a pre-curser?

The resurrection of the Christ can come,

well, only after death, but don't be glum.

He's still the way we get infected too;

so, same thing works for us, both me and you!

In fact he may have done it just for us,

we didn't have a way, without that fuss,

so he who needed not to die at all,

then pioneered the way for you (& Paul).

And when we come in under him, as son,

or daughter, we can find some things are done,

and some we have to recapitulate,

and follow in his steps the same path. Wait!

But, didn't he die on a cross so we

could miss out dying like that? What did he

say? Did he speak about this very thing?

Or, are we left to guess? The suffering…

the loss of hopes & dreams for life on Earth…

Would he ask us to follow not just birth,

but death, and pain, and mock-king? Would he ask

us follow him in taking on that task?

If so, Christ's resurrection is ours too!

If we are joined with him, all that he’ll do,

all that’s to come, all that’s above with Christ,

he shares with us, his life is what sufficed!

For he it is who sits enthroned above

all honour, pow'r, authority - from love.
So feast on all the treasures of the realm,

for he's our Captain, and he holds the helm!

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Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.  For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?  Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.’. Mark 8:34‭-‬38 NIVUK

Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him;  if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;  if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. 2 Timothy 2:11‭-‬13 NIVUK

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin – because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.  Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. Romans 6:5‭-‬8 NIVUK

Christ's resurrection is your resurrection too. This is why we are to yearn for all that is above, for that's where Christ sits enthroned at the place of all power, honour and authority.
Yes, feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities and not with the distractions of this world. Colossians 3:1-2 (PM Version)