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Introduction

It is Easter Sunday!

Happy Easter, Happy Resurrection Sunday!

There are some here who, through the various social media channels have heard things about the origin of Easter and the source of the name and some other things.

Yes it was a word used to denote the festival of vernal equinox which is the day in March when the day and night are equal in length, and with the coming of Christianity was used to denote the anniversary of the resurrection of Jesus.

It will interest you to know that there are many not willing to tie the celebration date to the Jewish passover, there is still discussion on how to determine the date Easter will fall on to align the Western & Eastern churches

We celebrate today the resurrection of Jesus Christ!

Jesus when he came the first time did a lot of things and they are recorded for us in the gospels.

One of the things he spoke about was his death and resurrection and the people did not always understand.

Matt 20:

This morning we are celebrating his rising from the dead and we thank God that he did.

This morning we are celebrating his rising from the dead and we thank God that he did.

This morning we are celebrating his rising from the dead and we thank God that he did.

Let us read from

Look at our text we look at the following

1.

Sabbath - it was a day nothing was done according to the law

2.

As It Began to dawn - they must have thought about it the whole of the Sabbath and as soon as they could see with natural light, they moved quickly to the grave.

3. First Day of the Week - The Sabbath is our Saturday, the 1st day of the week is Sunday.

The text in the original says on first sabbath, the Israelites did not have days of the week like we have in the Gregorian calendar so they reference their days from the sabbath so the first day of the week is the first.

This is why we gather to worship on Sundays - It is always a commemoration of the resurrection.

4. Before Mary Magdalene and the other Mary (in we were told Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph were among the women looking from a distance) arrived at the grave, there was a significant event.

There was a severe earthquake this was because of the Angel of the Lord that descended from Heaven to roll away the stone and after rolling it away, sat on it.

There was an earthquake during the crucifixion in in both instances we see God supernaturally showing his glory in a way that cannot be denied.

5.

He had appearance like lightning, his clothing as white as snow so we can induce that his appearance was lightning snow white in during the transfiguration we see similar language and when the angel brought the message to Daniel the prophet in similar language was used.

6.

The guards - These folks were placed on site to stop the disciples in their tracks if they came around to open the grave and steal his body (Matt 27:63-66).

The goal was to ensure that the three days claim of coming back to life was not attained at least not through human means in line with the thinking of the people.

They had something else waiting for them.

They saw the angelic creature and great fear came upon them and became like dead men.

This is the typical biblical response to the sighting of angels.

7. Do not be afraid - He calms the women, knowing that his presence has scared them.

He tells them what brought them and what they want to hear.

You are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

8.

He is risen - He is not here for he has risen just as he said.

9.

He invited them - The angel asked them to come and see the place where the Lord had been lying and go quickly to tell his disciples.

Before he died and rose from the dead the following happened

1. Man had no way to salvation he needed redemption

From the time Adam and Eve sinned, man needed saving.

The first innocent blood was shed when the lamb was killed so that the two of them might be clothed.

describes the law of atonement and what is required and states the expectation for its frequency.

It shows God’s holiness, removes the contempt familiarity can breed and drives home the truth of God’s demand for holiness among his people.

The elaborate sacrificial system given to the nation of Israel pointed to the fact that the nation needed to be cleansed of her sin but we see in Hebrews that

Heb 10:

So though they obliged and complied with the expectation of the system, the sin was not carried away by the goat that was sent out of the camp nor was the sin covered by the blood that was shed and dabbed on the mercy seat.

John 19:30

The activity has come to its end -

He opened the way to salvation such that by his name those that call upon him shall be saved, the curtain/veil in the temple was torn into two in and brought about redemption to humanity and if he did not rise, our faith is in vain as Paul says in

He opened the way to salvation such that by his name those that call upon him shall be saved, the curtain in the temple was torn into two and brought about redemption to humanity

and in

2. His disciples forsook and denied him

Zech 13:7

Matt 26:56

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John

Matt 26:69-75

There was the prophecy which became a reality when the disciples came in contact with the soldiers and the priests, they forsook their Lord and went their own way.

The spiritual pain of what was about to happen was huge enough that he shed blood as sweat, then the friendly support that could have been there with him forsook him.

But because he rose from the dead, they were gathered together and were able to meet with him and take on the commission to preach the gospel.

3. His disciples were disillusioned

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He promised he will rise again

We see him speak about this in

Matt 20:17-

The information was so clear that when it happened the disciple remembered it as we are told in

In rising from the dead, we see the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit at work

The Father

The Son

The Holy Spirit

By his death and resurrection, Christ dealt with man’s greatest problem which is sin.

Sin is the one thing that limits the relationship between God and man.

In rising from the dead, Christ over came sin on man’s behalf and he put down a marker in time that as he was able to rise from the dead, he will raise us up when he comes back again and he his able to do everything he has promised because he is God over all things.

Hallelujah!

What A Saviour

Let us sing Hymn 161 from the Redemption Hymnal