[The Glory Unveiled]
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ( Mark 16:6 )
On the first day of the week after Jesus had been buried, three women went to anoint His body. Coincidentally, this was the third day after His burial. And on this same day Jesus had informed his disciples that He would be raised back to life. But shockingly, not one of the twelve disciples or even the inner three, including Peter the curious disciple came to see whether or not what Jesus said was true. They seem to have forgotten all about the words of Jesus. One would wonder how anyone of the disciples who followed the Lord Jesus so closely for all those three years could just forget about Him. But that is the case with many of us. In a crisis, in the silence of God’s tests we sometimes seem to forget all about the promises and kindness of God. Not knowing that in those silence is the sound of a new beginning for us. Even though the three women who went to the tomb of Jesus on the first day did not originally go there to see Jesus resurrect or whether He did, by their love and commitment to Him, they were blessed to be the first people to hear and carry the news of a new beginning. They carried the news of Jesus’ resurrection to the world, even to the original disciples. Jesus is risen! And as a result of His resurrection, we can now boldly say that we died with Christ and rose with Him, having a new life, even the life of God. The place where Jesus was buried could have been a symbol of pain and hopelessness to the many. But to the glory of God, that place after three days became the prove that He is risen and a monument of hope to the Believers then, even before they actually saw Jesus. May whatever used to be a mark of hopelessness and pain in our lives become the reason for our celebration in Jesus name. He is risen and so are we.
Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, thank you for Jesus. May the remembrance of His resurrection give me hope and refresh my faith. May the power that raised Christ come upon me and dwell in my mortal body, so that the resurrected life may be seen in me.
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