Saturday, March 30, 2013

Easter Sunday


The tomb is cold, as it was the day before. It is dank and dark. It is in fact exactly as it was on Saturday. Except . . . the body is gone.

Jesus is back! Alive! Resurrected! Powerful! Jesus, not as before, but having done what no man could do. Jesus had died and received the punishment for all sin.

His body had lain abandoned and cold in the grave. Then, Jesus did what had never been done: Jesus returned. Triumphal reentry! Jesus came back from beyond this life and triumphantly exited His tomb, with the keys to death and the grave in His nail-pierced hand!

 

Slowly, the rumors reached the ears of the disciples. First the women came with the report of the tomb’s having been opened and the message of the angels. Peter, incredulous, ran to the tomb with John. Both of them saw it. Could it be? Dare they hope?

Of course they dare hope! Hope is reborn! Hope has come back from the dead! Death, Satan, sin, evil has been defeated once and for all! Jesus returns victorious, giving us the victory as well. The New Covenant has been created!  Redemption for all men has been won! Man is reconciled with his Creator!

This weekend had been the darkest in all of history.

First came Good Friday, with its brokenness. Sorrow pervaded the entire creation.  Hope died.

Then came Holy Saturday, Black Saturday. Hope remained dead, and perhaps that reality just began to set in.  Hope was dead and buried.

On Sunday though, oh on Sunday!!! Nothing could hold Him back from fulfilling the redemptive plan! He finished the beautiful picture of Easter Weekend!

The disciples and followers rejoiced! Joy beyond imagination! Meaning flooded back into their lives! Praise God for hope reborn!

Happy Easter, everyone. God has redeemed us to Himself, and so we may (and should) be joyful! Rejoice! Jesus is King! He lives! HE LIVES!

Sunday has come.

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