“But the angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come see the place where he lay.” (Matthew 28:5-6)
Tomorrow is the day in which large numbers of Christians around the world celebrate the crucified Son of God being raised from the dead. The implications of the resurrection are countless and could be thought on for the rest our lives with no fear of coming to the end of what the resurrection of Jesus meant and means. However, with that as a starting point, it still seems good to me to roll around in our minds what we are able to in preparation and in celebration of Easter.
I have listed below four implications of the resurrection as a means to kick-start your worship of the One who is risen indeed.
1. Jesus Christ has been vindicated.
“Then he said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.’ Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.’” (Luke 24:44-48)
2. Death has been dealt a mortal wound.
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15)
3. Jesus Christ has risen to be always making intercession for his people.
“Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who is indeed interceding for us.” (Romans 8:33-34)
4. Jesus has made us victorious over death and sin.
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:56-57)