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Jesus Is Risen!
(Mt28:1-10)
God is the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
From Him comes life, and
He raises to life those whom He wants (Jn5:21).
Life is knowing that one is raised to life by Him, and
The life of this faith is running to the end in order to be raised to life in the last day.
While the life of the dead can be informed by the size and the tombstone of his grave,
There is only decay inside of it.
The tomb where Jesus was laid, on the other hand, belonged to someone else (Mt27:57-60), and
It has a sign that says, "He is not here; He has risen (Mt28:6), for
He was not abandoned in Sheol and His body was not corrupted;
He rose from the dead for God showed Him the path of life (Ps16:9-11; Ac5:30).
All men, because of Adam, the living being, who broke the word of God (Ge2:17, 3:4-6),
Became destined for their flesh to return to dust once dead (Ge3:19),
While their spirit to be thrown into the eternal death (Rev20:14).
God gave the Law, the law of sin and death, to Israel (Rm8:2) to show them that
No one can escape the principle of sin and death (Rm5:12-14).
Even the men of great faith in the Bible have
Their bodies buried in grave:
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David etc (Ge25:9, 49:30-33, 50:13; Dt34:6; Ac3:19).
In spite of this, however, the sanctuary where the name of the Jehovah was and
The stone tablets were inside the Testimony reminded them that
God promised them life if they obeyed the Law.
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would give life to all souls of men for
He is the life and the resurrection (Jn11:25).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed the Father's common and commended His soul to the Father the Lord of life
who raises to life those whom He wills (Jn5:21, 10:17-18);
2) Condemn the devil the ruler of death (He2:14-15; 1Jn3:8), and
3) Sprinkled His blood, the imperishable seed, on all souls so that they could be born again
(Jn1:1, 4, 14; 1Pe1:23).
Jesus rose just as He said He would (Mt28:6) because
The Father raised Him from the dead (Ac2:32, 3:15, 4:10, 5:30, 13:30).
He sat on the heavenly throne and became the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
The Holy Spirit came in the name Yeshua and
Testifies about Him, His resurrection (Jn15:26).
He lets those born again in the seed of His life
Know that He will raise to life those whom He will in the last day.
The Christian is he who
Waits for His return according to what He said (Ac1:11) and
Trusts that the Lord would be with him until the very end of age (Mt28:20).
Therefore, until he can see Him with his own eyes
He worships Him and prays in His name (Mt18:30, 28:9, 16-17), and
Runs to the ends of the earth to preaches the news of His resurrection (Mt28:7-8; 2Ti4:7).
He is not here; He is risen!
O Lord,
Let this shock of Your empty tomb turn the whole world upside down, and
Let the direction of my life turn from decay to life.
As a sprout of grain comes out from the frozen field when spring comes
I long for the day when a spiritual body would sprout out of this deteriorating body!
Father, raise me and all You have given me to life in that day! Amen.