"But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead." -- Isaiah 26:29

Prophetic or wishful thinking?

What is your understanding of life after physical death?  If you have been present to anyone who has ever died, you know what it's like when they are "not there" anymore.  Their body is there.  In many cases, it hasn't changed much at all... flesh, blood, bone.  Breathing has stopped.  Heart has stopped.  And they, we say, are "gone"... where did they go?  If we are not our bodies, then we are something else housed by our bodies.  It brings about the ageless questions and debates centered around the most fundamental question:  who am I?

Readings:  Isaiah 25:1-28:13; Galatians 3:10-22; Psalm 61:1-8; Proverbs 23:17-18