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Today, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead that gave all believers the VICTORY over death. Through Jesus who proved that He was the Christ we can go to Heaven when our time is finished here on earth and live forever!!!
First, Jesus died on the cross. John 19:30 says “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed his head and gave up the Ghost.” And He was laid in a sepulcher according to John 19:42 that states “There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.”
And according to John 20:1 – 10, we know He came alive and came out of that sepulcher!!!
John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher. 2Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. 3Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher. 4So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. 5And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. 6Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 7And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. 8Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed. 9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. 10Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
Did many other people see Him? Yes! 1 Corinthian 15 states “After that He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once;...”
Thank God, we have the VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ!!! (1 Corinthian 15:57)
Praise God for Evermore!!!,
Pastor John McCall