The Resurrection and the Life

Jesus says,  "I Am the resurrection and the life.  The one who believes in Me will live, even though they die.  And everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die."  John 11:25,26

I used to read this and think, how can this be?  Jesus must be talking about heaven.  Even though we die,  our bodies, yet shall our souls live forever in heaven.   And then I thought He just repeated the same thing in his second phrase, that everyone who lives on this earth and believes in Him shall never die, in other words the body dies, but the soul goes on to live in heaven.  This is a valid interpretation.  It seemed to me that Jesus use of the word Resurrection and Life describing HImself were synonomous and different ways of stating the same thing.

However, after listening to Chuck explain the 2 very similar words in the Bible dont necessarily mean the same thing I had an epiphany regarding this verse.  Chuck had said that Jesus Spirit told HIm "Metaphors reign where mysteries reside." So, one day as I was reading this verse I realized that Jesus wasnt just talking about the first death; He was talking about the second death too.  Heres the interpretation:  Jesus said,  "I Am the Resurrection... the one who believes in Me will live, even though they die."  That means we die the first death.  That is our bodies die.  But we live in heaven even though the body is dead.  Then, Jesus says .. "and the Life.  And everyone who lives (in heaven) and believes in Me shall never die- never taste the second death."  

That's my interpretation.  It's hard to explain.  Jesus is the Resurrection, so we live after the first death.  We never go to 'death' the place of the dead, the state of disembodied existence.  Jesus is also the Life, so we live eternally and don;t go to the second death.  Wow!!  How I love HIm.  He told us we never taste, we never see death.  Not the first nor the second death.  All glory to Him Who sits upon the Throne!   Forever, and ever, and ever.. Amen