April 5, 2021 (Monday)
The Bible tells us about Jesus’ death on the cross.
It then gives us some details of His burial and resurrection:
2. The watch of the women by the tomb of Jesus Mat 27:61-66 Mar 15:47 Luke 23:55-56
3. The visit of the women to the tomb of Jesus Mat 28:1 Mar 16:1.
4. The earthquake, the rolling away of the stone by an angel, and the fright of the Roman watchers Mat 28:2-4.
5. The visit of the women to the tomb of Jesus about sunrise Sunday morning and the message of the angels about the empty tomb
Mat 28:5-8 Mar 16:2-8 Luk 24:1-8 Joh20:1.
6. Mary Magdalene and the other women report to the apostles, and Peter and John visit the empty tomb Luk 24:9-12 Joh 20:2-10.
During the forty days after his resurrection he appeared to the apostles from time to time, actually alive, and proved to them in many ways that it was really he himself they were seeing. And on these occasions he talked to them about the Kingdom of God (Acts 1:3 TLB).
The appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene and the message to the disciples Mar 16:9-11 Joh 20:11-18.
The appearance of Jesus to the other women Mat 28:9-10. (Some of the guard report to the Jewish rulers Mat 28:11-15.)
The appearance to two disciples (Cleophas and another) on the way to Emmaus Mar 16:12-13 Luk 24:13-32.
The report of the two disciples and their news of the appearance to Simon Peter Luk 24:33-35 1Co 15:5
The appearance to the astonished disciples (Thomas absent) with a commission and their failure to convince Thomas Mar 16:14 Luk 24:36-43 Joh 20:19-25.
The appearance to the disciples the next Sunday night and the convincing of Thomas Joh 20:26-31 1Co 15:5.
The appearance to the seven disciples beside the Sea of Galilee; The miraculous draught of fishes Joh 21:1-25.
The appearance to about five hundred on an appointed mountain in Galilee, and a commission given Mat 28:16-20 Mar 16:15-18 1Co 15:6.
The appearance to James the brother of Jesus 1Co 15:7.
The appearance to the disciples with another commission Luk 24:44-49 Act 1:3-8.
The last appearance and ascension Mar 16:19-20 Luk 24:50-53 Act 1:9-12
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Luke the physician and author of the Book of Acts as well as the gospel which bears his name identifies these appearances of Jesus as proofs that Jesus rose from the dead. Even though the word, “proofs,” that he used in Acts 1:3 was an old Greek word, the only time it is used in the Bible is in connection with the resurrection appearances of Christ.
The Apostle Paul’s name is not in any of the gospels, because he was not yet a Christian when the events described in them took place. But he claimed that he should be recognized as an apostle and as a witness to post-resurrection appearances of Christ. His experience on the road to Damascus is recorded three times in the Book of Acts. I’m sure Paul shared that experience wherever he went for the rest of His life after meeting the risen Christ. He also had other experiences such as visions. I can hear him in my mind, saying “I met Jesus and He changed my life!”
Songwriters: Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant
The gates and doors were barred and all the windows fastened down,
I spent the night in sleeplessness and rose at every sound,
Half in hopeless sorrow half in fear the day,
Would find the soldiers crashing through to drag us all away.
Then just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall,
The gate began to rattle and a voice began to call,
I hurried to the window and looked down to the street,
Expecting swords and torches and the sound of soldiers feet,
There was no one there but Mary so I went down to let her in,
John stood there beside me as she told us were she’d been,
She said they moved him in the night and none of us knows where,
The stones been rolled away and now his body isn’t there.
We both ran toward the garden then John ran on ahead,
We found the stone and the empty tomb just the way that Mary said,
But the winding sheet they wrapped him in was just an empty shell,
And how or where they’d taken him was more than I could tell.
Something strange had happened there but what I did not know,
John believed a miracle but I just turned to go,
Circumstance and speculation couldn’t lift me very high,
Cause I’d seen them crucify him and then I’d watched him die,
Back inside the house again all the guilt and anguish came,
Everything I’d promised him just added to my shame,
But at last it came to choices I denied I knew his name,
Even If he was alive it wouldn’t be the same.
But suddenly the air was filled with a strange and sweet perfume,
Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from the room,
Jesus stood before me with his arms held open wide,
And I fell down on my knees and clung to him and cried,
He raised me to my feet and as I looked into his eyes,
Love was shining out from him like sunlight from the sky,
Guilt and my confusion disappeared in sweet release,
And every fear I’d ever had just melted into peace.
He’s alive, He’s alive, He’s alive and I’m forgiven,
Heavens gates are open wide.
He’s alive, He’s alive, He’s alive and I’m forgiven,
Heavens gates are open wide.
He’s alive, He’s alive, He’s alive and I’m forgiven,
Heavens gates are open wide.
He’s alive!
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