And the world would never be the same.

Since that first Easter everything changed. The authorities, religious and political, thought that Jesus had been silenced, taken out of the picture, finished. Jesus’ follower’s hopes and dreams had come to an end. It seemed the powers of death and darkness had prevailed.

But then there was that open, empty tomb. And then the Risen, Living Jesus talking to Mary and later to the disciples on the road to Emmaus. And the world would never be the same. Because of this Risen One, the Bible would not be read the same either . From that first Easter the Bible would be seen and heard and read in light of that ultimat e act of redemption. There would no longer be Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female; all would be one in Christ. (Gal. 3:28) Even the Biblical Sabbath Day would be changed from Saturday to Sunday, the day of Resurrection, as an ongoing reminder of the Dawning of God's New Day. For God sent his Son
into the world not to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through Him. The Bible isn't just a book of laws and rules. This Risen One, we see, is the focus of the Bible, and the One to whom the whole Biblical story points!And the unfolding of that story continues.
Come and see, not just on Easter Sunday, but on all of the

Sundays of the Easter season and beyond, as the Living, Risen Christ and his promised Holy Spirit continues to breathe life into us and into God's world yet today.
And the world would never be the same.
See you in church!
Pastor Jack Diehl