2019-04-21 05:41:21
When it comes to “empty” there is not much to celebrate! What rejoicing is there in an empty gas tank, an empty wallet, empty talk, empty promises, an empty crème filled donut, or an empty ATM machine when we need cash?
It is difficult to imagine what types of empty things we can be happy about and celebrate. Yet there are two realities, at least, which we can celebrate because they are empty. The first reality is that the Cross is empty, and the second reality is that the tomb is empty.
As believing Christians, we celebrate that Jesus did not stay upon the Cross, but instead, He was buried and on the third day He rose from the dead.
Because the cross is EMPTY, and because the tomb is EMPTY, we can celebrate many FULL things. The full assurance of our salvation, the full armor of God, the full assurance and understanding that the enemy of death has been defeated, the full acceptance by God, the full peace that our home in Heaven is secure, and that the FULL penalty for our sins was paid by the shed blood of Jesus Christ!
He is risen! He is risen Indeed!
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