LIFE LESSON FOR TODAY

The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. https://en.wikipedia.org HE IS RISEN/ RESURRECTION DAY! MATTHEW 28 5-7 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6  He is not here: for He is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7  And go quickly, and tell his disciples that He has risen from the dead; and, behold, He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see Him: lo, I have told MATTHEW 28: 5-10,  12-13,  & 16-19 5  The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid,  for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.   6  He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.  Come and see the place where he lay.   7  Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee.  There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” 8  So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled wit

Crucifixion of Jesus: Marco Palmezzano (Uffizi,  Florence ), painting c. 1490 https://en.wikipedia.org EVENTS AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION: MATTHEW 27: 51-54 & 57- 60 51  At that moment the curtain of the temple  was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52  and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.   53  They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city  and appeared to many people. 54  When the centurion and those with him who were guarding  Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!” 57  As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.   58  Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.   59  Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean

" Christ on the Cross", by  Carl Heinrich Bloch  (1834–1890), showing the skies darkened https://en.wikipedia.org JESUS IS CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27: 26-36 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them:  and when he had scourged Jesus, he  delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took  Jesus into the common hall, and gathered  unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped Him, and put on him  a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of  thorns, they put it upon his head, and a  reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying,  Hail, King of the Jews! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the  reed, and smote him on the head. 31 And after that they had mocked him,  they took the robe off from him, and put  his own raiment on him, and led him away  to crucify him. 32 And as they came out, they found a  man of Cyrene, Simon by nam