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HE IS RISEN INDEED!

  The Resurrection 24  But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.   2  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,   3  but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.   4  While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.   5  And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?   6  He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,   7  that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.”   8  And they remembered his words, 9  and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10  Now it was Mary ...
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Once! For Everyone & When & Where

Isaiah 53:1–12 (NASB95): Chapter 53 The Suffering Servant    1 Who has believed our message?  And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?   2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,  And like a root out of parched ground;  He has no stately form or majesty  That we should look upon Him,  Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.   3 He was despised and forsaken of men,  A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;  And like one from whom men hide their face  He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.   4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore,  And our sorrows He carried;  Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,  Smitten of God, and afflicted.   5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions,  He was crushed for our iniquities;  The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,  And by His scourging we are healed.   6 All of us like s...
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John 17 : Christ’s High Priestly Prayer

 John 17:1–18:1 (ESV): The High Priestly Prayer 17 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.  6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that yo...
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Isaiah 53

  Isaiah 53:1–12 (ESV): Who has believed what he has heard from us? Z And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?   2  For he grew up before him like a young plant,  and like a root out of dry ground;      he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,  and no beauty that we should desire him.   3  He was despised and rejected by men,  a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;      and as one from whom men hide their faces  he was despised, and we esteemed him not.   4  Surely he has borne our griefs  and carried our sorrows;      yet we esteemed him stricken,  smitten by God, and afflicted.   5  But he was pierced for our transgressions;  he was crushed for our iniquities;      upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,  and with his wounds we are healed.   6  All we like sheep have ...
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Matthew 22

  Matthew 22:1–46 (ESV): And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, 3 and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.” ’ 5 But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, 6 while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. 7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10 And those servants went ...
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O LORD, Hear Our Prayers

Pray for India.
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Go & Sin No More - Easter As Eschatology

John 7:53 - 8:11 looks like a story that (to paraphrase my former New Testament Introduction professor, Maurice Robinson) has the appearance of a narrative that whoever compiled the text didn’t know where to place within the 4 Gospels. Does it belong to John or another author, like Luke? I agree, & I think it was providentially placed in John at a particular point in the narrative structure because it has a greater purpose than other pericopes.    It reminds me of the long ending of Mark & the Tower of Babel narrative in Genesis 11.  Like those 2 texts, when I consider the Pericope Adulterae, I am struck by their eschatological cast.    John 7:53 - 8:11  reminds me of the Book of Revelation, insofar as  Revelation is intended to be read as a short eschatological epic that depicts the full sweep of redemptive history, which is cyclical in nature.  Here’s what I mean by that… First, pay careful attention to the placement of the Pericope...
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