Two foundational reasons why Jesus provides a hope that endures:

1. Jesus has complete power and authority over all things.

Colossians 1:15-18

John 1:1-5

2. Jesus has made a way for all people to be restored to God personally through the cross.

Colossians 1:19-22

Apokatalasso - “Reconciled” (verses 20 & 22) - a change from one condition to another in a way that removes all enmity and leaves no impediment to unity and peace.
Romans 5:8

2 Corinthians 5:18