The Paradox of Jesus

The largest and most long-lived things in our world – think of the giant sequoias – are born from the tiniest of seeds. But the seed itself will not do anything on its own if it remains what it is, just a seed. It is only by dying to what it is that it becomes something more, what it is intended to become. It was only through death, and being "buried" like a seed, that Jesus burst forth from the tomb with the power of new life.