“The Third Day”
And it
happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this that behold, two men stood
by them in shining garments. Then, as
they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do
you seek the living among the dead? He
is not here, but is risen! Remember how
He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day
rise again.’” And they remembered His
words. Luke 24:4-8
Mary
Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and some other women, arose early
on the THIRD DAY following the DEATH of their Beloved Master, Teacher, and
Friend. They hurried to the tomb to
properly prepare His body for PROPER BURIAL according to Jewish customs. But when they arrived at the tomb, the stone
had been ROLLED AWAY from the opening, they went inside the tomb, and did NOT
find the body of the Lord Jesus.
They were
very perplexed about this. What happened
to the body of their Lord? They knew full well that He was DEAD when they laid
Him in the tomb, so what could have happened?
Then two men in BRIGHT, SHINING garments stood by them. The women were SO AFRAID, they dropped to the
ground and put their faces to the earth.
Then the men asked them, “Why do you SEEK the LIVING among the
DEAD? He is NOT here, but He is
RISEN! Don’t you REMEMBER how He spoke
to you, when He was in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into
the hands of SINFUL men, and be CRUCIFIED, and the THIRD DAY rise again?’” Then they REMEMBERED His words. Their grief
had caused them a brief lapse of memory, until they were reminded of the very
words of the Lord.
The THIRD
DAY must have been BITTERSWEET to the women as they PONDERED the words of
Jesus, and hurried on to tell the disciples ALL the things they had encountered,
and to let them know that HE has CONQUERED DEATH, and is RISEN from the
GRAVE. The Apostles did not BELIEVE the
women, and had to see it for themselves.
The women,
however, REMEMBERED the words of Jesus, and RAN to TELL the disciples the GOOD
NEWS! We too, KNOW He’s ALIVE and because He’s
ALIVE, we too will be FOREVER ALIVE with Him in Heaven. That is, IF you have given your HEART and LIFE
to GOD. If you have not done that, then
you are destined for an ETERNITY in Hell, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY of
ESCAPE. However, God has provided a way
for you to ESCAPE HELL and GAIN Heaven.
You MUST TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle and TURN TO God, with a
TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His
FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is
ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God. Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and TRULY
CELEBRATE RESURRECTION DAY, as a BLOOD BOUGHT, REDEEMED CHILD of the LIVING
GOD. And RUN and TELL SOMEBODY the GOOD
NEWS! Do it NOW, while you still
can. He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!
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