It's been a hard couple of days. After seeing Jesus die on the cross on Friday, his followers must have spent Saturday in misery. Whether scattered or together, they experienced doubt, fear, agony, and the knowledge that they had deserted him and Peter even denied he knew him. Was this the end? Was there nothing more? Just a cold body in a cold tomb?
Then just after sunrise on the first day of the week, some came to the tomb to finish the burial process started on Friday. Luke tells it this way.
(Luke 24) 1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words.
The resurrection is the center-point of all we believe. Without it, the cross is just a place of death. Without it, the tomb is still occupied. Without it, Christmas is just another occasion to give gifts.
BUT IT DID TAKE PLACE! And because it did, we have hope. We have joy. We have the promise of eternal life.
Have you experienced the life-changing power of the resurrection? You can. Turn to Jesus today!
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