Glorious Day!

This post may be my last “solo” one, and it is fitting that it reflects on Easter, a celebration of the resurrection of our Savior. From my heart, I can only pour out gratitude for the grace that the Lamb of God gave with such a cost to Himself. So that our salvation could be a free gift for us to accept.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

For God so loved, He gave. He could have held on to His glory. His place in the heavens and said “no.” But because of his great love, He was obedient to the plan of His Father, to redeem us and set us free. (Luke 22:42)

“There is therefore now no condemnation … For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:1 and 2.) Jesus took the condemnation, so we would not have to. The condemned couple that had to leave the garden no longer determines my fate. My eternity is redeemed, my place is secured, just as if I was already there. Not because of anything I have done, all I needed to do was receive this, trust this finished act of His love. (John 19:30, Titus 3:5)

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of the inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” Ephesians 1:13-14.

Yes, He paid an awful price. Physical, emotional torture. The weight of sin, all sin, placed on Him. His Father turning from the sight of it all. Taking it all to Hell. Where it could be conquered once and for all. Once. For all.

Scripture tells us of a woman, another “Mary” knowing full well that her loving Lord was dead because she had seen this with her own eyes. She comes to His grave and finds the stone, rolled away, the tomb empty. She runs, and tells the men and they came too. They had to see it for themselves. Then, Glorious Day!, Jesus, very much alive, speaks to Mary, asks her why she is crying, and she turns, and there He is. This account is so exciting! Such fitting words in the last verse of John, chapter 20 –

“But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”