So we've learnt about His life, we've learnt about the ultimate sacrifice He made because He loves us.
Now, we're going to learn about his Resurrection.
After he died, Jesus was taken from the cross and placed in a tomb, with a huge stone rolled across to seal it. In Matthew, we're told that Pilate had guards placed in front of the tomb too - it was a super secure tomb.
So at this point, Jesus had been dead for 3 days. Mary Magdalene went to the tomb fully expecting to find Jesus - and didn't! She ran straight to Simon Peter and he went to the tomb and saw the linen that Jesus was wrapped in, but no Jesus.
Can you imagine how freaked out they would've been?! What would you have done in that situation?
In John 20:11-18 we see what Mary did.
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, 'Woman, why are you crying?'
'They have taken my Lord away' she said, 'and I don't know where they have put him.' At this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realise that it was Jesus.
He asked her, 'Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?' Thinking he was the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.'
Jesus said to her, 'Mary'.
She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic,'Rabboni!' (which means 'Teacher').
Jesus said, 'Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."'
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: 'I have seen the Lord!' and she told them that he had said these things to her.
To Jesus, death was just a nap! Now there's something I want to draw your attention to here (apart from the obvious Resurrection!);
The disciples forgot what Jesus had told them in scripture (John 20:9). Jesus had already told them that in three days he would rise again.
Here's what I'm trying to say: Jesus is alive, and he's alive for us. We should never forget his teachings.
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