ve accepted Jesus, you’ve already had one resurrection.

And one day, your body will follow.

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

1 Corinthians 15:55

Death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory?