2020.04.12 - What Does the Empty Tomb Mean (Matthew 28:1-10; Romans 6:4)

Today Easter is more about bunny rabbits who lay decorative eggs. And what has always bothered me, how did they ever get a bunny to lay an egg. Whatever happened to the day where we celebrated Jesus’ resurrection, you know, the whole coming back from the dead thing, the whole, Jesus died upon the cross, buried, and on the third day rose from the dead. Look at what the angel said on this very morning almost two thousand years ago. “He’s not here, He’s alive.” On this Sunday the early church would greet one another with “Christ is Risen,” and the response would be, “He is risen indeed.” This was the message of the early church, and it is the same message that needs to be preached today. The Apostle Paul sums up this message in his letter to the Roman church. “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4) What does the empty tomb mean? What does the Empty Tomb mean for you? Either Nothing or Everything! What will it be for you today, will you accept the evidence of the resurrection and in doing so receive the promise of ever lasting life with the Savior? If you already have then you have so much to give God praise for, so let your praise be heard. May the world hear us proclaim “Christ is Risen,” “He is risen indeed.”