He Is Not Here
- Jeff Kent
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Our scripture here is one of the most powerful in the Bible. When the women came to Jesus’ tomb, they were fully expecting to find His body because they had purchased spices for anointing Him (Mark 16:1). Scriptures tell us that they were amazed and even frightened to find an angel there. More than likely, they were more surprised to learn that Jesus’ body was not in the tomb. And they were probably even more amazed to hear that He had risen from the dead! As we would say today, it was too much information to process!
However, they processed what information they could in the moment and ran to tell the disciples what they had found and what they had been told. It seems that before they got very far, Jesus met them and talked with them. When they finally told everything to the disciples, they did not believe them. Would you?
We have the benefit of the entire New Testament now, and a legacy of almost 2000 years of people believing in the resurrection of Jesus. We can now “process” what happened that day and learn many valuable “take-aways” to strengthen our faith.
> Jesus kept His word. He said He would be crucified but be raised back to life, and He was. Jesus can be trusted.
> Death can be beaten.
> Believing in the resurrection of the dead is not an easy thing.
> There must be “another world” besides this one.
> God is not to be trifled with. He has the power.
> There is real hope for people to live on the other side of the grave. This hope is in Jesus Christ.
> This good news is something that people would want to hear.
In about thirty-three years, Jesus conquered sin in the flesh, offered Himself as a sacrifice for sin, disarmed the power of heavenly forces (Colossians 2:15), took control of the keys of death and Hades, was resurrected to life, and now rules in His kingdom.
“He is not here.” What incredibly powerful words!
><> Jeff