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What is the meaning of the empty tomb? Why is Easter Sunday such an important religious holiday to so many people?
The empty tomb fulfills the
PROPHECY
that Jesus gave—showing that He knows the future.
Jesus is the Creator, God in the flesh, and He prophesied that He was going to DIE, and then RISE AGAIN from the grave the third day. “And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be KILLED, and AFTER THREE DAYS RISE AGAIN” (Holy Bible, Mark 8:31, KJV).
What did Jesus say about YOUR FUTURE that should concern you? “I tell you, Nay: but, EXCEPT YE REPENT, ye shall all likewise perish” (Holy Bible, Luke 13:3, KJV). To repent means to turn from your sin to the Lord Jesus Christ, and ask Him to save you and transform your life.
The empty tomb is
PROOF
that we exist after death.
“And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for HE IS RISEN, AS HE SAID. Come, see the place where the Lord lay” (Holy Bible, Matthew 28:5-6, KJV).
What will your future be after you die? “And it came to pass, that the BEGGAR DIED, and was CARRIED BY THE ANGELS into Abraham’s bosom: the RICH MAN also DIED, and was buried; And IN HELL he lift up his eyes, BEING IN TORMENTS” (Holy Bible, Luke 16:22-23a, KJV).
Yes, there really is something beyond the grave—comfort in heaven, or torment in hell. Which will it be for you? “Prepare to meet thy God” (Holy Bible, Amos 4:12, KJV).
The empty tomb shows the
POWER
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“And declared to be the SON OF GOD with POWER, according to the spirit of holiness, BY THE RESURRECTION from the DEAD” (Holy Bible, Romans 1:4, KJV).
Speaking of His life, Jesus said, “No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have POWER to lay it down, and I have POWER to take it again” (Holy Bible, John 10:18, KJV).
The Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died for your sins, and He has the power to save your soul and transform your life. “But as many as received him, to them gave he POWER to become the sons of God, even to them that BELIEVE ON HIS NAME” (Holy Bible, John 1:12, KJV). Jesus said, “I am the RESURRECTION, and the LIFE: he that BELIEVETH IN ME, though he were dead, yet shall he LIVE” (Holy Bible, John 11:25, KJV).
The empty tomb shows the
PROMISE
that everyone will be resurrected and face God.
Jesus said that He would rise from the grave—and He did. Jesus also said that everyone will be resurrected from the grave to face Him—and they will.
Jesus said, “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which ALL that are IN THE GRAVES shall hear his voice, And SHALL COME FORTH; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of LIFE; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of DAMNATION” (Holy Bible, .John 5:28-29, KJV). “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE of FIRE” (Holy Bible, Revelation 20:15, KJV).
The empty tomb shows the
PATIENCE
of God for people to be saved.
“Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have NO PLEASURE in the DEATH of the WICKED; but that the WICKED TURN from his WAY and LIVE” (Holy Bible, Ezekiel 33:11a, KJV). TURN to the LORD JESUS CHRIST right now, and ask Him to FORGIVE you, and to CLEANSE you, and to SAVE you.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God, God Almighty in the flesh. He is Master, Savior, and Messiah; the Creator of heaven and earth. He died on the cross for you, and gave His pure, sinless blood to pay your sin debt. The Lord Jesus Christ then arose from the grave the third day, proving that His blood fully paid for your sins. To be SAVED, you must CALL upon Him from your HEART. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the LORD JESUS, and shalt BELIEVE in thine HEART that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be SAVED.” “For whosoever shall CALL upon the NAME of the LORD shall be SAVED” (Holy Bible, Romans 10:9,13, KJV).
After we ask the Lord Jesus Christ to save us, then God instructs us to openly confess Him by getting baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When we go under the water, it pictures death to the old life of sin, and when we come up out of the water, it pictures a new life serving the Lord Jesus Christ.
Yes, I just asked the Lord Jesus Christ to save me, and I desire to now live for Him.
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