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Heavenly News

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.  Philippians 1:21

 

The angel who came to the garden where Jesus' body lay rolled away the stone and permitted fresh air and morning light to fill His tomb.

The sepulcher was no longer an empty vault or dreary mausoleum; rather, it was a life-affirming place that radiated the glory and power of the living God. No longer was the tomb a dark, fearsome prision but a transformed reminder of the celestial light that sweeps aside the shadows of death. Jesus' resurrection changed all that--forever!

An unknown poet has said of the tomb, " 'Tis now a cell where angels used to come and go with heavenly news." No words of men or angels can adequately describe the height and depth, the length and breadth of the glory to which the world awakened when Jesus came forth to life from the pall of death.

Jesus' promise has been fulfilled: "Because I live, ye shall live also" (John 14:19).

From, HOPE for Each Day: Morning & Evening Devotions, by Billy Graham.