JESUS
CHRIST: HIS RESURRECTION; DEATH: TRIUMPH IN

One thing the resurrection teaches us is that we must not trust appearances. The leafless tree says by its appearance that there will be no second spring. The body in Joseph’s new tomb appears to signify the end of everything for Christ and His disciples. The limp form of a newly dead believer suggests everlasting defeat. Yet how wrong are all these appearances. The tree will bloom again. Christ arose the third day according to the Scriptures, and the Christian will rise at the shout of the Lord and the voice of the archangel.

1 Corinthians 15:3–4; 1 Corinthians 15:51–57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

This World: Playground or Battleground?, 61.