Open with me to John’s Gospel Chapter 20. When we come to the garden and see the empty tomb we are struck with the simplicity and power of the scene.
• Its very early in the morning. • We meet a small group of saddened and weary women. • The road they must cross runs in front of the gruesome skull shaped hill of death where they had seen their Lord Jesus Christ die on Friday. • They were last at the cross and now first at the Tomb. • They were only going to finish the burial preparation, tidy up and bid one last tearful farewell. [Luke 24:1] • And then it happened, they saw it. The stone was not rolled away or toppled over. That massive stone had been removed. The word means picked up, taken away. Its like going to work at a bank and arriving to see the vault door of solid steel torn from its hinges and set away from the doorway.
To them it was staggering, real and very moving.
To us it often is humdrum and monotonous.
But it was the ULTIMATE, INDISPUTABLE SIGN. The finale of a perfectly orchestrated and choreographed showing by God.
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Pastor John Barnett has been devouring the Word of God for over 30 years. John, now the teaching pastor of Calvary Bible Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan has served congregations in Oklahoma, New England, Georgia and California. He also served on the Faculty of the Master's College...
