In our reading today from 1 Corinthians 15, Paul situates the gospel in the larger story of the whole of Scripture—and even more importantly—in the whole span of history. The resurrection is an event that the world has been longing for since the day the Garden of Eden was closed. Christ’s death and resurrection is an answer to the most fundamental problems of the world. The problem of evil, sin, destruction, abuse of power, illness, and so much more, the rotten fruit of which is death. As Paul puts it, this is the last enemy to be destroyed.