Resurrection Sunday - It's Not Over
Resurrection Sunday - It's Not Over
Mark 16:1-8
When Jesus appeared to those AFTER His Resurrection, He said "Go and tell..."
He specifically even mentioned to go and tell Peter... the one who even denied him 3 times. Jesus wasn't mad at him for his weakness and fear of standing up for Him like he should have. Jesus still had Peter in mind, and wanted to prove that what He said about His resurrection was true and had come to pass, so there was no doubt.
1 Peter 3:19
Jesus proclaimed His victory over death
I believe Jesus went to the spirits in prison and even confronted every demon who had part in His crucifixion that HE WAS BOSS! He also appeared to lost souls to give them a chance for receiving Him.
Jesus comes right into our prison, also to RESCUE US from:
a. What has bound us
b. Made us bitter
c. Even from ourselves
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus went to pray after the Last Supper. He not only knew He was going to face unimaginable physical pain, torture and death; but He first died to His own EMOTIONS and had to face that human side of Himself, before He could be resurrected as the glorified Christ.
In Luke 22:39-46
a. His Disciples followed Him
b. They went to sleep (alot of times we get in depression or despair over things, and our physical body succumbs to feeling extra fatigued, worn out, etc.) They had an idea what was coming, because Jesus tried to prepare them.
c. Jesus sweat great drops of blood - Which is a known medical condition that can happen from great stress, where the capillaries rupture and blood vessels and body functions can react to great stress and emotional distress. He had emotional and mental suffering.
d. He told them that His soul was exceedingly sorrowful, even to the point of death.
He was honored on Palm Sunday, and Crucified the next week...all because He didn't perform HOW and WHEN they thought He should have.
Isaiah 52:14 Talks about Him being disfigured and unrecognizable as a man, due to the torture He endured.
Although Jesus knew He was going to give His life, it seemed to take Him by surprise, the fact of the emotional abandonment and feeling forsaken in those moments... He felt all alone.
He washed the feet of those who betrayed Him, He served them, and had bonded with His disciples, and even loved the community in which He ministered and lived. All to be abandoned and rejected.
But all that He endured came to PROVE to every person or demon in hell who doubted Him, His purpose, and His power, that He truly reigns forever and ever IN SPITE of the suffering and shame.
When Jesus appeared to those AFTER His Resurrection, He said "Go and tell..."
He specifically even mentioned to go and tell Peter... the one who even denied him 3 times. Jesus wasn't mad at him for his weakness and fear of standing up for Him like he should have. Jesus still had Peter in mind, and wanted to prove that what He said about His resurrection was true and had come to pass, so there was no doubt.
1 Peter 3:19
Jesus proclaimed His victory over death
I believe Jesus went to the spirits in prison and even confronted every demon who had part in His crucifixion that HE WAS BOSS! He also appeared to lost souls to give them a chance for receiving Him.
Jesus comes right into our prison, also to RESCUE US from:
a. What has bound us
b. Made us bitter
c. Even from ourselves
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus went to pray after the Last Supper. He not only knew He was going to face unimaginable physical pain, torture and death; but He first died to His own EMOTIONS and had to face that human side of Himself, before He could be resurrected as the glorified Christ.
In Luke 22:39-46
a. His Disciples followed Him
b. They went to sleep (alot of times we get in depression or despair over things, and our physical body succumbs to feeling extra fatigued, worn out, etc.) They had an idea what was coming, because Jesus tried to prepare them.
c. Jesus sweat great drops of blood - Which is a known medical condition that can happen from great stress, where the capillaries rupture and blood vessels and body functions can react to great stress and emotional distress. He had emotional and mental suffering.
d. He told them that His soul was exceedingly sorrowful, even to the point of death.
He was honored on Palm Sunday, and Crucified the next week...all because He didn't perform HOW and WHEN they thought He should have.
Isaiah 52:14 Talks about Him being disfigured and unrecognizable as a man, due to the torture He endured.
Although Jesus knew He was going to give His life, it seemed to take Him by surprise, the fact of the emotional abandonment and feeling forsaken in those moments... He felt all alone.
He washed the feet of those who betrayed Him, He served them, and had bonded with His disciples, and even loved the community in which He ministered and lived. All to be abandoned and rejected.
But all that He endured came to PROVE to every person or demon in hell who doubted Him, His purpose, and His power, that He truly reigns forever and ever IN SPITE of the suffering and shame.
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