Tag: the tomb

Matthew 27:57-60 ” As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.”

In reading these verses you can’t help but notice the use of the impersonal pronoun “it” in speaking about the body of Jesus.  It was no longer His body, for in verse 50 of this Chapter as He hung from that Cross, “When then Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He gave up His spirit.”   The Greek word for “gave up” literally means to permit, allow, or hand over.  Jesus was in complete control…even to the point of having total dominion and power over His time of death…He let His spirit pass, and the body that remained behind was just a empty shell.

The Tomb’s still empty.

On that Resurrection Sunday they found the stone rolled away and the tomb where they had laid  Jesus  empty…and somehow we tend to forget the power it took for that miracle to happen.  We forget the magnitude of Jesus taking every sin ever committed by mankind on Himself.  We downplay the sacrifice He made for us while we were yet sinners.  So the next time you’re racked by fear and doubt…remember the tomb’s still empty.  When discouragement and anxiety try to take over your life…remember the tomb’s still empty.  When the world seems in turmoil and paranoia…remember the tomb’s still empty, and God’s still in control…and if you had been the only person on earth, Jesus would have died for you.