- The act of rising from the dead or returning to life.
- The state of one who has returned to life.
- The act of bringing back to practice, notice, or use; revival.
- The rising again of Jesus on the third day after the Crucifixion.
Matthew 28:1-6 (The Message)
After the Sabbath, as the first light of the new week dawned, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to keep vigil at the tomb. Suddenly the earth reeled and rocked under their feet as God‘s angel came down from heaven, came right up to where they were standing. He rolled back the stone and then sat on it. Shafts of lightning blazed from him. His garments shimmered snow-white. The guards at the tomb were scared to death. They were so frightened, they couldn’t move.
The angel spoke to the women: “There is nothing to fear here. I know you’re looking for Jesus, the One they nailed to the cross. He is not here. He was raised, just as he said. Come and look at the place where he was placed.
Jesus had predicted He would rise from the grave, but did anyone really believe He would? I think most people would have found it hard to believe Jesus would rise from the dead, even although everything else Jesus had ever predicted had already come true.
In the same way that Jesus knew before His death that He would rise again, God has planned every moment of our lives before we were even born. All God asks in return is that we put our trust fully in him as He will be there to look after us during each minute of our lives.
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