It opened the way for a great reunion when we live this world. God has always been in the restoration business. He has always promised to restore his repentant people. Disobedience eventually led to foreign captivity in Jeremiah's day. Still, a time of restoration was coming.
Death is inevitable.
All of us know it, and the older we get the more we realize it. The resurrection declares a great reunion in the future of every believer. The message of Easter is not simply that Christ is risen. That's what this is all about. That's why we re here.