Today is Easter Sunday! On this day Christians say “The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed!”
When Jesus rose from the dead, His glorious body still bore the scars from the nails that pierced his hands and feet and nailed him to the cross. In the Forgiving Challenge earlier this year, we were reminded of the acronym “S.C.A.R.S.” that stands for Sin, Confession, Absolution, Restoration, and Sanctification. Good Friday (the day when Jesus was crucified) is the day of Absolution, when Jesus washed away all our sins with His death on the cross. Easter Sunday is the day of Restoration, because the empty tomb is not only the sign that God restored His Son to life after His death, but that He accepted the sacrifice of Jesus as more than enough payment for all our sins, restores us to life in His love, and will restore our bodies to bring us into heaven.
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