One of the best questions ever asked in history was asked that Sunday morning. “Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” [Luke 24:5b HCSB]
Why indeed! The greatest of all announcements was made to a group of weeping women who had come to do what was expected. They were going to anoint the body of Jesus for burial, something they were unable to do on Friday as the Sabbath began. Now an angel asks the question and reminds them of Jesus’ own words.
“He is not here, but He has been resurrected! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day?’” [Luke 24:6-7 HCSB]
Luke goes on to say, “And they remembered His words.” [Luke 24:8 HCSB]
They remembered. They remembered! And each Resurrection Day we remember. This day is so much more than new clothes and going to church. It is so much more than ritual and liturgy. It is a common day of celebration among those who have experienced every day in their own lives what those poor weeping women experienced that first Sunday morning.
Dawn! Empty Tomb! Resurrection! Love! Life!