A Few Post-Easter Thoughts

"Jesus has risen!" "He has risen indeed! Alleluia!"

Praise Yahweh. He has raised His Son, our Lord, Jesus, from the grave. That's the essence of our Easter cry. That's one of the things that I love about Easter. We see God giving us hope and life and all through the one and only being who could raise Himself from the dead.

Think about it, though, if you were in Jerusalem that first Easter. Instead of assurance, I believe that confusion would have been the most prominent thought going around. The body was missing, the stone had been moved, a few people said that they had seen Jesus, but the guards were reporting that the disciples had stolen the body, the Pharisees were probably letting it be known that they were looking for the disciples to question them about the body, and the disciples were finally locking themselves in a room, afraid that they were next on the arrest list.

I know that I have often thought something along the lines that, "If I were there, I would have believed completely." I have to say, given my study of the people and situation, that I would have been as confused as anyone. We seem to have a tendency to super-humanize the biblical characters, as though they knew what was going on and reacted accordingly. Truth be told, they were just like you and I, confused, questioning, and at times, demonstrating a profoundly small faith.

Yet, Jesus still did what He did for us. That's what makes Easter so great. Even though we may be confused or doubting, we still have God's assurance, through Jesus, our resurrected Lord.

Praise Yahweh!