1 Early on Sunday morning,[a] as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb.
2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. 3 His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow. 4 The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint.
5 Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying. 7 And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember what I have told you.”
8 The women ran quickly from the tomb. They were very frightened but also filled with great joy, and they rushed to give the disciples the angel’s message.
Matthew 28:1-8
I was reading today’s one-year Bible passage in Matthew about Jesus’ resurrection. Boy, it must have been a sight. It scared the Roman guards who were sent to guard the tomb so much they fainted right on the spot.
I was talking to Annie about it when the Holy Spirit reminded me of how real all these Bible stories are. He reminded me of the time the Holy Spirit fell on everyone at the little Mexican church (even my Baptist parents who were with us were filled, and they used to make fun of anyone who believed in outpourings of the Spirit like that) Ann and I once visited in the San Fernando Valley up in the Los Angeles area back in the late 70s. The Holy Spirit told me, “What you’re reading today in your Bible about Jesus’ resurrection is just as real as when I filled everyone in that church that day.” When the Holy Spirit tells you things like this, it’s powerfully convincing.
Christianity is real. At times, the enemy can make us think it’s not, but it’s more real than we know which makes me think of how real it’s going to be when the Ezekiel 38 war breaks out; Christians are suddenly taken from earth to be with Jesus; the Tribulation begins with the most horrendous time the earth and those on it will have ever experienced.
The Holy Spirit filling that San Fernando Valley church that day was unbelievable and unstoppable. Whether they like it or not, evolutionists, agnostics and atheists can’t stop the Word from coming true and taking place. It will happen just as it’s written.
God bless,
Mark