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Hollow Easter Egg = Empty Tomb

When you eat a hollow Easter egg today, you might get slightly disappointed by the fact that there is no chocolate inside. Instead of being disappointed, be reminded of the fact that when Mary and her friends went to look for Jesus in his tomb, his body wasn’t there, but the tomb was empty. Just like your Easter Egg!

Jesus is alive today! He has risen from the dead.

Chocolate Eggs

“On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!”

Luke 24:1-6

From the bible this week: Jesus calms the storm

Nature is powerful.

This week I am giving a talk at WACT (St Stephen’s Willoughby youth group) on Jesus calming the storm.

Storm brewing

Jesus’ power and authority never cease to amaze me. The story of him calming the storm is one of my favourite miracles. Jesus and the disciples are going across Lake Galilee, when a massive storm brewed. This is a kind of weird concept on a lake, but the geography of Lake Galilee made this possible. I imagine it being something like this or this.

Jesus’ disciples were freaking out, so they woke Jesus. This is what Jesus did…

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

Mark 4:39

Jesus is the Son of God. He is God! He has power over nature, and he has power over death!

Jesus truly is amazing!

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From the bible this week: Resurrection bodies

Open1 Corinthians 15 is a dense passage, so much great stuff is in there.

At church on Sunday night, we had a sermon about resurrection bodies, and it got me very excited. It also clarified some thoughts in my head, though there is still much to clarify.

One thing that I learnt is that our bodies at the resurrection will be physical bodies, and also somehow spiritual bodies.

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:42-44.

The physical nature of our bodies was likened to Jesus’ risen body before the ascension, which I found to be a helpful comparison. Jesus was physical in the sense that Thomas could touch him (John 20:26-28) and he ate food (Luke 24:42-43), but his body was also spiritual as he somehow came among the disciples when the doors were locked (John 20:19-20).

I look forward to the day when I have a resurrection body. If only that day would be now!

If you have any thoughts on 1 Corinthians 15, let me know below.

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