A young student in chemistry was doing an experiment in the lab. Accidently he dropped his silver ring into a jar of acid. Great was his dismay when he saw it dissolve before his eyes. He valued that ring very highly and told his professor about his loss.
“You shall have that ring again,” said his teacher. Taking down a bottle of chemical from a shelf, he poured some of it into the jar. Presently, to the astonishment of the student, the dissolved silver resolved itself into a mass at the bottom of the jar. Afterward the silver was removed, recast and rechased, and formed into a ring of surpassing beauty.
Here we have the simple illustration of death and resurrection. “Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?” said Paul to Agrippa. Acts 26:88Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? (Acts 26:8).
“We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” 2 Cor. 5:22For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: (2 Corinthians 5:2). So the Christian can sing,
Our earthen vessels break,
The world itself grows old;
But Christ our precious dust will take
And freshly mold.
He’ll give these bodies vile
A fashion like His own;
He’ll bid the whole creation smile
And hush its groan.
ML-08/28/1977