At the first sign of dawn on the first day of the week, the women went to the tomb, taking with them the aromatic spices they had prepared. They discovered that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, but on going inside, the body of the Lord Jesus was not to be found. While they were still puzzling over this, two men suddenly stood at their elbow, dressed in dazzling light. The women were terribly frightened, and turned their eyes away and looked at the ground. But the two men spoke to them,
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here. He is risen! Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee – that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and must be crucified, and must rise again on the third day.”
Then they did remember what he had said, and they turned their backs on the tomb and went and told all this to the eleven and the others who were with them. Luke 24:1-9
We, too, turn our eyes from the tomb and gaze into the beauty of the resurrection morning. Like these women, we understand the promise of the risen Savior. And, like them, we proclaim the hope from the other side of Golgotha. He is risen!
“That is how it was written, and that is why it was inevitable that Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day. So must the change of heart which leads to the forgiveness of sins be proclaimed in his name to all nations.”
Jesus Christ
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