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I. On the First Day of the Week, Very Early in the Morning ...
The Word of the Lord from St. Luke, chapter 24: Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared (Lk.
24:1).
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…one.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday…Monday.
That's how things go, right?
Seven days make a week, and then you start over.
Don't care for Wednesdays?
Another one is coming soon.
A week of vacation?
Nice, but Monday's on the way.
The pattern has been going ever since the beginning-literally.
God created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then He rested on the seventh.
That's why a week has seven days.
Here and there, a government has tried to change it up-go to ten days for greater productivity or some such scheme.
It hasn't worked, though.
As far as man is concerned, you've got seven days to get a week's work done.
The week has a beginning, a middle and an end.
A lot like life.
You don't get an eighth day.
Now, while the Lord used seven days to create all things and to rest, He sometimes makes a big deal about an eighth day.
The firstborn of oxen and sheep were to be sacrificed to Him: The animal was to stay with its mother for seven days, and given to the Lord on the eighth (Ex.
22:29).
Likewise, baby boys in Israel were circumcised on the eighth day after birth-it was on Day 8 that they officially became part of the people of God (Lev.
12:2).
When a leper thought he was healed of his disease, he was to show himself to the priest; and the priest would declare him clean on the eighth day (Lev.
14:10).
When the temple was finished in Israel, the people celebrated for a week, and then the
temple of God's presence was dedicated on the eighth day (2 Chr.
7:9).
57 Series 5 Easter Day 8 Resurrection Luke 24 v. 1 (TJP) – page 2
Note that list and keep it in mind, if you will: The eighth day was for consecration, deliverance, cleansing, healing and restoration.
It was as if the Lord were saying, "Life in this world takes place in seven day units.
When it comes to eternal life, look for an eighth day."
As the Gospel lesson begins, it's been quite a week.
On the first day, Jesus rode triumphantly into Jerusalem.
The next day, Day 2, He cleansed the temple and taught the crowds on Days 3 and 4.
He gave His disciples a new commandment and a new Supper.
Day 6 brought betrayal and arrest, then scourging and death.
That was Sunday through Friday, Days 1 through 6.
On the seventh day, there was nothing but grief and a stone rolled in front of a tomb.
The week had a beginning, a middle and an end.
So, apparently, did Jesus.
That's what the women are thinking when they walk to the tomb, very early in the morning.
Jesus has breathed His last, and it's time to prepare the body for proper burial.
It's Sunday morning.
It's the first day of a new week, and the first day of the rest of their hopeless lives-hopeless because their one Hope is in the tomb.
That's how it works, this world: Whether it's life or a week, there just isn't an eighth day.
The only time you have an eighth day is when the Lord is at work for thing like deliverance, healing, and restoration.
But listen to the angels in the tomb: "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.'"
(Lk.
24:5b-7).
The news isn't just shocking-it's perplexing.
Life doesn't come after death-that just isn't how things work in this world.
St. Mark tells us that the news leaves the women silent and afraid for a while, though St. Luke skips that part to tell us that eventually they go and tell the disciples.
And what is the response of the disciples-the eleven apostles called by Jesus?
They think that the news is nonsense, an idle tale.
Silence, fear and doubt: Those are the responses of the first people who hear of the Resurrection.
It's nonsense, they believe-too good to be true.
But for once, it's not, because the angels speak the Word of the Lord.
Christ has died, but Christ is risen.
After death, there is life-eternal life.
Furthermore, He is not the only one to rise again, but the firstfruits of the dead.
Therefore, He will raise all of His people up to eternal life, for so He has promised: "I am the Resurrection and the Life.
He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die" (Jn.
11:25- 26).
That's how things work when the women go to tomb very early in the morning, on the first day of the week.
But is it just the first day of the week?
Remember, when the Lord is going about restoring, healing, and delivering you, He commanded that these things be done on the eighth day.
When Jesus rises from the dead, He rises so that you might be healed, delivered and restored into the Lord's presence forever.
He rises so that you might have new life.
A seven-day week has a beginning, a middle and an end.
So does life in this deteriorating world.
But Christ defeats that end of death and rises again, so that you might have eternal life without end.
It is generally well-known that Christians traditionally gather for Divine Service on Sunday because it is the day of Jesus' Resurrection.
But there is another reason why we worship on the first day of the week: It is also the eighth day of the week-an announcement that Christ brings us new life.
Now, all of this makes for a nice talk, but we must ask this question: So what?
What does this have to do with you and me?
So what?
So this: Your Days 6 and 7 are coming.
But so is your Day 8.
II.
Your Eighth Day
Your Days 6 and 7 are coming.
In other words, unless the Lord first returns, you face your Day 6 of death and your Day 7 when you rest in the grave.
Experience tells you that this is true, that death takes everyone sooner or later.
Scripture fills in the details, declaring that death has come into the world because of sin.
There are few people who will claim to be sinless; many, however, will take issue with the idea that their sin is enough to condemn them.
The Lord, however, tells us that it is: You may only avoid death if you are perfectly holy, and none of us can claim that.
So Days 6 and 7 are coming, and you have plenty of reminders.
It may be the guilt of past errors that reminds you of your lack of holiness.
It may well be twinges of pain or the attrition of age that constantly harps of Day 6.
It may be the evening news and the constant reminders of how dangerous is this world in which we live.
But death and the grave come to us all.
What are your options?
Well, you can deny it.
Do everything possible to deny the truth that you eventually face death.
Strive to look and act as young as possible, since aging is a reminder of decay.
Furthermore, keep on with whatever sins you personally prefer, just to prove that they're doing nothing to hurt you-and that they actually make your life better.
This is the ostrich syndrome, with one's head stuck in the sand.
But ostriches die, too.
Denying the truth does you no good, for it does not deliver you to your eighth day.
If you can't deny it, then maybe you should accept death-but dismiss life after.
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