Our Victorious Savior Part 3

Our Victorious Savior Part 3

Mark16:2, “And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. Mark 16:5-6, “And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.  And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.”

              This is the Sunday that we celebrate Christ Resurrection.  I am setting here in my little office trying to imagine what it was like when Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome entered the tomb where Joseph of Arimathaea had buried Jesus.  It was shocking to see that the stone had been rolled away; even more shocking to see that Jesus body was not there and that his grave clothes were folded neatly; and terrifying to see and hear the angel declare “he is risen”. 

The angel told them to not be afraid.  I am sure that they were frightened and I would have been too.  They had come to the sepulchure with sweet spices which they had prepared to anoint Jesus’ body.  They were doubtful that they would be able to get into the tomb because “it was very great”.  When they get inside the tomb there is no Savior to anoint because, as the angel reminds them in Luke 24:6 “He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet 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.”

So, on this Easter Sunday morning let all Christians proclaim, “Christ is risen.  He is risen indeed!  We serve a God who is victorious Savior and is above all other gods because He not only was but is.  As Ro 8:34 declares, “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” 

Finally we are reminded in Hebrews 12:2 that we should be “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Hebrews 4:15 explains that he is our sinless victorious Savior when it states. “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”