Dan Kroon. With so many full graves around us, what’s the meaning of this open one? How is the empty tomb of Easter Sunday significant for us? Normally the idea of someone (or something) exiting a grave is better left for horror movies. Afterall, tombs and graves are usually associated with death and decay; with inevitable rot and things unholy; with finality of life. But an empty tomb is like two negatives that equal a positive. It’s an absence of death and a continuance of life. It’s not horrible, but wonderful. The Bible makes it clear how Jesus avoids decay; how his death is real, but so is his resurrection; how he escapes decay and throws off the cold, clinging grip of death. Our bodies, like the earth itself, will deteriorate and eventually decay. But through Jesus, we can be revived, reclothed, restored and resurrected. Whatever the state of these bodies before and after death, Jesus promises to raise us to life and perfection.
