The Journey to the Cross (Day 8 - OPTION #2)


"He is Risen! - He is Risen, Indeed!"...The cries of Easter.

Regardless of your faith - Historians all agree - THE TOMB WAS EMPTY!

Now, some say the disciples came in the middle of the night - did something to the guards (or sneaked up while they were sleeping), broke the Roman seal on the tomb, rolled away the rock that blocked the entrance, and stole the body of Jesus...

But there is another option.  Option #2, the Biblical account - the one which says that when the women went to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body and prepare it for death (because rules had forbidden them to do so on the Sabbath), they found the guards gone, the stone rolled away from the tomb, and the tomb empty!

And the women saw two men who "gleamed like lightning" who said, "why do you look for the living among the dead?  He is not here; he has risen!  Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ' The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'" - Luke 24:5-7

What if, WHAT IF - the 2nd option is correct?  That would mean the predictions about the Messiah had come true!  Predictions like these -  

Prediction: And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” - Genesis 3:15

Fulfillment:  "The one who does what is sinful is the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning.  The reasons the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work." - 1 John 3:8

Prediction: “When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever” (2 Samuel 7:12–13).

Fulfillment:  "This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham." - Matthew 1:1

Prediction:  “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14).

Fulfillment:  "The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.  So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God." - Luke 1:35

Prediction: “My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.  I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old” (Psalm 78:1–2)

Fulfillment:  "Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.  So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'" - Matthew 13:34-35

Friends, if option #2 is true, then Jesus IS the Messiah.  He IS the Son of God.  

He came to Earth to ransom our souls and pay the penalty of our sins - and HE HAS DONE THAT!  The victory is His!  And THAT my dear friends, CHANGES EVERYTHING!

Happy Easter! 







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