Resurrection

Christians would think of Jesus, first, when this word is being mentioned. According to Merriam Webster dictionary, it is the rising again of all the human dead before the final judgment; or the state of one risen from the dead. It is, simply, about revival nor the process of renewal. In Christianity, Jesus Christ was crucified and resurrected on the third day. In the African culture, resurrection comprises a nexus with ancestors nor the ones who are considered deceased or late, on earth, like Christ.

We may find resurrection being elucidated in a variety of ways from disparate perspectives and, mostly from religious perspectives. In the ancient Greek religion, there are many instances where the concept of resurrection gains enormous relevance. Memnon, who was killed by Achilles, was resurrected. 

Achilles, after being killed, was resurrected by his mother, Thetis. Asclepius, was resurrected and altered into a more colossal deity, subsequent to being killed by Zeus. 

Alcestis, also underwent a 3 day resurrection; however, immortality was never mentioned. In the bible, there are scriptures of Jesus resurrecting various people, such as the Lazarus of Bethany, and the daughter of Jairus, to name a few; Jesus, also authorised his twelve apostles to, inter alia, resurrect people. Apostle Paul, revived a man name Eutychus, who had fallen asleep and fell from a window to his death, and Saint Peter, resurrected a woman name Tabitha nor Dorcas…to name a few. The book of Revelations, also makes references about Judgement Day, where many will be raised from the dead. The resurrection of Jesus Christ, is deemed the central doctrine in Christianity.

The concept of resurrection seems to be enormously broad owing to how the scientists have also provided their own perspective of resurrection and also their theories of how resurrection can be achieved again, in future. Pseudoscience, introduced “Cryonics" which is defined as the low-temperature freezing a human corpse and a severed head, with the speculative hope that resurrection may he possible in the future. 

However, the reaction of the masses to this theory has been engulfed by subjective observations which impelled people to be sceptical about Cryonics. We’ve even seen fictional characters who perform what is deemed resurrection nor akin to resurrection, such as zombies nor Frankenstein, to name a few. This purely shows that different humans have different beliefs, understandings and perspectives about resurrection.

This concept should, mostly apply and achieve enormous relevance in our own lives by fulfilling the devout obligations of reviving ourselves and bringing out the excellence that reside within us, which had been muted nor assassinated by overthinking, negative thoughts, self-consciousness, ignorance, greed, envy, self-loathing and all kinds of unpleasant aspects of life that we often embrace, which have a detrimental effect on our minds and our lives. We need to revive that caring, empathetic, loving, understanding, inquisitive, objective, success-hungry individuals that have been assassinated by this fast paced world, which constantly bombards us with GMFs, CO2, more stress, more reasons not to love ourselves and another, more reasons to spend most our money on frivolous materials and all the spirit killers that exist.

Above all, we need to resurrect love and understanding; the lifespan of the world and life are contingent upon them.