RESURRECTION - WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!

Matthew 28:2,5,6 NLT Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. 5 Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying.

 

What an experience those ladies had! If you read all the verses about this account you wonder if they were afraid because they’d just experienced a great earthquake on the way to the tomb, or because they saw the soldiers all knocked out by the power of God, or because they were actually talking to an angel?  Probably all three, but it wasn’t what they’d expected at all, and they were feeling, seeing and hearing the supernatural power of God in bucketloads! 

Jesus didn’t need the stone to be rolled away for Him to come out of the tomb, because He proved He could move through stone walls when He visited the disciples behind locked doors. No, the stone had to be rolled away for others to look inside, to prove to everyone Jesus was alive and risen indeed and no longer inside that tomb!😊

The very stone they thought would be a problem to them a few minutes earlier, was turned into a pulpit as the angel sat on it to tell them the good news! We can be encouraged today to know that whatever ‘stones’ we have in our lives, that try to block our progress, can also be rolled away and become a witnessing point for us as well, because Jesus is risen and victorious over all our obstacles, all our enemies.

We can rejoice today because the Resurrection of Jesus changed everything, it proved God had accepted His Son’s great sacrifice, and death has been defeated. 

No wonder we celebrate the amazing victory Jesus won for us. It’s because of His love and shed blood we can approach God with boldness, knowing we are completely forgiven, fully accepted, and forever loved. Hallelujah! Jesus is Alive forevermore.🤗