Where's God? Finding Him in the Small Stuff

When you come to Jesus' tomb expecting to find a dead body, but find an angel instead who proclaims that He is risen, He is alive, it would be only natural to feel overwhelmed by it all. The women at the tomb that day ran back to Jerusalem with an important message, which made them tremble, and which bewildered them.

Matthew talked about the Roman soldiers, Luke gave us the Emmaus Road, John told us about Mary Magdalene meeting Jesus in person, and Mark very intentionally wants us to know that even Peter needed to hear about Jesus' resurrection. Why Peter in particular? Let's find out!

It was obvious that the guards at the tomb on resurrection morning were spreading lies about what had happened to Jesus' body, because what they were "taught" to say by the religious leaders made no sense. Still, people believed the lie. Why? Why do people believe lies?

Such good news the angel at the tomb shared with the women who went there on resurrection morning! But when they left the tomb, they were afraid! Afraid of what exactly? At the same time, they were filled with great joy. How is that possible?

Two groups of people witnessed the angel come down from heaven and roll the stone away from Jesus' empty tomb...the women who had come to anoint Jesus' body, and the Roman guards who were charged with keeping the tomb secure. Their reactions to what they saw were completely different. How?

In this episode, we compare the original Greek manuscript of Matthew's resurrection morning account to most translations. These translations leave out the several times when Matthew wrote, "Behold!." There was a reason Matthew wrote it with the "Behold" included and when we put them back in, the whole passage comes to life in a new way!

We ask a question that has bothered some people because it seems to point to a conflict about what Jesus said to two people which seem to be mutually exclusive. But they are not and in this episode we give the clear explanation.

We combine all four gospel accounts of what happened on Resurrection morning at the tomb of Jesus without any contradictions among them. The whole story is even richer and more meaningful than the four separate accounts on their own!

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all gave us their personal account of what took place on Resurrection morning. They all agree that Jesus rose from the dead. But their stories are all a bit different. Does that matter to us as Christians?

Why is Resurrection Day one of the most overlooked parts of the Bible? Easter Sunday whizzes past us with lightning speed and then we are on to other things. It is time to slow down and take a closer look at that day, the most important day ever.