Jesus is also the life. As I've told you before, this idea of life is so much more than whether your heart is still beating. This is about the life of God. Before there was a creation, God was enjoying this life. That is, the Father and the Son and the Spirit were enjoying each other in relationships that went deep - no walls, no secrets, complete openness because of love. When Adam and Eve were created, the plan was for them and their descendants to become a part of that divine community and to enjoy the life of God, to enjoy something of those deep relationships. That's life. Sin messed that up. So, when our first parents were excluded from the Garden, they were also excluded from the life of God. That's death. Lots of people are dead even while their hearts are beating. But Jesus has come, as the life, the life of God, to fix that. He has come to rescue you from death. He has come so that all might be restored to the divine community, so that all can enjoy the life of God. He has come to rescue from walls and secrets and anything less than the full enjoyment of perfect love. He is life.
from Jesus, the Way