Good Morning Friends,
“Early on the first day of the week, while it
was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been
removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other
disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,
and we don’t know where they have put him!’ So Peter and the other disciple
started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter
and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying
there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went
into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial
cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate
from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first,
also went inside. He saw and believed. They still did not understand from
scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.” (John 20:1-9)
The most amazing and meaningful event in the
history of the world occurred while no one was watching. In the middle of the
night, or more accurately, in the early morning hours, something astounding
happened inside the tomb of Jesus.
Jesus came out of His grave clothes. He left
them just lying there on the rock ledge on which they had placed His body. The
stone was moved. The heavy stone that several women knew they could not move,
someone else had rolled it away from the entrance to the tomb. Jesus was gone.
Now that’s strange. Dead men don’t just leave
their tombs! Jesus did! That’s just the first sign that would prove Jesus came
back to life. The second, and more convincing sign, would happen again and
again as Jesus Himself appeared to followers of His.
Jesus had to rise from the dead, that’s what
the scriptures say. Why? Because if death held Him in its grip, there would be
no hope for us. If He couldn’t conquer death for Himself, what chance is there
that He could conquer it for us. Conquer it for Himself, He did! Conquer it for
us, He has done that, too!
He’s not in the tomb any longer. His grave
clothes were there, but He wasn’t. He’s alive, He still is! Now that’s amazing
and wonderful and life-changing!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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