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Jesus rose from the dead
Jesus rose from the dead
In this lesson, students learn that Jesus rose from the dead.
Devotion
Genesis 23:3-4
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his deceased wife. He went and spoke to the descendants of Heth.[a] He said, 4 “I am an alien who has settled among you. Let me have a piece of property for a burial place among you where I may bury my dead in their final resting place.
Almost every town has at least one cemetery. Our town's cemetery was started even before the town was. People have been buried in it for over 175 years. Some cemeteries are over 3000 years old. In our Scripture lesson Abraham was looking for a place to bury Sarah who had died at age 127. He didn't own any land upon which he could bury her, so he sought a plot in Machpelah. In that plot, he also was buried years later.
In today's lesson we study how you can search the world over and not find the grave with Jesus inside it. While He died on Good Friday, and laid in the grave for three days, we know that on Easter Sunday He rose from the dead. Death is such a sure thing, that the disciples couldn't understand when Jesus said He would rise from the dead. We, too, can learn from the angels question "Why do you seek the living among the dead?"
Jesus not only rose from the dead, but He also promised we, too, would rise and meet Him in heaven. But He knows that our life here will be hard, so He promises that He will be with us always.
People say the only sure things are death and taxes, but Jesus tells us the real sure thing is that He loves us in spite of our sin, and that He has redeemed us from that sin and given us eternal life in heaven.
Monday, April 17, 2023
Monday, April 17, 2023
1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.
What To Do With Easter
What To Do With Easter
We recently celebrated Easter. We heard the angels’ words to the women: “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He has risen!” But now what? What are we going to do with Easter? Some quickly forget it. It never enters their mind until Easter comes again the following year. Others fondly think of it as a nice story, somewhat along the lines of a favorite fairy tale with a message of springtime hope. Then there are those who may take it more seriously and consider the Resurrection a historical event, but one which does not have any relevance for life today.
What are we to do with Easter? The Lord emphasizes one thing. He says, “Believe it!” John writes, “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God” (1 John 5:1). By faith we receive all that Jesus accomplished by His suffering, death, and resurrection. “He was handed over to death because of our trespasses and was raised to life because of our justification” (Romans 4:25). By His death Jesus paid the world’s debt. His resurrection on Easter is the confirmation that God has declared the world not guilty for Jesus’ sake. Faith receives that verdict and holds it tightly as our own precious treasure.
What are you going to do with Easter? Believe it. Thank God for giving you the faith to believe through the Spirit’s power in the Word. Faith doesn’t just believe that Easter happened, it believes that Jesus rose for you, and that because He lives, you too will rise and live forever.
That faith makes all the difference when it comes to our eternal future. It makes all the difference for today. By faith we have the peace of knowing that as we begin another day, all is well between us and God. We are His beloved children in Christ. By faith we have the confidence that no matter how many troubles or difficulties the day brings, we are more than conquers through Him who loved us. By faith, regardless of how mundane the day may seem, we have a worthwhile purpose. We are witnesses of Christ’s resurrection to our families, friends, and all around us. Believe it!
The lesson
Five part resurrection icon, Solovetsky Monastery, 17th century
Matt 28:1-15
Matt 28:1-15
Jesus’ Resurrection
Jesus’ Resurrection
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 Suddenly, there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, and going to the tomb, he rolled away the stone and was sitting on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow. 4 The guards were so terrified of him that they shook and became like dead men. 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here. He has risen, just as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead! And look, he is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him.’ See, I have told you!”
8 They hurried away from the tomb, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly[a] Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!”
They approached, took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.
10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers that they should go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”
The Guards’ Report
The Guards’ Report
11 As they were on their way, there were some members of the guard who went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 After the chief priests had assembled with the elders and had reached a decision, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers 13 and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole him away while we were sleeping.’ 14 If the governor hears about it, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 After the soldiers took the money, they did as they were instructed. And this story has been repeated among the Jews until this day.
vs 9 ἐκράτησαν Meyer at the passage; τούς πόδας τίνος, to embrace one's knees, Matthew 28:9
Mark 16:1-11
Mark 16:1-11
The Resurrection
The Resurrection
16 When the Sabbath was past, bought spices so they could go and anoint Jesus. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb. 3 They were saying to each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance to the tomb for us?” 4 When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. 6 He said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
8 They went out and hurried away from the tomb, trembling and perplexed. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
The Risen Savior Appears
The Risen Savior Appears
9 After Jesus had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. 10 She went and reported to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.
Luke 24:1-12
Luke 24:1-12
The Resurrection
The Resurrection
24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women[a] went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared. 2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb.
3 When they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. 5 The women were terrified and bowed down with their faces to the ground.
The men said to them, “Why are you looking for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee 7 that the Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?” 8 Then they remembered his words.
9 When they returned from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles. 11 Yet these words seemed to them like nonsense, and they did not believe them.
12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over to look in, he saw only the strips of linen cloth. He went home, amazed at what had happened.
John 20:1-18
John 20:1-18
The Resurrection
The Resurrection
20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she left and ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she told them, “and we don’t know where they put him!”
3 So Peter and the other disciple went out, heading for the tomb. 4 The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first. 5 Bending over, he saw the linen cloths lying there, yet he did not go in.
6 Then Simon Peter, who was following him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there. 7 The cloth that had been on Jesus’ head was not lying with the linen cloths, but was folded up in a separate place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who arrived at the tomb first, also entered. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not yet understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.)
10 Then the disciples went back to their homes.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
11 But Mary stood outside facing the tomb, weeping. As she wept, she bent over, looking into the tomb. 12 She saw two angels in white clothes sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She told them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”
14 After she said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not know it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?”
Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you carried him off, tell me where you laid him, and I will get him.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned and replied in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means, “Teacher”).
17 Jesus told her, “Do not continue to cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father—to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” She also told them the things he said to her.
vs 17 ἅπτου, In John 20:17, μή μου ἅπτου is to be explained thus: Do not handle me to see whether I am still clothed with a body; there is no need of such an examination, for not yet etc.; cf. Baumg.-Crusius and Meyer at the passage (as given by Hackett in Bib. Sacr. for 1868, p. 779f, or B. D. American edition, p. 1813f).
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