It’s easy to celebrate Easter as a moment, but the idea behind it is ongoing. If death, failure, and brokenness are not the final word, then that should shape how we approach everyday things like fear, regret, and even hope.
For me, the challenge is not believing the story, but letting it change my expectations. Resurrection suggests that what looks final might not be, and that can be both comforting and stretching at the same time.
This is a profound question that gets to the heart of “Sufficiency of Christ.” From a biblical perspective, the argument isn’t just that Jesus is important, but that He is the summation of everything else. If one has seen the Resurrection, looking for something “more important” is like searching for a candle while standing on the surface of the sun.
Think of eyewitnesses, Peter, John, etc. They witnessed the dead rise, the blind see, and the deaf hear. They saw Him walk on water. They watched Him rise from the dead and all these things written about in the Torah. They watched Him fly off into heaven. So what then? What could one ever possibly see as more important?
In Revelation 22:13, Jesus says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” Biblically, if Jesus is both the origin of creation and its final destination, there is no “space” outside of Him for something more important to exist. He isn’t just a chapter in the book of history; He is the alphabet used to write the book.
"Oh, that was interesting, wouldn’t you say, Peter? Yeah, John, that was something else. Oh well, back to working and paying bills.
The resurrection is presented as the ultimate “receipt” or proof of God’s plan. In 1 Corinthians 15:17–20, Paul argues that if Christ hasn’t risen, faith is futile. But because He is risen, He has defeated the final enemy: Death.
Once the problem of death is solved, every other “important” thing, whether politics, wealth, philosophy, or anything else, becomes secondary. If someone can give you eternal life, what could they possibly offer next that would top that?
In the context of the New Covenant, the Bible explains in Hebrews 8 that the old systems were just “shadows” of the reality. If you are waiting for a friend and you see their shadow on the ground, the shadow is important because it means they are close. But once the friend arrives and stands before you, you don’t keep staring at the shadow.
To look for something more important than Jesus, according to Hebrews, is like turning away from the person to go back to the shadow. They understood, and they went to horrible deaths for their faith. Why would they care about that? Look where they are going.
Remember, for Paul, everything else became “refuse” or garbage in comparison. It’s not that family, work, or life stop being good; it’s that they lose their status as the “ultimate” reality.
Peter