He's not there!

"Then Jesus told him, You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who haven't seen me and believe anyway." John 20:29

He walked on the same earth we walk on today. He was seen by people just like you and me. Men and women just like us got to walk side by side with Jesus in flesh. There is just something about that thought that leaves me in awe.

These people heard Him speak; they felt His actual touch and presence. They got to sit at a table and eat with Him, laugh with Him, learn directly from Him. 

And, oh wait it gets better, they not only got to see and be a part of all that, but they saw His death, they saw Him buried, and the greatest of all they saw Him raised from the dead. Do you know how much of Jesus time they got? Goodness me-What my eyes would do to see that. One day they will see Jesus and what a glorious day that will be.

Jesus' resurrection fulfilled Scripture-it was proof that He was who He said He was, the Son of God, and that He would do what He said He would-rise from the dead. "For I, the Son of Man, must suffer many terrible things, he said,. I will be rejected by the leaders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. I will be killed, but three days later I will be raised from the dead." Luke 9: 22

And indeed He rose! And He proved it by appearing before many.

The Son of God is ALIVE-Jesus has RISEN-hurry go and tell everyone-the tomb is EMPTY. 

You have risen, You have risen, and You reign forevermore. You are among us, in us, and all around us. Hallelujah our God reigns. Praise You Father, Praise You for overcoming death so we may have life. Amen