What is needed, especially in our day, if we are to be changed and if we are to be instruments of change around us, is for the reality of the resurrection to become our own living reality.

At the death of Christ, that curtain separating man from God was torn in two—ripped by God himself. The angelic centurions were called off duty. The flaming sword was sheathed in Christ’s heart. The threat of judgment hanging over those who dare enter God’s presence fell on his head. In their place, condemned he stood.