What happens when we die? It’s the one question every human being eventually confronts, regardless of wealth, fame, intelligence, or religious conviction.
Actor Ethan Hawke reflects on this profound mystery, and on the possibility that time and eternity are far more complicated than our human minds can comprehend.
We measure existence in seconds, minutes, hours, birthdays, and funerals. But what if time itself is part of creation rather than the ultimate reality? What if eternity isn’t simply an endless succession of tomorrows?
Seeing Through a Glass Darkly
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV)
We understand pieces of the puzzle, but we cannot see the whole picture. Perhaps that’s where faith begins.
Peter reminds us that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day (2 Peter 3:8). We live inside time. God is not limited by our clocks.
Christianity offers more than philosophical speculation: the promise of resurrection through Jesus Christ.
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
John 11:25 (KJV)
We don’t need to pretend to understand every mystery of eternity. We can recognize the difference between what we know, what we believe, and what remains beyond our comprehension.
In a world overflowing with people certain of everything, a little humility is refreshing.
We see through a glass darkly. But one day, face to face. And that is good news.
— JC
Good News. Good Music. Good Works.
Leave a Reply