Notwithstanding the extraordinary high tide of technological innovation reached in this century—instanced in the density of communications and orbital satellites—that which can have the most practical implications in the life of each of us occurred two thousand years ago. Christ Jesus' resurrection has contemporary meaning and application—in Christian Science it signifies that life is not, never was, and never will be in matter.
The divine metaphysics of this Science rests on this indubitable fact. It bases the demonstration of Truth, which all of us can make. No words can fully define its significance, for the import of Jesus' resurrection must be lived—and can be—through scientific understanding. Mrs. Eddy states the possibilities: "Divine metaphysics is not to be scoffed at; it is Truth with us, God 'manifest in the flesh,' not alone by miracle and parable, but by proof; it is the divine nature of God, which belongs not to a dispensation now ended, but is ever present, casting out evils, healing the sick, and raising the dead—resurrecting individuals buried above-ground in material sense."The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, pp. 109-110;
To appearances, each of us is in some degree buried in material sense. From this prospect the most ominous fact of life is death. But we can start overcoming death through scientific reasoning. To live a life colored by the assumption of life in matter is, in fact, present death. Though we may seem very much aboveground and alive, we may be buried in the misconception. But we can be raised from it into real aliveness. Christ Jesus' resurrection shows us that we can. This is the theme of the Easter message of Christian Science.
