The Day After Easter

Yesterday, we celebrated what every Sunday is about: the Resurrection of Christ. As Christians, we wouldn’t have hope of eternal life if Christ had not risen from the dead. If He hadn’t risen, our faith would be in vain. (1 Cor. 15:17) How fitting that we should celebrate this event every week and especially once a year.

But what about the days in between? What about Monday through Saturday? Or the fifty-one Sundays a year that we don’t emphasize His resurrection?

What about the day after Easter?

Mary Magdalene, Peter, John—these real believers who really saw His pierced hands and feet—what did they do the day after Easter? What did their life look like the other days of the year?

You and I weren’t there, but we read a little bit of what those days looked like in the book of Acts.

These early believers told others that Jesus rose from the dead.

They no longer hid in the Upper Room.

They no longer grieved His death.

They lived in hope.

Jesus’ death was the greatest event in human history. His death means that “God the Just is satisfied to look on Him and pardon [you and] me.” -- C Bancroft

But His death would have meant nothing if He hadn’t risen again.

Easter means Jesus is alive.

The day after Easter means we have Someone interceding for us.

Satan cannot accuse us to the point of despair.

God’s wrath will never be poured out on you and me.

We can boldly approach His throne.

Because He lives, we will live also. (John 14:19)

The day after Easter means we have hope. Peter and John and Mary Magdalene lived in the spirit of that reality. They knew they had hope, and they lived like they believed it.

What should the day after Easter look like for every believer?

Today, we have hope.

“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus.” (Heb. 6:19)

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"An Emperor's Forgotten Story"

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