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When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; 
they were alarmed. 
"Don't be alarmed,"
he told them. 
"You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they put him."
Mark 16:5-6 CSB
They were looking for a dead Jesus.
An historical Jesus.
A Jesus who's life might have been important to the few people he talked to and was a rabbi to.
A Jesus who's words and teaching might be recorded somewhere,  remembered by someone.
But instead they found an empty space and someone who gave them the news that changed everything.
He is not here.
And why?
Because He Is Risen.
As we rest in that today, how does that change this moment, today, how we see the world, and how we see ourselves?
Jesus wasn't pulled back through death for his own sake, but for ours.
He is risen.
Rest in that today.
Meditate on that today
Live in the light of that today.
#amazinglove
#heisrisen
#everythingchanges

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