An invincible God

John 20:15
“…Who is it you are looking for?”

What an absurd question! You don’t look for someone who is dead; only someone who is alive. Imagine how freaking it would sound if someone comes knocking on your door looking for your dead relatives or loved ones!

Who is it that you are looking for? Mary thought she was looking at a Gardener who would have news of the Lord’s body. Mary did not recognise the angels or Jesus.

Mary came not looking for the living Lord. She came looking for a corpse. She had followed Jesus from the time when he healed her from the demonic possession and she had seen where they laid her beloved Messiah. She came with her spices to anoint her dear teacher’s dead body. (Jews do not believe in embalming)

Expecting to find a dead body, she found the resurrected Lord instead.

The Resurrection of our Lord reminds us that we serve an invincible God.

Death couldn’t keep him, the grave couldn't hold him. He looked death in the eye, took all our sins on himself and by one decisive act of sacrifice, overcame the sting of death.

To Him belongs the final victory. In conquering death, he proves himself indestructible and invincible.

Therefore God “gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. “ (Phil 2:9-11)

So in the new heaven and new earth, we were told that the one day the “kingdom of the world will become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”

If this invincible God is for us, then indeed who can stand against us?

Hallelujah! Christ is risen!