I was about to continue with my series of Moses today, but the
Holy Spirit gently nudged me to write something else for Easter. So
what I am about to write comes directly from Him to you in this
wonderful Easter time.
Easter and Christmas is the only
two holidays kept by the majority of countries. Even if they don't
celebrate it for the right reasons, they have a public holiday on
these two occasions. And I think that is amazing! Jesus is the only
human being who ever lived whose birth and death is commemorated.
That is really a testimony to His greatness. And as we celebrate
Easter this weekend we need to focus again on Who He was and what
He did for us.
By His death He opened the way of
salvation to us all, He joined the Gentiles and believing Israel
into one family, He set us free from the power of sin, He created a
new person inside us all who believe, He formed us as part of His
Body, He paid the blood price for His Bride and He took the
punishment of sin upon Himself and opened the way for us all into
the very presence of God the Father. He did this all because He
loved us and still loves us.
And today I experience that the
Holy Spirit wants us to focus on all this this Easter, but
especially on the fact that Jesus is alive! He is really and truly
alive! He rose on the third day from the grave and He appeared in
His glorified Body to several of His disciples and followers. There
was no denying that He did in fact rose from the grave. And we need
to focus on that and be excited for all that lies ahead for us
because He did.
Because Jesus is alive, we will be
alive forevermore. We can experience heaven today, because we are
part of the Body of Christ Who are seated at the right hand of God
the Father. Because He is alive we can look forward to a King
reigning in a Kingdom without end. We can look forward to a life
without heartache, without sickness, without tears and without
pain. We can look forward with excitement to a life without
injustice and without corruption and poverty. We can look forward
to the wedding of all ages, because Christ, our Bridegroom, is
alive!
"For a child is born to us, a son
is given to us. And the government will rest on His shoulders.
These will be His royal titles: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His ever expanding, peaceful
government will never end. He will rule forever with fairness and
justice from the throne of His ancestor David. The passionate
commitment of the Lord Almighty will guarantee this!" Isaiah
9:6,7
I feel an excitement welling up
inside of me and I hope you do to when you read this. Jesus is
alive and He is going to reign forevermore! He will have the
government on His shoulders and we can be certain that He will be
fair and kind. But more than that we are His faithful Bride and He
will tenderly love us forever and ever. He longs for that day and
so should we! It is going to be a glorious day. And therefore we
need to pray along with the Lord's prayer that 'Thy Kingdom come'
and also pray along with the second last verse of the Bible:
"Jesus who is the faithful witness
to all these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon!" Amen! Come, Lord
Jesus!" Revelation 22:20
Amen! Come Lord Jesus! Let thy
Kingdom come! We love You and we long for You to come and take
over. We know that Your reign is good and fair and we cannot wait
for that day! Help us to be the faithful Bride that You desire.
Amen