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The Resurrection
“He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay” (Matthew 28:6).
The bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus is a vital truth that we need to tenaciously hold onto. “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain … . And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins” (1 Corinthians 15:14, 17).
While we look back today and remember the death and sacrifice of the Lord at Calvary, yet we rejoice to be able to look to an empty tomb as well.
Another wonderful truth is that He not only rose from the dead, but He is now ascended back to Heaven. “The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory … raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:17, 20). “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name” (Philippians 2:9).
Today we remember His death on the cross while we worship Him as a living, ascended, glorified Man in Heaven. The resurrection, ascension, and glorification of Christ are God’s Amen to the work of His Son at Calvary.
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