A common response to Easter is to ignore it but momentous things did happen which have changed the lives of people forever.

This passage records that on the Friday, known as Good Friday, the disciples saw Jesus die. On the Sunday, however, when the women went to the tomb expecting to find a dead body they became afraid. This is because they found the tomb empty and met an angel who told them “He is not here, He is risen”.  As they were returning home they met Jesus.

Jesus resurrection was like a glimpse of the future for His followers … it guarantees our resurrection and new bodies which will last forever. Jesus defeated death and when He returns He will banish death forever.

For His followers, our transformed lives should show that the resurrection really did happen and that we look forward to a new world without any pandemics. Death will not have the last word in our lives and this changes everything. We are stewards of the gospel message … Jesus died for our sins and rose again to show that we have forgiveness forever in Him. This is a message that even the pandemic cannot stop. At Easter something did happen.