April 24, 2011: The Continuing Resurrection – Michael Hidalgo

On the morning after Sabbath, early, in the dark, two women went to the tomb. It was empty. Jesus was alive, risen, having defeated sin and death. While this event happened in one moment it was the beginning of something new. Jesus was the first to raise from the dead. While the resurrection began with Jesus – it did not stop with him.

Since the time of Jesus the resurrection has continued; it is ongoing. While death has come to all humanity through Jesus life has come, and we can have that life now. We can experience the resurrection in our lives, and when we do it becomes an event that happens over and over again. It happens in us – death becoming life – and it happens through us.