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The
resurrection is vitally important for many reasons: (1) Jesus kept His
promise to rise from the dead, so we can believe He will keep all His other
promises; (2) The resurrection ensures that the ruler of God’s
eternal kingdom will be the living Christ, not just an idea, hope, or dream;
(3) Christ’s resurrection gives us the assurance that we also will be
resurrected; (4) The power of God that brought Christ’s body back from the
dead is available to us to bring our morally and spiritually dead selves
back to life so that we can change and grow (1 Corinthians 15: 12—19);
(5) The resurrection provides the substance of the church’s
witness to the world. We do not merely tell lessons from the life of a
good teacher — we
proclaim the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Gospels tell of
the events of
Easter. |
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Mark says that one
angel met the women at the tomb, while Luke mentions two angels. These
accounts are not contradictory: each Gospel writer chose to highlight
different details as he explained the same story, just as eyewitnesses to a
news story each may highlight a different aspect of that event. Mark
probably emphasized only the angel who spoke.
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