Why did God saturate nature with death, burial, and resurrection?
God saturated nature with death, burial, and resurrection to constantly remind people of Scripture’s central pattern. The seasons illustrate it: winter’s deadness and dormancy give way to spring’s new life, a picture of resurrection. This recurring natural witness points beyond Satan’s adulterations to the truth wrapped up in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.
Les teaches that death, burial, and resurrection is the whole concept of Scripture. God saturated nature with this pattern so that every place we look we are reminded of it. In a temperate climate, the seasons speak of it: winter brings deadness and dormancy, but spring brings new life, which is resurrection life. Les also suggests this is why the Lord planned Easter, as we call it, in the springtime. Satan has used that timing to adulterate the truth, but believers are to look beyond Satan’s adulterations and see that everything is wrapped up in His death, burial, and resurrection.