The grave is empty! We worship and serve a living Savior! As we celebrate that good news this Easter season, it is important to remind ourselves what that empty tomb really means. What are the implications for us that Jesus did indeed rise from the dead? The Bible describes several, including:
1. Because He has overcome sin and death, those who believe in Him will also live.
said Jesus [Martha]”I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in Me, though they die, will live; and whoever lives by believing in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26).
2. He sits at the right hand of the Father, true He pleads for us.
Who then is the one who condemns? Nobody. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—sits at the right hand of God and also intercedes for us (Romans 8:34).
3. He prepares a place for us we will always be with Him.
“My Father’s house has many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you also may be where I am” (John 14:2-3).
4. He will return to establish His righteous government on the new earth, true His children will reign with Him.
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever” (Revelation 11:15).
“Here is a faithful saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him.” (2 Timothy 2:11-12).
These promises from the Bible are cause for joy, and I encourage you to take some time in the coming days to reflect on why we celebrate Easter, to imagine what it will be like when these truths are fully realized, and to praise God for them. May the living presence of our risen Savior and the prospect of His soon appearing fill you with abundant joy.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us a new birth in a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and in an inheritance that can never be lost, spoiled, or faded away (1 Peter 1:3-4).