It Was Blown Away

# 757- Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 16:2-4, “Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3 And they said among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?" 4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away--for it was very large. It's Sunday morning. “This is the day the Lord has made!” He is risen! He is risen indeed! The women are so concerned with this final act of loving devotion for their Lord that they rush to the tomb without considering the fact that in order to get at the body, they would need help in rolling the stone away from the entrance. They did not realize that the stone had not only been rolled in place but sealed and that a guard had been placed by the tomb by the order of Pilate. But even as they realize their oversight they look and see that the stone had not only been rolled away but it had been blown away! Out of the groove and laying flat on the ground, where Matthew tells us the angel used it for a seat. What happened here? It was like taking a door off of it's hinges and throwing it on the ground leaving a room wide open, never to be closed again! The grave is empty for the whole world to see! It could not hold the Son of God and it will not hold those who place their faith in Him. Oh don't you see? Because of this glorious day, we no longer need to fear death and damnation. Sadly, many will reject Jesus as Lord, in so doing they put death's door back on it's hinges and seal their own tomb and doom. A doom that will send their resurrected bodies to the tortures of hell simply because they rejected God's Son. 1Co 15:54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55 "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?" …................Hades only wins when we reject Christ.