5 Minute Focus: Present with the Body, AND Present with the Lord

n the face of death, believers confess with Paul that to depart this life is "far better" than what we have now. Death is a stepping stone into the presence of Jesus.

Yet, contrary to the confused hope of many Christians, the ultimate biblical hope is NOT to be "absent with the body, and present with the Lord." That represents only half of the resolution to the problem of sin and death. The final victory is glorious resurrection, when the final enemy is destroyed forever.