Now What??

We don't think very much about the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. Its just Saturday.

It's when we do our Easter egg hunts and get all our food ready for the next day.

We remember Christ's sacrifice on Friday and celebrate His resurrection on Sunday, but we don't think much on Saturday. I know I don't.

Because we know.

We know that Jesus didn't stay dead. The story wasn't over.

He came alive again!

I've been thinking today what this day must have been like to the disciples 2000 years ago.

What were they thinking, sitting in Jerusalem, having just buried the man that they believed to be God?

He was supposed to be a conquerer and their savior, so how could he have died?

I wonder what they were thinking.

Did they remember all the things that Jesus had said, how he must die, but that he would be raised again?

Did they trust that Jesus was truly God and had the power to do anything?

Did they understand that Jesus had to pay the price for their/our sin? Did they understand that he was their perfect sacrifice?

Or were they afraid?

Did they worry that they were next?

Was Peter still weeping over reject for betraying Jesus in his time of need?

Did he wonder if he would ever be able to beg Jesus for forgiveness for his weakness?

I don't know what they were thinking, but I praise God that I don't have to worry. As hard and sad as it is to remember Jesus' death on Friday, I don't have to be scared and sad today. Because I know.

I know what's coming tomorrow.

I know that the grave did not stay sealed, that Jesus did not stay dead.

And I can sit here anticipating tomorrow morning, the day that we will all say, "Christ is risen, He is risen indeed."