Mark 16:5-6 (Amplified) says, "And going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting there on the right side, clothed in a long stately sweeping robe of white, and they were utterly amazed and struck with terror. And he said to them, Do not be amazed and terrified: you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He has Risen; He is not here. See the place where they laid Him."
If Jesus had not Risen from the dead, then the virgin birth would have been a failure and all of the prophecies about Jesus, would have been for nothing. This day changed all of Heaven and earth. It signaled the total defeat of satan, death, and sin. Hebrews 12:22-23 (Amplified) says, "But rather, you have come to Mount Zion, even to the City of the Living God (the Heavenly Jerusalem), and the countless multitudes of angels in festal gatherings And to the Church (assembly of the First Born) who are registered as citizens in Heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the Righteous (the Redeemed in Heaven who have been made perfect)."
Adam's transgression caused mankind to be separated from the Father Himself. God Loved them so much, that He sent Jesus, His Perfect Sacrifice, to Redeem them and unite them with Himself. Prior to Jesus' Resurrection, those who followed God went into the Bosom of Abraham when they died and weren't united with Him in Heaven. Through Jesus' Resurrection, we are restored with the Father. This was and is, the Crowning Glory and the time the Father had been awaiting, since Adam's fall. The Father could only come close to His family and watch over them from a distance. They could only approach Him from the Outer Court and needed to stay behind the veil.
Hebrews 10:19-20 (Amplified) says, "Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter in to the Holy of Holies by the Power and Virtue of the Blood of Jesus, By this fresh, new and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil) of the Holy of Holies, (that is through His flesh)." The veil that held us back from God's full Presence in the Temple, is now the veil of the flesh of Jesus, which opened the way back into the Father's Presence again.
Jesus told His followers in John 14:2-4 (Amplified), "In My Father's House there are many dwelling places (homes), If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you. And when I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself; that where I am, you may be also. And to the place where I am going, you know the way." The Father prepared many homes or dwelling places for His family, but we couldn't dwell in them, until the Blood of Jesus paid our Price and became the Door by which we could enter back into the Father's Presence. Through the Power of His Resurrection, Jesus has cleansed the Heavenly utensils. His Blood has not only covered our sins, like in the old covenant, but has removed the stain of sin and death and opened Heaven to us again.
We still hold back from God's Full and welcome Presence, because of who we once were. God has laid out the welcome mat to His family and longs for a Family reunion with us. He has longed for our presence, in His House for a long time and wishes to enjoy His children eating at the table He sets before us. This is the very Heart of Love, that brought us into existence at the beginning. We must never feel like "we don't belong there, because we're not worthy to be there." It cost the separation of Jesus from the Father, to bring His family back to Him. He has made us worthy and we are welcome. We're not separated by a veil any longer. You have been made one with Jesus and it's His Righteousness by which we now enter in.
There are times when we violate our faith, by the weakness of our flesh and feel like we've failed in our covenant with God. God didn't make covenant with us, He made it with Jesus. We entered into this covenant by faith in Him and He will not and cannot break or violate the covenant. The reason God made covenant by Himself through Jesus, was because the old covenant couldn't be kept, because of man's fleshly weakness. Romans 8:3 (Amplified) says, "For God has done what the Law could not do, its power being weakened by the flesh (the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit), Sending His Own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an Offering for sin, God condemned sin in the flesh (subdued, overcame, deprived it) of its power over all who accept that Sacrifice. So that the Righteous and Just requirement of the Law might be met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit. Our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit."
There are times when we fail in our walk with God, as we grow in the ways and knowledge of Him and learn to put away the flesh, but Jesus has never failed in His covenant with Father. This isn't an excuse for living in sin, but is how the Father has brought the flesh into subjection, until we grow up in Him. Paul writes in Hebrews 13:20 (Amplified), "Now may the God of Peace (Who is the Author and Giver of Peace), Who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, by the Blood that sealed (ratified), the Everlasting agreement (covenant, testament)."
Resurrection Sunday is the greatest day in all the universe and is the Everlasting covenant between God and Man, through the agreement covenant made between God and the Man, Christ Jesus. Jesus, Who is the Son of man and the Son of God, made covenant with the Father. God made covenant with Himself, through Jesus. This is an unbreakable, eternal covenant and Jesus is the Guarantor of that covenant to all who enter in by faith in Him, our Risen Lamb of God.
Let's always be grateful and thankful, for a Love so great, that He died in our place and made the Way for us to enter into His Place with the Father. We can't hold back because of the failures we make while learning and growing in Him, but we must rest in the Truth that He is the Author and Finisher of our faith and that we will overcome by His Blood. Paul writes in Hebrews 2:13-14 (Amplified), "My trust and assured reliance and confident Hope shall be fixed in Him. And yet again, Here I am, I and the children Whom God has given me. Since therefore, these, His children share in flesh and blood (in the physical nature of human beings). He Himself, in a similar manner partook of the same nature, that by going through death He might bring to nought and make of no effect, him who had the power of death (that is the devil)."
Have a Blessed and Happy Easter!
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