Happy Easter!
Let’s celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus and the wonderful gift of Eternal Life He bought for us!
Praise be to God the Father forevermore!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His love endures forever! – Psalm 118 and Psalm 136
To learn more about the Easter Season, please visit my Easter page, a compilation of previous Easter and Lent posts.
Today is Easter, the day we celebrate Christ’s triumphant rise from the grave.
It’s the day we remember how He beat death and hell as He paid for our sins so we can be reconciled to God.
Today – let us rejoice as we celebrate that Christ is risen indeed!
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 NIV
To learn more about Easter read my post, What is Easter?.
To learn more about the Easter Season, please visit my Easter page, a compilation of previous Easter and Lent posts.
Easter, also called Resurrection Sunday, is the day we celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead, gaining victory over sin, death, and the grave.
Jesus had been killed by crucifixion on a Friday.
Early on the following Sunday morning some women who had been Jesus’ followers, came to His tomb with prepared spices.
They were planning to properly anoint His body for burial.
They’d been unable to do it right after the crucifixion because the Sabbath started at dusk Friday and lasted until dusk Saturday.
During this time they were not allowed to do any work due to Jewish law.
When the women got to the tomb the stone blocking the entrance had been rolled away.
Jesus’ body was not there.
The tomb was empty except for the linens Jesus’ body had been wrapped in when placed there late Friday afternoon..
There was an angel there at the tomb.
The angel spoke to them: