"Looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified? He was raised, he's not here," Mark 16:6.
A young man startled the sisters with those words. They had just stepped into the tomb where they had last seen Jesus' corpse. The embalming common to the time had been interrupted due to Sabbath laws. So they planned to finish anointing with the spices on the next day after the Sabbath. But with the young man's stunning announcement, they found that day not merely to be the first day of the week - it had become the Day of the risen Lord. The Lord's Day from which and to which all time would thenceforth return.
We encourage a brother or sister today in anticipation of the Lord's Day. And together we give joyful thanks for the living hope he provided in the living Christ.
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