Hope in Death

Can you find Hope in Death? Easter Sunday brings forth hope, and new life for so many who know, that they know,  that death no longer hold's it's sting. “O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?”

1 Corinthians 15:55


For those that know beyond a shadow of a doubt there is life after this short time on this round ball of dirt, they get it.  But what about people who don't quite fully grasp what is so special about this day? It's not about the season of Spring that we choose to celebrate this day called Easter Sunday.  Although all the cherry blossoms, with beautiful pink flowers and yellow daffodils coming out of the ground that was covered in snow only days ago...  do help to add to the feeling of hope and new life.  But this day is pregnant with HOPE  because of something that happened 2000 years ago. For as many people who hold this day as a sacred day, there are just as many if not more, who don't understand why it is wrapped up in a confusing package of bunnies and eggs, and baskets and chocolate.  There was a man. His name was and still is Jesus. He lived for 33 years on this earth. He died and 3 days later, he came back to life. In the 33 years that he walked this earth only 3 of those years were truly recorded.  We have snip its of the 30 years before he came out in the public eye, but they are like a world without Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snap Chat and Blogs.  They are the years where we wonder...  Did he look different to everyone he met? Did he have a best friend ? Did he struggle with acne? Did he build some bad ass chairs? For the 3 years that he was in the public eye and we have record of, here is what we know; He cried.  He felt pain.  He was betrayed. He drank and made wine. He had 12 best friends until one betrayed him. He loved his mom. He spoke to women even though he wasn't supposed to. He hung out with prostitutes. He was best friends with Zealots. He got angry and pissed off at people who claimed to know God, but really didn't. He cussed.  He was called crazy for how he talked about intimacy and eating his flesh. He said that HE and HE alone was the way, the truth, and the LIFE. And then after a brutal death on a cross it was all over.  Until 3 days later it wasn't.  While he walked the earth some 2000 years ago he forever changed the world.  He is a mystery only solved by the eyes of faith.  He is where HOPE in DEATH is found. 
He was wounded for our rebellious acts. He was crushed for our sins. He was punished so that we could have peace, and we received healing from his wounds.
Isaiah 53:5