Last Post and Reveille

'"Because I live, you will live also."' John 14:19

It's said that Winston Churchill planned his own funeral in St. Paul's Cathedral. He included great hymns of the church. After the benediction a bugler positioned high in the dome played the Last Post, the bugle call that is played at military funerals. Next, another bugler, placed on the other side of the great dome, played Reveille. 'It's time to get up. It's time to get up. It's time to get up in the morning.'

On Easter morning Jesus rose from the dead, heaven sounded Reveille, and the promise was fulfilled: "Because I live, you will live also." What a message! And it means two things for every follower of Christ: ...(read)