Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty”. A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on the stalk of a hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished”. With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shock and the rocks split.
After the sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
Now today is the day of salvation.
The old has gone, the new has come.
Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved.
Confess Jesus as Lord and you will be saved.
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 19:28-30, Matthew 27:51, Matthew 28:1-6, 2 Corinthians 6:2, 2 Corinthians 5:16, Mark 16:8, Romans 10:9, Romans 8: 31-39 (NIV).
My hope for this coming Easter weekend is that we may remember the cross: the sacrifice, the atonement, the redemption, and new life that are now ours in Him. As we focus on Him in this time, my prayer is that we will have deeper understanding of what it means for us and His love for us. Happy Easter to you all!