Matthew 28:6 [Full Chapter]
He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
There were just 3 days that separated the worse day from the happiest day. Good Friday was a day when Jesus was hung from the cross until the Roman guards punctured his vital organs which caused him to bleed out. There were many eyewitnesses to this horrific event. These same witnesses watch as Jesus was dragged through the streets while being spat at and hit with stones and other epithets. The woman cried while some men ran away hoping to distance themselves from this scene while trying to forget all of the miracles they had seen this Jesus do before their eyes.
"Why God? are you just sitting by as this man we thought was our deliverer and messiah die?"
Many people in this crowd were now filled with trauma as they watched Jesus die. Those moments watching Jesus giving the sermon on the mount, or watching him turn water into wine seen so distant now.
There were a few who waited to watch the now limp body of their savior being lifted down from that splintered cross before even they went home.
THEN 3 DAYS LATER.
Mary went to the burial site of Jesus, saw that the stone had been rolled away. Jesus spoke to Mary just like nothing happened to him. Mary told some of his disciples that he was alive and some of them ran ahead and found the empty tomb just as Mary said.
There was an absolute joy when Jesus spoke to people on the road, and again joy when he walked through a wall into a room filled with his believers.
JESUS IS ALIVE! HE HAS RISEN!
No longer are we to live in darkness performing rituals hoping that our penance would please God.
No longer must we be distant from God because the moment Jesus was resurrected was the moment that our debt had been paid!
He is now standing at the door of your heart knocking in hopes you will let him in. A door that promises eternal life.
BECAUSE HE IS ALIVE!
Won't you mark the occasion of his resurrection by inviting Jesus into your life with promises of a better tomorrow while knowing when you take your final breath that you will go to heaven where loved ones you missed are there?
JESUS IS ALIVE!
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