"See my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted." (Isaiah 52:13)

Michelangelo the artist dude once turned to a fellow artist and said with frustration in his voice, "Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery with endless pictures on the one theme of Christ in weakness, Christ on the cross, and most of all, Christ hanging dead?" he asked. "Why do you concentrate on the passing episode as if it were the last work, as if the curtain dropped down there on disaster and defeat? That dreadful scene lasted only a few hours. But to the unending eternity Christ is alive; Christ rules and reigns and triumphs."(yall its amazing what ya get out of a history book eh??lol)

Michelangelo the artist dude was totally correcto. Even though the cross is completly  important because of the redemption that Jesus accomplished for us<yes thats you and mee> there, Christians should not emphasize His death to the point of  leaving out  His resurrection. Yet, we tend to focus on what Jesus did for us on the cross rather than the promise we enjoy from His resurrection.<dude!! Like you all know that Jesus up and walked outta that grave and that just doesnt happen everyday>

Jesus once said, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me shall live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die." (John 11:25-26) The central tenet of our Christian faith this is not just whether we believe that Jesus died for us on the cross. We must also believe that He arose from the dead. The Bible says it this way: "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

muh main man  Paul devoted a great deal of time to understanding the resurrection. Paul was a Pharisee, a member of the same order that convinced Pontius Pilate to crucify Jesus.<grrrr>

Ironically, Pharisees believed in resurrection, but Paul was now more than a Pharisee. He was an Apostle, one of just a handful of men who had seen Jesus after the resurrection and were sent to preach the "good news". <that would be salvation>

Paul said, "But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." (1 Corinthians 15:12-17)

When we ask Christ to come live in our hearts, we are given the promise of resurrection. In other words, we are no longer dead to sin, but have the promise of eternal life!!!!!!!!!
(other intresting things you learn in history books and or  theology books hehehe)
Winston Churchill <you should know very well who this amazin dude was> understood the importance of resurrection. He planned his own funeral ,kinda intresting I know .There were  common hymns sung in St. Paul’s Cathedral along with an impressive liturgy<yeah I think that word means ulagy but Im copin this story outta a book>. But at the end of the service, Churchill broke with tradition. When they said the benediction, a bugler high in the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral on one side played Taps, the universal signal that the day is over<ya know da dadada dadadadadadadaddada the army  song think the last words are mornings nigh>. There was a long pause and then a bugler on the other side played Reveille, the military get your booty up call. It was Churchill’s way of communicating that while we say "Good Night" here, it’s "Good Morning" in heaven. <nifty eh mabey I should do that for my funeral?!?>

Dude knew the real meaning of Easter. When a man steps out of his own grave, He is anything that he says He is, and He can do anything that he says He can do. The resurrection is not only good news, it’s the best news imaginable.

So this suday rememer not just the death but the wonderful resurection , and think someday of our heavenly resurection  and how truly amazing that moment will be!!!

God Bless you all and  Happy Easter

~Laura Hart~