The day Jesus was crucified and died may have ended with a long dark sleepless night for His disciples. That first Easter was greeted by the dawn of a new age.
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Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone was rolled aside from the entrance.
Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.
That evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors, in fear of the Jewish leaders, when suddenly Jesus was standing there among them! After greeting them, he showed them his hands and side. And how wonderful was their joy as they saw their Lord!
He spoke to them again and said, As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you. Then he breathed on them and told them, Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:1, 18-22 (TLB)
He told his disciples, I have been given all authority in heaven and earth. Therefore go and make disciples in all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and then teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you; and be sure of this—that I am with you always, even to the end of the world.” Matthew 28:18
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Imagine Can you imagine the shock and confusion that rocked Jesus’ disciples when Jesus walked into the room?
Action How would you respond?
Ask Jesus How would you have me continue on with Your mission Jesus? What “next step” do you want me to take?
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