WHY WE CELEBRATE – RESURRECTION SUNDAY!
Matthew 28:1-8
Now, AFTER The Sabbath (Saturday), As The First DAY Of The Week (Sunday) Began To Dawn, Mary Magdalene, And The Other Mary (The Mother Of James), Came To See THE TOMB! And Behold, There Was A Great Earthquake; For An Angel Of THE LORD (GOD Almighty) Descended From Heaven, And Came, And Rolled Back The Stone – From The Door (Of The Tomb), And Sat On IT (The Door Of The Tomb)! His Countenance (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel), Was Like Lightning, And His Clothing – As White As Snow! And The Guards Shook – For Fear Of Him, And Became Like Dead MEN!
BUT, The Angel Answered, And Said To The Women, “DO NOT BE AFRAID, FOR I KNOW, THAT YOU SEEK JESUS, WHO WAS CRUCIFIED! HE IS NOT HERE; FOR HE IS RISEN, AS HE SAID! COME, SEE THE PLACE – WHERE, THE LORD LAY! AND GO QUICKLY, AND TELL HIS DISCIPLES, THAT HE IS RISEN (ALIVE) – FROM THE DEAD; AND INDEED, HE IS GOING BEFORE YOU – INTO GALILEE; THERE, YOU WILL SEE HIM! BEHOLD, I HAVE TOLD YOU!”
So, They Went Out Quickly From THE TOMB – With Fear And Great Joy, And Ran To Bring HIS Disciples Word!
John 20:2-8
THEN, She (Mary Magdalene) Ran, And Came To Simon Peter, And To The Other Disciple, Whom Jesus Loved (John), And Said To THEM (Peter And John), “They Have Taken Away THE LORD (Jesus Christ) Out Of THE TOMB, And We Do NOT Know, WHERE, They Have Laid HIM!”
Peter Therefore Went Out, And The Other Disciple (John), And Were Going To THE TOMB! So, THEY (Peter And John) Both Ran Together, And The Other Disciple (John) Outran Peter, And Came To THE TOMB – First! And He (John), Stooping Down, And Looking In, Saw The Linen Cloths Lying – THERE; Yet, He (John) Did NOT Go In! THEN, Simon Peter Came, Following Him (John), And Went Into THE TOMB; And He (Peter) Saw The Linen Cloths Lying – THERE, And The Handkerchief (The Face Cloth), That Had Been Around HIS (Jesus’) Head, NOT Lying – With The Linen Cloths, BUT Folded Together – In A Place By Itself (Hebrew Significance: I’m NOT Done, I Will Return)! THEN, The Other Disciple (John), Who Came To THE TOMB – First, Went In Also; And He (John) Saw – AND BELIEVED!
Luke 24:13-35
Now Behold, Two Of Them (Jesus’ Disciples) Were Traveling THAT SAME DAY To A Village Called Emmaus, Which Was Seven Miles From Jerusalem! And They Talked Together Of ALL THESE THINGS Which Had Happened! So It Was, While They Conversed And Reasoned, That Jesus Himself Drew Near, And Went With Them! BUT, Their Eyes Were Restrained, So That They Did NOT Know HIM!
AND HE (Jesus) SAID TO THEM, “WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATION – IS THIS, THAT YOU HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER, AS YOU WALK, AND ARE SAD?”
THEN, The One Whose Name Was Cleopas Answered, And Said To HIM (Jesus), “Are YOU The ONLY Stranger In Jerusalem, And Have You NOT Known – THE THINGS, Which Happened THERE – In THESE Days?”
AND HE (Jesus) SAID TO THEM, “WHAT THINGS?”
SO, They Said To HIM, “The Things Concerning Jesus Of Nazareth, Who Was A Prophet, Mighty In Deed And Word – Before GOD (GOD Almighty), And ALL The People; And How The Chief Priests And Our Rulers, Delivered HIM To Be Condemned To Death, And Crucified HIM! BUT, We Were Hoping That, It Was HE, Who Was Going To Redeem Israel! Indeed, Besides All THIS, TODAY, Is The Third Day Since THESE THINGS Happened! Yes, And Certain Women Of Our Company, Who Arrived At THE TOMB Early, Astonished Us! When They Did NOT Find HIS BODY, They Came Saying, That They Had Also Seen A Vision Of Angels, Who Said HE WAS ALIVE! And Certain Of Those (Peter And John), WHO WERE With Us, Went To THE TOMB, And Found IT Just As The Women Had Said; BUT HIM (Jesus), They Did NOT See!”
THEN, HE (Jesus) SAID TO THEM, “O FOOLISH ONES, AND SLOW OF HEART TO BELIEVE IN ALL, THAT THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN! OUGHT NOT THE CHRIST TO HAVE SUFFERED THESE THINGS, AND TO ENTER INTO HIS GLORY?” And Beginning At Moses And ALL The Prophets, HE Expounded (Explained) To Them, IN ALL THE SCRIPTURES, The Things Concerning Himself!
THEN, They Drew Near To The Village (Emmaus), Where, They Were Going; And HE (Jesus) Indicated That (Acted As If) HE Would Have Gone Farther! BUT, They Constrained HIM, Saying, “Abide With Us, For It Is Toward Evening, And The Day Is Far Spent!” And HE Went In To Stay With Them!
Now It Came To Pass, As HE (Jesus) Sat At The Table With Them, That HE Took Bread, Blessed And Broke IT, And Gave IT To Them! THEN, THEIR EYES WERE OPENED, AND THEY KNEW HIM; AND HE VANISHED FROM THEIR SIGHT!
And They Said To One Another, “Did NOT Our Heart Burn Within Us, While HE (Jesus) Talked With Us On The Road, AND WHILE HE OPENED THE SCRIPTURES TO US?” SO, They Rose Up THAT VERY HOUR, And Returned To Jerusalem, And Found The Eleven, And Those WHO WERE With Them, Gathered Together, Saying, “THE LORD IS RISEN Indeed, And Has Appeared To Simon (Peter)!” And They Told About The Things THAT HAD HAPPENED On The Road, And How HE (Jesus) Was Known To (Recognized By) Them – In The Breaking Of Bread!
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