Day 25: He Is Risen
Luke 24:1–12
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. They entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body. While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. Becoming
terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth.
They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again?”
They remembered his words, returned from the tomb,
and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles. These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.
Secrets of Heaven 2405
Morning symbolizes the Lord, His Coming, and so the arrival of His kingdom…. This dawn occurs both in general and in particular, and even in specific detail: in general when some church is being revived on earth; in particular when an individual is reborn and becomes a new person… in specific whenever love and faith have a good effect on an individual.
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Lord’s resurrection on the third day in the morning involves all these meanings. It even involves the particular and specific ones, since He rises again in the minds of regenerate people daily and in fact from moment to moment.
Reflection
The Lord’s resurrection was a new beginning for all who want to know God. It also gives hope for a new dawn after every dark period in
our lives. What has been a new dawn in your week, your year, or your life?
