The effect of death itself was changed. There is a new connection to God through the Holy Spirit, a new relevance to our work and prayer, a new source of forgiveness and goodness, a presence in worship and scripture reading, and we are made part of the church. We sometimes try a bit of this eternal life here and a bit there but life doesn’t react well when it is treated that way, with parts empty or missing. Eternal life, like the life we knew before, is meant to be lived out fully.