He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
It is a fact of history that Christ is risen from the dead. The four Gospel writers each gave eyewitness accounts of the Resurrection. The pivotal Person in Scriptures is Christ and the crucial fact of Scripture is His Resurrection from the dead. The gospel of God stands or falls on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Christian faith is the only one that claims their Founder is risen from the dead and alive for evermore. Every other religion and all their founding fathers, or mothers, are dead and remain buried in their graves and their flesh is rotting away. Only Christians can rejoice that Jesus is alive for evermore. He is risen! He is risen indeed! Hallelujah! The Cross of Christ was erected on a little hill called Calvary. John reported: “They took Jesus away and He went out of the city, carrying the Cross by Himself to a place called, The Place of the Skull.” This place is also called ‘Golgotha’ in the Hebrew language and ‘Calvary’ in Latin, and it was outside the city gates of Jerusalem. When the women came early in the morning to anoint the body of Christ, they found that the stone was rolled away. The stone was not rolled away to let Christ come out. It was rolled back by the two men in white to allow the world to enter, to see the empty tomb, and to wonder at the precious truth that, “Christ is risen from the dead.” What a ripple of joy, wonder, reverence, and anticipation must have flooded the hearts of each of those faithful women who loved their Lord so deeply. Their long night of weeping and pain turned into a beautiful morning of joy and rejoicing. The sadness of these heart-sickened women was translated into wonder and praise when they realized that Jesus was not there but risen from the dead. There was a literal tomb where the body was placed, and there was an empty grave where Christ once laid. But now He is risen, ascended, and glorified, and He has the power to save to the highest all who come to Him in faith. Resurrection means to rise from the dead, never again to die. Death has no more dominion over Christ, and He is the firstborn from the dead, paving the way for the bodily resurrection and everlasting life for all who believe in Him by grace through faith. The Resurrection verified the truth of Scripture and guarantees our own future resurrection. It gives power to our Christian life in this world and guarantees our future inheritance with Christ in heaven, to Whom be all praise and glory, through time and into eternity. Happy Easter!
Spiritual Steve 