Canvas 28
He
is not here: for He is Risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord
lay. (Matthew 28 6)
It happened as He had repeatedly said it would. The grave was empty.
Jesus was not there. All the plans of men had come to nought except to emphasise
how wrong they were on every level of planning in security matters!
The grave was neat and tidy; all the linen bandages folded and set out.
No sign of clumsy disturbance by men or creatures of the night.
REASSURANCE NOT REBUKE
The women were frightened by the events of recent times. Many other
people had scattered and run the Cross will always divide and scatter! The two
women had however remained loyal to their Lord though the world had despised and
crucified him.
COME CLOSER
The heavenly messengers spoke the Word given to them; they did not create
the message themselves. ‘Come and see the place where He lay’. The women
must be reassured that everything was orderly, so, were invited to see whatever
there was to been seen. It was a moment of simplicity and sublime in its
statement of divine power and purpose.
COLOURS OF THE TRINITY
Christ’s resurrection was the work of the triune God. The Father raised
him from the dead
Therefore we are buried with
him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by
the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (Romans
6:4).
Paul, an apostle, (not of
men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him
from the dead (Galatians 1:1).
Christ’s resurrection was the work of the triune God. The Spirit raised
him from the dead
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you,
he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by
his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Romans 8: 11).
Christ’s resurrection was the work of the triune God. The Son took back
the life which he had laid down.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to
lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received
of my Father. (John 10:18).
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