Today followers of Jesus greet one another with the words,
“He is risen”
and the response is:
“He is risen indeed”
So, what does that traditional greeting mean?
It is in Luke 24:34 where the pair who had met the risen Jesus, announced to the other disciples:
“It is true! The Lord has risen”
In this statement is announced the miracle of Jesus overcoming death and rising from the grave … but, there is more to this.
Jesus rising from the dead, overcoming death … death, the major tool of Satan himself … means that Jesus has defeated death, Satan, evil … sin itself.
He is risen means that we know how this story ultimately ends.
In the rising of Jesus from his death bed, we can have confidence that in the end everyone who follows Jesus lives happily every after, for EVER! We can have confidence of life without death, disease, heartbreak, pollution, floods, cruelty to animals, environmental disasters, evil human leaders, starvation, homelessness etc., etc., etc.
He wins! Jesus is our living hope! Death and Satan are defeated!
He is risen!
He is risen indeed!
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