Acts 7-8

It took me 15 minutes to read this passage. In Stephen's lecture to the Jewish leader this Christian pointed out the only part of the promised land that Abraham, Issac, and Jacob owned was a grave. (7:16) That grave was the only reminder of God's promise to Abraham, "to your son I will give all that you see". Likewise Jesus' grave was more than a place for bodies to rot, it was a place where sins were buried and eternal life was born. Jesus' grave is our starting point for all eternity. It is the first foothold in our inheritance of eternal life with God.
Stuart