Jesus said he came from his Father and was going back to his Father when his sojourn on earth was completed. He also said that his Father was our Father and his God was our God. A Father who knew us from before the foundations of the world. (Jer. 1:5; Psalm 139; John 16:28; 17:26; 20:17). We are from God and will return to God when our time on earth is done.

Whilst I am not sure whether it will be bodily, I do believe our spirits will return to God whence they came. When Jesus and we entered this physical world, our spirits were clothed with flesh. Our spirits were contained in a body, or metaphorically, in a jar. When our flesh dies, the jars are shattered and the limitations of the flesh or the jars are removed. Our spirits will expand into all the fullness they enjoyed prior to being contained in the body. Our spirits return to the father, having accomplished their earthly journey and hopefully the purpose for which they were born into the world. Jesus certainly accomplished the mission he came to earth for. He said of the Spirit, that in us it would accomplish even more than it had in him during his limited time on earth. Living anything less than the way Jesus lived, would be less than what was hoped and intended for us.

We are part and parcel of the immense Oneness of God’s spirit. For a time limited to our earthly bodies, but in perpetuity partakers of God’s one spirit. Jesus’ spirit and our spirits, are not ours to own or control. They are part of God’s huge Oneness of being, so generously shared with each one of us and indeed with all his creation. What and how we will exist after our flesh dies, God alone knows even though we may wonder many things. Are we reabsorbed into God’s Oneness there to rest for all eternity, or are we sent off again on other Godly matters, or are we reincarnated, or do we pay our dues first before being reunited with our source? Our egos and all the material things we possessed will be left behind, gladly, not least of all, our egos.

We are like the rays of the sun, spreading out from its source to enlighten and warm our world. The rays emanate from the sun who is their source and alone worthy of praise. We are God’s emissaries filled with his spirit to do the same, created to give light and joy wherever we are. It is a high calling and a long and testing journey for us all which by the grace and mercy of God, will be accomplished in us.