OUR HAPPINESS IS THE RISEN LORD
This is what makes us happy, that our lord is not in the grave again. He has risen after three days and three nights from his death Halleluia. The power of the grave was defeated in our behalf, and so shall we defeat it again and again.
On that day when Jesus was crucified, they branded him names. They used his words to accuse him. When he said ''destroy this Temple and in three days I will build it again'', which the Bible said it was the Temple of his body, they did not understand it. Of course how could the people without his love or his Spirit understand him like that? They were ordinary people, judging from their minds and sights.
The kingdom of Darkness had been making wonderful efforts to discredit our lord. Every word which he spoke was misunderstood and it was used for his accusation. The Jews were so blind as to reject him as their king. Well, it was prophesied that they were under blindness Rom. 11:25. Even before here in Isaiah that they should hear and hear not, see and perceive not, so what they did was under prophecy. This is the area which we are looking at, and we must put some considerations in their behalf.
The Devil after making sure of his death never knew that he would still rise from the dead. So all efforts were geared towards making sure he never rise. But after all these things, they went to Pilate to demand a seal of his grave so that his disciples would not come by night and steal his body from the grave and claim that he has risen Matt.27:62-66. Pilate granted them to seal it the way it pleased them. Not only that they sealed his grave, they employed the services of the military to keep watch over his tomb.
Imagine where the army was drafted to keep watch over a thing and they slept. They didn't sleep naturally, but a greater power overwhelmed them and they have no other option than to succumb because they were flesh and blood. They were told that if the disciple come they should even kill them, so that it would be a great evidence that they wanted to steal that lier according to them
But at the fullness of time, only one Angel appeared and all the Soldiers began to sleep Halleluia! This Angel rolled away the Stone and the Lord rose up and left. He didn't even care to talk to them. Who can battle with the Lord? Nobody. He didn't even talk to the Soldiers nor woke them from their sleep. When they observed that they had failed, in the morning they organized a group to tell lies that while the Soldiers slept, his disciples came and took his body away. But the question is, Should the soldiers sleep for civilians to steal what they are keeping watch?
We laugh and laugh again, that Soldiers were sleeping and civilians stole away what they were watching for. They didn't even understand that this excuse does not match at all. All the efforts of these people was just to give an excuse and the Chief Priests covered their lies. The Bible said if they had known that by killing Jesus, that they had set free all who believe in him, they would not crucified the lord of Glory.
The empty tomb is our hope, and the risen Lord gives us more confidence that we are not wasting our time. Happy risen Lord.
On that day when Jesus was crucified, they branded him names. They used his words to accuse him. When he said ''destroy this Temple and in three days I will build it again'', which the Bible said it was the Temple of his body, they did not understand it. Of course how could the people without his love or his Spirit understand him like that? They were ordinary people, judging from their minds and sights.
The kingdom of Darkness had been making wonderful efforts to discredit our lord. Every word which he spoke was misunderstood and it was used for his accusation. The Jews were so blind as to reject him as their king. Well, it was prophesied that they were under blindness Rom. 11:25. Even before here in Isaiah that they should hear and hear not, see and perceive not, so what they did was under prophecy. This is the area which we are looking at, and we must put some considerations in their behalf.
The Devil after making sure of his death never knew that he would still rise from the dead. So all efforts were geared towards making sure he never rise. But after all these things, they went to Pilate to demand a seal of his grave so that his disciples would not come by night and steal his body from the grave and claim that he has risen Matt.27:62-66. Pilate granted them to seal it the way it pleased them. Not only that they sealed his grave, they employed the services of the military to keep watch over his tomb.
Imagine where the army was drafted to keep watch over a thing and they slept. They didn't sleep naturally, but a greater power overwhelmed them and they have no other option than to succumb because they were flesh and blood. They were told that if the disciple come they should even kill them, so that it would be a great evidence that they wanted to steal that lier according to them
But at the fullness of time, only one Angel appeared and all the Soldiers began to sleep Halleluia! This Angel rolled away the Stone and the Lord rose up and left. He didn't even care to talk to them. Who can battle with the Lord? Nobody. He didn't even talk to the Soldiers nor woke them from their sleep. When they observed that they had failed, in the morning they organized a group to tell lies that while the Soldiers slept, his disciples came and took his body away. But the question is, Should the soldiers sleep for civilians to steal what they are keeping watch?
We laugh and laugh again, that Soldiers were sleeping and civilians stole away what they were watching for. They didn't even understand that this excuse does not match at all. All the efforts of these people was just to give an excuse and the Chief Priests covered their lies. The Bible said if they had known that by killing Jesus, that they had set free all who believe in him, they would not crucified the lord of Glory.
The empty tomb is our hope, and the risen Lord gives us more confidence that we are not wasting our time. Happy risen Lord.
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