We read Mark's account of the resurrection in Mark 16:1-8.This account is filled with trembling, bewilderment, fear, and fleeing.
The point of the sermon was very simple. Jesus of Nazareth lived in Palestine 2000 years ago. Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on a Roman cross. History, and not just biblical history, bears witness to this.
No good historian can deny the existence of Jesus. No good historian can discount his crucifixion on a Roman cross. What history can not account for is what happened with the tomb!
The lynchpin of the Christian faith hinges on the real and bodily resurrection of Jesus. If by faith we believe what we cannot know, that he was indeed raised from the dead it changes everything. If he was not raised then we who believe he was are to be pitied more than all people.
One thing is for sure: when it comes to the resurrection it makes all the difference inthe world and the next. One way or another, Easter changes everything.
We concluded this sermon at the communion table set before us. We looked at Luke's account of the road to Emmaus. In the mystery, sadness, and fear of the day Jesus shows up. The Resurrected One goes unrecognized. But it is in that table that he is revealed. May it be with us! May the sacrament be the vehicle through which the Holy Spirit opens our eyes to see and experience the risen Lord in a way that changes everything!
Pastor Scott
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