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Also traffic cameras were also on the bridge
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Where was the camera that was able to take a picture of the bridge collapsing exactly when the ship hit the bridge?What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
The Holy CityThe Holy City
Last night I lay a-sleeping
There came a dream so fair
I stood in Old Jerusalem
Beside the temple there
I heard the children singing
And ever as they sang
Me thought the voice of angels
From heaven in answer rang
Me thought the voice of angels
From the heaven in answer rang
Jerusalem, Jerusale
]ft up your gates and sing
"Hosanna in the highest
Hosanna to your King!"
And then me thought my dream was changed
The streets no longer rang
Hushed were the glad Hosannas
The little children sang
The sun grew dark with mystery
The morn was cold and chill
As the shadow of a cross arose
Upon a lonely hill
As the shadow of a cross arose
Upon a lonely hill
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Hark, how the angels sing
"Hosanna in the highest
Hosanna to your King!"
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And once again the scene was changed
New earth there seemed to be
I saw the Holy City
Beside the tideless sea
The light of God was on its streets
The gates were open wide
And all who would might enter
And no one was denied
No need of moon or stars by night
Or sun to shine by day
It was the new Jerusalem
That would not pass away
It was the new Jerusalem
That would not pass away
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Sing for the night is o'er!
Hosanna in the highest
Hosanna forevermore!
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna forevermore!
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
HE HAS RISENHe has risen
He has risen
Jesus is alive
When the life flowed from His body
Seemed like Jesus' mission failed
But His sacrifice accomplished
Vict'ry over sin and hell
In the grave God did not leave Him
For His body to decay
Raised to life - the Great Awakening
Satan's pow'r He overcame
If there were no resurrection
We ourselves could not be raised
But the son of God is living
So our hope is not in vain
When the Lord rides out of heaven
Mighty angels at His side
They will sound the final trumpet
From the grave we shall arise
He has given life immortal
We shall see Him face to face
Through eternity we'll praise Him
Christ the champion of our faith
Noel & Tricia Richards & Gerald Coates, © Thankyou Music 93
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Bible verses to celebrate the resurrectionThe significance of Easter Sunday is that it represents the freedom we have to live a life of victory in God. Our sins are forgiven through the grace of God, and we can enjoy abundant joy from today onward.
How better to honor the occasion than by reviewing the popular Easter Bible verses?
John 11:25-26
“Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
Acts 4:33
“With great power, the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all.”
1 Peter 1:3
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy, He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
Luke 24:6-7
“He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and, on the third day, be raised again.”
Mark 16:5-7
“As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed."Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He isn't here. See the place where they laid Him. But go tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There, you'll see Him, just as He told you.'”
Acts 3:15
“You killed the author of life, but God raised Him from the dead.”
Romans 8:34
“Who, then, is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus, who died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”
He is risen indeed, hallelujah
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
One of the most joyful sentences a Christian can say on Easter morning is “He is risen!”For some Christians, the phrase is nothing more than a greeting. But for those that study God’s word, it’s a confirming statement of the resurrection of Christ, the Lord.
By saying those three words, we're reminded that our eternal life is certain.
It’s because God raised our savior Jesus Christ from the dead to wipe away our sins that we can declare, "He is risen." And that's certainly worth celebrating.
To commemorate the resurrection of Christ, we’ll explore the meaning of the phrase "He is risen" along with some celebratory Bible verses.
What does “He is risen” mean?
The phrase "He is risen" is used by Christians during Easter to celebrate Christ's resurrection from the dead. The response to the phrase “He is risen” is, “He’s risen indeed.”
Early on, Eastern and Byzantine liturgies used the greeting more frequently than Western ones.
Tradition has it that Mary Magdalene popularized the phrase when she had a meeting with Emperor Tiberius in Rome, telling him that “Christ is risen” from the dead.
Christ's resurrection by God served as final proof of God's approval and vindication of everything Jesus stood for. Jesus identified with the poor and disenfranchised, but most of all, those who had committed a multitude of sins.
Christ also absorbed the hatred given to Him from religious and political powers without returning it. He was passionate about liberating the oppressed and teaching us true compassion.
Because of the compassionate life Jesus led, God saved us from our sins.
“He is risen” is an important doctrinal truth we share on Easter and at other times with one another about the power of Christ's resurrection. We proclaim His power over death in the present tense since it is a continuing fact. We have continued hope in Christ's resurrection even thousands of years later.
We can confidently proclaim that He is risen. He is risen, indeed, hallelujah!
The story of the resurrection
The Old and New Testaments both speak of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Before His death on the cross, Jesus told His disciples of His resurrection, and His disciples saw the body of the risen Christ.
In the days before Jesus rose from the dead, He was tried by a court and convicted for a false claim to be a king.
Jesus' body was hung on a cross between two thieves, and His body was laid in a tomb after His death, wrapped in linen cloth and covered with a large stone.
silhouette of cross on a roof at night
Mary Magdalene and another Mary traveled to the empty tomb early on a Sunday morning. An angel of the Lord sat on the rolled-away stone and told them not to be afraid, for Jesus had risen.
“But the angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified. He isn't here, for he has risen, as he said. Come see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you'll see him. See, I have told you’” (Matthew 28:5-7).
While the women were leaving to tell the disciples, Jesus Christ met them and showed them the nail-piercings in His hands.
Later, Peter’s message to the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem was that God “raised up” this Jesus “whom you crucified” and “has made Him both Lord and Messiah” (Acts 2:32-36).
According to Acts, the Bible verses were historically reflective of early Christian thought, which held that God approved of Jesus' resurrection, and He will always be a constant presence in the lives of His followers.
The belief in God's saving grace and mercy, through Jesus our savior, is meaningless without the resurrection. He proved His divinity as the son of God, as well as His redeeming and saving work through rising from the dead.
One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
Argentina's Defence Minister Luis Petri on Tuesday signed a letter of intent to buy the 24 jets with his Danish counterpart Troels Lund Poulsen in Buenos Aires."We received the visit of the Danish Minister of Defence, Troels Lund Poulsen, with whom we signed a letter of intent for the purchase of F-16 aircraft and support equipment. We are laying the foundation for cooperation in defence between Denmark, the US and Argentina," said Petri in a post on Twitter.
The purchase, which also includes engines, spare parts, simulators and training equipment, is the first major defence purchase made by President Javier Milei’s government since the Argentine head of state took office last December.
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UK defense capabilities of the Falklands, following the Danish F16s deal for Argentina
With the blessing of United States concerned about the advance of China in the Americas, has placed renewed attention on the UK’s ability to defend the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, and whether the balance of power is shifting.
After the 1982 Falklands War between UK and Argentina, (triggered by the military invasion and occupation of the Islands by the Argentine Junta), UK moved to reinforce its ability to defend the Falkland Islands through the creation of a tri-service defense capability. Central to this is RAF Mount Pleasant, an airbase constructed some forty miles south of the capital city of Stanley on East Falkland.
British Army and Royal Navy assets are also assigned to the territory, with units rotating in and out as required. There are around 1,500 UK military personnel stationed on the Falkland Islands at any one time.
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Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto is set to embark on a visit to China from March 31 to April 2, following an invitation from President Xi Jinping. During his visit, President Subianto will engage in talks with President Xi Jinping and meet with Premier Li Qiang. Discussions will revolve around bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest.
Amazing song
Hello, anyone is there.
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Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. The decision came after a review found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history.The book, Des Destinées de L’âme, meaning "Destinies of the Soul," was written by Arsène Houssaye, a French novelist and poet, in the early 1880s. The printed text was given to a physician, Ludovic Bouland, who "bound the book with skin he took without consent from the body of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked," Harvard said in a recent statement. The book has been at the university's Houghton Library.
Bouland included a handwritten note inside the book. It said "a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering," associate university librarian Thomas Hyry said in a published question-and-answer segment online Wednesday (local time). The note also detailed the process behind preparing the skin for binding.
Scientific analysis done in 2014 confirmed the binding was made of human skin, the university said
One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
Islamabad, Pakistan – Five Chinese nationals and a Pakistani driver have been killed after a suicide attacker rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into their convoy near Besham city in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The incident happened on Tuesday when the convoy was on its way from Islamabad to Dasu, the site of a key hydroelectric dam being constructed by a Chinese company, about 270km (167 miles) from the capital.
On Monday night, separatist fighters attacked a naval airbase in Turbat area in the southwestern province of Balochistan, killing at least one paramilitary soldier. Officials said all five of the assailants were also killed in retaliatory fire.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which has been behind several attacks on Pakistani and Chinese interests in the region and elsewhere, claimed responsibility for the Turbat attack.
Last week, another BLA attack at Gwadar, a port city in Balochistan, killed two soldiers and eight of the group’s fighters. Gwadar is the centrepiece of the $62bn dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, Pakistan’s most ambitious infrastructure and investment project in recent years.
One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
Serbia is marking the anniversary of the NATO attack on former Yugoslavia, with the consequences of the aggression still plaguing the country. RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij has explored the impact of the war, still felt throughout the region 25 years after – and not even accessed in full.During the illegal bombing campaign, NATO forces used some 31,000 rounds containing depleted uranium, a highly toxic and slightly radioactive material. The attacks with the use of such munitions affected some 91 sites across the country, Dubenskij noted.
According to NATO’s own estimates, 10 metric tons of material were used during the campaign. Depleted uranium has been primarily used in 30-mm armor-piercing incendiary ordnance, utilized by A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack planes, as well as 25mm rounds of Bradly infantry fighting vehicles and shells for M1 Abrams tanks. Depleted uranium cores in such munitions evaporate on impact, likely leaving the environment polluted for years.
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The International Monetary Fund announced on Friday the immediate disbursement of US$820 million to the Egyptian government, part of an augmented plan to aid the nation's stumbling economy.
The IMF's Executive Board validated the payment as part of a US$3 billion aid programme granted at the end of 2022.
The IMF action, repeatedly postponed and eagerly awaited by the Egyptian government, arrives at a time of mounting difficulties for its economy.
The Board also approved a US$5 billion extension announced at the beginning of the month, bringing the Fund's total lending to Egypt to US$8 billion.
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March 29, 2024
Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan today to join a probe into the killing of five Chinese nationals in a suicide attack, Pakistan's Interior Ministry said, seeking to stem assaults threatening Islamabad's drive to modernise the economy.
Tuesday's incident was the third major attack in little over a week on China's interests in the South Asian nation, where Beijing has invested more than US$65 billion in infrastructure projects as part of its wider Belt and Road initiative.
How to sound EXACTLY like Jimi Hendrix...
Joe Bonamassa does a recreation of what Hendrix used in Band of Gypsys using vintage gear and then compares it to 'off the shelf' new gear.Classic mistake: He's right handed playing a right handed guitar.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
King James Version (KJV)
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Most of us know what we should or not should do, hpladyI know some of those churches.
Please follow us on "Gospel City Church" best go back several pages.
Great teachers for sure....................
You Can't Make This Sh*t Up
I was watching the show "The View" the other day...they had on an author of a book on evangelicals...basically who they are and how some became agreeable to Trump being elected including explaining why they are okay with the many indiscretions of Trump's actions that are far from the example of model Christian behaviour...criminal behaviour in fact...The author, Tim Alberta of the book The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, gives readers a look into this phenomenon...
Although I have yet to read this book...the author who happens to be a preacher's son gives an insider view on how this is possible...or evolved...
Because of this book...he has been seen by some in his faith as a traitor...but he has a different point of view...
What are we DOING??
Oh, yes! Please post a blog! Your blogs are hilarious! Always reading your blogs, you are so creative.Not much fun here though, was three days nonstop rain, now snowing /melting.
Happy Easter!!!!
RE: You Can't Make This Sh*t Up
An empty vessel is exactly what he is, there is no 'interior' to the man. He is a pile of lust and ego, seeking instant gratification.UK & USA ELECTIONS THIS YEAR. UKRAINE?
In the UK, Tichy Sunak's weak leadership is destroying the Conservative party. So far, we have the highest taxes, sewage dumped in rivers, pot holes everywhere, the health service with long waiting lists for treatment, illegal migrants crossing the channel daily, ministers resigning. Councils going bankrupt.A general election not decided yet, but the opposition party led by Starmer is likely to succeed. A new party called, Reform, should do well.
BEYONCE'S COUNTRY ALBUM
Mysterious girlWould you be happier if she included the Bodhran drum and harp in her music?
Blog family
Friendship . Good morning , they are visiting, but thank you and to everyone who assisted me with the information. They got through thank God.One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has promised to look at a possibility of attending a BRICS summit in Russia’s Kazan in October._______________________________________
Italian Air Force’s Eurofighter jets deployed at Poland’s Malbork air base have been scrambled twice in the past 24 hours after spotting Russian aircraft over international waters in the Baltic Sea
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BRICS group is playing a key role in shaping a multipolar world order, and Tehran's relations with Moscow influenced the entry of the Islamic Republic into BRICS, Professor Mehdi Seif Tabrizi, an Iranian expert on Russia and the Caucasus, said in an interview with TASS.
"BRICS plays a key role in shaping a multipolar world and contributes to the establishment of a more just world order," the expert noted. According to him, all members of the intergovernmental group, both its founding countries and its newly joined member states, "support the construction of a multipolar world order and demand fair and equal participation of all countries in decision-making processes."
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The cardinal revision of the DPRK's policy in inter-Korean relations stems from the changes in the world order that the special military operation in Ukraine has brought about, researcher Chung Jae-hung of the South Korean Sejong University, has told TASS.
"The fact that in the wake of the North Korea-Russia summit in 2023 North Korea proclaimed inter-Korean ties as relations between two hostile states rather than parts of one nation is directly related to the rapidly changing world order," Ghung said.
The way he sees it, Pyongyang seeks to change the situation on the Korean Peninsula with the help of "a new multipolar world order led by China and Russia," while the Yoon Suk-yeol government in Seoul, advocating liberal democratic values, supports "the existing US-led unipolar world." The Republic of Korea leans on the Group of Seven and provides assistance to Kiev. The DPRK, for its part, supports Russia and is ready to strengthen relations with the global South, as well as, as the expert points out, with the BRICS and the SCO.
Chung, the Director of the Center for Chinese Studies noted the similarity of conflicts around Ukraine and the Korean Peninsula.
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BRICS’ further expansion will be beneficial for African countries, United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel Leonardo Santos Simao said in an interview with TASS.
"What is my hope is that BRICS can be an additional source of the financing development for Africa, in particular for West Africa and the Sahel. And if this is the case, I think the developments taking place are welcome indeed," he said when asked if BRICS enlargement could have a positive influence on the situation in the region.
"I think a lot of work is still in progress to establish the rules and procedures and refine maybe the objectives on that," he added.
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The nature of the relationship between China and the United States not only affects the well-being of the people of both countries but also the future of humanity, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with American businessmen held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
"The well-being of the people of both countries, as well as the future and destiny of humanity, depend on whether China and the United States cooperate or confront each other, The Chinese president emphasized that "as long as both sides consider each other as partners, respect each other's interests, peacefully coexist, and cooperate for mutually beneficial results, bilateral relations will improve."
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Japanese government health officials raided a factory today producing health supplements that they say have killed at least five people and hospitalised more than 100 others.About a dozen people wearing dark suits solemnly walked into the Osaka plant of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. in the raid shown widely on Japanese TV news, including public broadcaster NHK.
RE: Blog family
Then don't disappoint the "unlike some."Chat gave you information about insurances, but if your family is here on a working visa they can get discount/free medical care.
RE: What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Dear Jenny I know you are in the middle of trying to teach something here, but I feel something else needs to be said too.We've lived our lives, we are absolutely on that train.
But thinking back over my life, it's difficult. When I was little it wasn't hard at all to be good enough for Jesus. As I grew up I went to different churches and things started getting complicated. Different churches had different things that were considered sins.
I remember being told it was a sin to dance... I loved to dance, and thought why is it a sin... it's so much fun. Then as I got older I'm told anything you do to harm your body is a sin, because your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. No drinking , no smoking, no over eating...I'm sure there were more but I can't remember them right now. Then there was fasting and praying whenever the church told you to. Women could not cut their hair or wear pants. Then some churches let their people drink beer and some real wine.
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They were like, we know what actually happened, but tell the people a different story. Instead, tell the people his body was stolen. Tell him a different story. Tell them whatever you want. Just don't let people believe that he rose from the dead, make up anything. People do the same thing today, tell people he wasn't a real person, tell people he wasn't God, tell people he didn't actually die, tell people he didn't actually rise.Every false religion in the world today tries to tries to alter the gospel by changing parts of it or all of it.
That's been a tactic of people who oppose Jesus for the past two thousand years.
But do any of those tactics ever work? Can you say wet paper towel, resist resistance? Throughout history, the harder the world tries to stop the resurrection of power, resurrection, power of Jesus from spreading, the more of that power is put on full display by God.
Examples in places like China and Iran, laws exist to limit or stop the belief in the resurrection of Christ and to stop the spreading of the message in those countries today.
How do you think that's working out? The church is spreading like wildfire in those countries.
People are believing and getting saved left, right and center. The resurrection is an unstoppable force. It couldn't be stopped when Jesus walked out of his tomb alive.
It won't be stopped as long as his church takes the message of the resurrection across the whole world.
It won't be stopped when he comes back to rapture his church. Final question for you in this message. Are you on the resurrection train if you answer yes to that question? Praise God you're on it. If you if you are, you are on it by faith, by believing on the resurrection of Jesus. Now invite people to get on the train with you by telling them the gospel. Tell them there's room for them where you're going. But you might say, no, I'm not on the train yet, then I will say to you, what are you waiting for?
Jesus said that whoever is not for him is against him. You are either on the resurrection train or you're not. You either have resurrection power in your life or your life. Is the wet paper towel trying to resist God? Stop resisting him. Confess your sins, turn from them and give your life to follow the one who loved you so much, she came to die on the cross for your sins and then rose from the dead so that you can rise one day to believe in Jesus today and become a Christian.
Get on the train. That is the unstoppable force of the resurrection.
Let's pray. Father, we worship you as we do every week, but we worship you today, this day on Easter Sunday for a very specific reason. You rose, Jesus, you rose, and there was nothing in all of the universe seen or unseen that could have applied pressure to you to keep that from happening.
You are the victorious one. You are the sovereign one. You are the champion of life. You are the source and the sustainer of life. You are the resurrection. You conquer death. You put it to shame. You triumphed over it and you sent your disciples across the world telling everyone the message that they have access to God now simply by believing in the life, death and resurrection of the son.
You tell people or don't clean your life up first. Don't be righteous first. Don't get your act together first. Just confess your sins and come to me and I will take care of everything. Praise you, God, you're such a good God. You're so merciful. You're so full of love and grace and truth and comfort and power.
We praise you. We praise you. Today on Easter Sunday. We praise you every day, every day until you come back to get us. Lord, thank you. Thank you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
The same resurrection power that rose Christ from the dead was now living personally inside his people, empowering them to live for him. Before Jesus went back to heaven after his resurrection, he also gave his disciples the charge to tell everyone the gospel. The gospel is the message of the life, death and the resurrection of Jesus. And this message is not your everyday kind of message. This message is the power of salvation to everyone who believes everyone who believes the gospel will be saved from their sins be given eternal life, and they, too, will receive the resurrection power of the Holy Spirit, who comes to live inside of them.And we look forward to our own resurrection, the day is coming and is soon here when Jesus is going to call his church home to be with him forever in that day, those who are alive will be caught up in the air to meet the Lord, together with those who have trusted in Christ and have died. They will be resurrected to new life and receive the same kind of body that Jesus received when he rose from the dead.
Listen to what the apostle Paul says concerning the resurrection in First Corinthians 15. Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we should all be changed.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable and we shall all be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this moral body must put on immortality.
Paul goes on in First Thessalonians, Chapter four. But we do not want you to be uninformed brothers about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do, who have no hope for, since we believe that Jesus died and rose again. Even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this, we declare to you by a word from the Lord that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord will not proceed.
Those who have fallen asleep, for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an angel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord, therefore encourage one another with these words. And ever since the resurrection happened, the message of the resurrection has been carried around the world by those filled with resurrection power and people have been believing in the resurrection for the past two thousand years.
God and pump the brakes on the resurrection train after Jesus rose from the dead, the resurrection train only picked up steam after heroes and resurrection power has been experienced by people all over the world ever since. Can anyone, anything stop the unstoppable force that is the resurrection? No, it goes on and on and on and on. But that doesn't mean that people don't try and stop it. Back to Matthew after Jesus left the tomb alive. Listen to this.
While they were going behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place, and when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, tell people his disciples came by night and stole them away while we were asleep. And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble. So they took the money and did as they were directed.
And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day. They couldn't keep him in the tomb, and so they switched up their tactics to try to stop the resurrection from spreading. They tried to change the narrative of the story to keep people from believing the real story.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
They still tried to keep his body in the tomb anyway.
So they roll the stone in front of the tomb and they put up a guard of soldiers in front of the tomb to keep his body in it. Yeah, that was going to work. Can anyone say wet paper towel? He rose anyway, of course. And he walked out of that tomb even before the stone was rolled away. Let's keep reading in. Matthew. Chapt 28 Verse one to ten. Now, after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, which was Sunday, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
And behold, there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord, descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him, the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the woman, Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen as he said.
Come see the place where he lay, then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead.
And behold he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him. See, I've told you so. They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said greetings. And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. And there they will see me.
Jesus was already gone by the time the angel came to remove the stone from in front of the tomb in the darkness of the tomb, Jesus overcame death. He conquered it. Death would not and could not keep the light of the world under the cloak of darkness. He rose. And we were talking about this kind of resurrection power.
We need to understand that Jesus didn't need to be let out of the tomb after he rose.
He didn't need to wait for an angel to come rule the stone away so that he could get out.
He wasn't trapped in there. He just left.
The glorified risen Christ is not bound by anything, not bound by time. Space matter, nothing. The stone wasn't rolled away, for Jesus sake. It was rolled the way for for the sake of those who were there that day. The angel said to the women who are there, come see where he was.
He's not here anymore. He's risen. And then the angel also said to them, don't be afraid. I think it's funny that the angel didn't tell everyone there that day not to be afraid, he didn't tell the soldiers to not be afraid.
He only told the women who were there to not be afraid soldiers. You should be afraid. You oppose the king of heaven.
And now the king is not dead anymore. Then the woman left to tell the disciples that Jesus was alive and on their way, they met the risen one and they worshiped him and it was awesome. A question. Now, was that the end of the resurrection story, was it all over after Jesus rose from the dead? Did God apply the brakes to the resurrection train and bring it gently to a full stop and into the station?
Hardly. If anything, the resurrection train only began to pick up steam after Jesus rose from the dead.
Here are just a few quick hitting points to consider in terms of how resurrection power took off after Jesus rose from the dead. A lot of people personally saw Jesus for themselves after he resurrected, he saw himself alive to people over a period of 40 days before he ascended back to heaven.
At one point, there were five hundred people who saw him. At the same time, they got to witness resurrection power for themselves after Jesus rose.
And then after Jesus ascended to heaven, his disciples waited in Jerusalem for the promise, he told them about 10 days after Jesus went back to heaven, the Holy Spirit was poured out on the church.
RE: Not a terrorist act
So no different to any other country, thank you