He is Risen!!
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? "He is not here, but He has risen Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again."
And they remembered His words, and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.
But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings only; and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened.
And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? "He is not here, but He has risen Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again."
And they remembered His words, and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.
But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings only; and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened.
Luke 24:1-12 (New American Standard Bible)
posted by Steve | 4/16/2006 08:24:00 AM
2 Comments:
Before Easter, I was talking with my kids about the meaning of Easter. My four year old understands that Easter is when we celebrate Christ's ressurection. So, when asked what Easter means, he answers "It's when Jesus rose from the grave." My two year old is too young to understand, so I told him just to remember Easter means "Jesus alive". On Easter Sunday morning, we were in the car on the way to church and my husband asked the boys what the true meaning of Easter is and the oldest gave his answer "when Jesus rose from the grave" and my 2 year old sat there for a minute and finally he said "means Jesus loves me". I cried, because even though he is only two, he is so right. The cross means Jesus loves me and God made it so simple for us to understand that even a 2 year old can get it right! Praise the Lord! I just thought I would share that with you - it really blessed me - you know what they say..."Out of the mouths of babes...."
Beth!!
That is so precious!!
I'm going to give your two year old his own post on that one!
God Bless you All!!
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