Long before the incarnation of Christ or the crucifixion of Jesus, the death of Christ was at work.  In the book of Revelation, the author in his vision says that life is given by the “Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8, KJV)

The act of death is foundational to the very creation. In order to create, an infinite God, who filled all space and time had to make space for something else to exist – had to die in order for the world to live. It is this foundational death act that creates and gives life.

This is a revelation of the reality of things. We can see this in our bodies - cells have to die to allow cells to renew. When they don’t it’s a deadly cancer. All aspects of nature have to die in order for nature as whole to live. Plants die when they are eaten, leaves die on the trees each year, seeds fall to the ground in death. The engine of death is held in the DNA of life.

If we refuse to participate in this death, consent to this death - if we hold on tightly to power, control, certainty, survival in all its forms, no space is made for anything new to be created.