Sunday morning begins with the women arriving at the tomb. The Roman guard is gone and the tomb is open. The women enter the tomb, but the body of Jesus is gone! (Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:3, Luke 24:2-3)
Instead, they see an angel who tells them, “Why are you looking for the living among the dead? Jesus is not here, he has risen just as he said.” The women hurry back to tell the disciples.
However, the disciples were in disbelief and Peter and John raced to the tomb to see for themselves that the tomb was empty!
Through the course of this day and the days following, Jesus appears to his disciples and hundreds of others. Through his death and resurrection, all things are made new!
“Jesus, a humble man from Nazareth lived a perfect life and died as a sinless sacrifice for sin. He conquered death and appeared to many.
Jesus was a real man. But His life is not a past-tense life. He is a real man. And He is an eternal God who will come again to judge the world. When Jesus ascended into heaven on a cloud, two angels testified that He would come again in the same way He was taken (Acts 1:11).
As believers in Jesus Christ, let’s rejoice in Jesus’ life, earthly ministry, death and resurrection. He is not dead history. He is our living reality. Because of Christ, we can look to His example and endure suffering without despair. We can hope in our own bodily resurrection. And we can boldly share, by example and by word, that Jesus Christ is Lord. Just like the light that broke the darkness of that ancient Bethlehem field, the light and glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ brings hope to a hurting world. His glory is why we continue to go into the darkest places on earth with the message of salvation.” (Source)