I don't mean to open a can of worms, but I'm going to anyway. It has always bothered me that we remember Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Sunday morning. This just never jived with what I was reading in Scripture. "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the …
Fear In The Shadow Of An Empty Tomb
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." - John 20:19 ESV It's easy to understand why the disciples were so fearful after the …
The Tomb Was Empty
"Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" - Mark 16:3 The ladies brought spices to the tomb just before sunrise on the first day of the week to anoint Jesus' body. "and they asked each other, 'Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?' But when …