What is it about death that is so overwhelming?  We live aware that it is a reality for us all – we lose people we love and we face it in our own future.  It seems that we would be equipped for such a universal reality.  But our heart aches for life to go on – we struggle to digest the end of life.   Perhaps this is because we weren’t meant to die.  Jesus speaks to this universal desire by promising to bring final victory over death.  His claim seems crazy to many who listen – and to many today. But Jesus is spectacularly clear that He is working and living on a completely different level than we do.  Do you find it hard to believe who Jesus claims to be or what He promises to do?