Gospel
Jn 20:1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.
Please, no political content here. I don’t care how much you just know your current events comments are related to these religious posts, don’t do it. You have numerous posts every day for politics. Use those.
Just remember that when everything that can happen has happened, God can change something evil into something so wonderful, it is beyond out ability to comprehend.
Alleluia! He is risen! He is risen indeed!
Enjoy!
Beautiful!
Happy Easter ?
He is risen indeed!
Alleluia!
Every Easter morning for the last thirty odd years.I play the hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah very loud on my eighties era stereo . I have blown the fuses on the speakers a couple of times. He is Risen Indeed!
My King.
“The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue….” J. R. R. Tolkien
I once was blind…. but now I see.
He is risen.
Happy Easter, everyone.
Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! A joyful and a blessed Easter to all.
V’shamru song for Shabbat
In the book + movie The Stand , Mother Abigal is talking to Nick Andros that it is their lot do deal with the evil one ” The Walking Dude “.
Nick says … ” but I don’t believe in GOD ”
Mother Abigail laughs and says : ” That dont matter , Nick , GOD believes in YOU ! ”
( I have said this to people, it really makes them think )
Sparrowhawk, I think of that often when dealing with unbelievers, and how she chuckled when she said it 🙂
Passover- First Half
Xristos Anesti!
Alithos Anesti!
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Happy Easter!
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And he stands at the door of every heart, waiting to be invited in, to bring salvation and begin the regeneration that is a telltale sign of every believer. The apostle said that, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away; behold, new things have come!” (2 Cor. 5:17) When you have Christ, you begin to find the true perspective in life, and you don’t see things quite like the world does. Through good and bad, joy and pain, there is a new hopefulness, a “peace that surpasses all understanding,” as the Bible puts it.
I could hope for nothing more than that all the readers of this fantastic forum find that same peace that comes through accepting that the sacrifice of Christ paid the penalty of their guilt before God and allow him in as the Savior and Lord of their lives. He has promised that anyone who comes to him he will in no way cast out. He’s a gentle Savior and if you come to him, your salvation is sure and secure. (John 6:37)
Amen
dbl Amen
He is risen!
Victory over death…and it can be yours too…..
Happy Easter friends
Going to the “Promised Land” ?
Therein lies the “Victory”
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
Psalm 150 by the great French composer Cesar Franck:
Happy Easter!
My church held its Easter services in full form as it was before pandemic with
our newly arrived pastor preaching his first Sunday with us
A great blessing for us all!
He is risen, indeed
HE IS RISEN INDEED!!
Wishing Sundance and Crew and All Wonderful Treepers a Most Blessed and Happy Easter ???
Happy Easter Treepers! Indeed he is risen and we need him more then ever!
freepetta, long time no see. How are you, my friend?
Glorious music for blessed Resurrection Day…
Thank you for that post. Inspirational, beautiful pieces.
“I am not insane most excellent Festus…..what I am saying is true and reasonable”. I just love old Saul of Tarsus and his resurrection testimony! Happy Easter!
Happy Easter Treepers!
God’s blessings through the death, burial and resurrection of his Son be upon you.
Hold on to Him. He is working all things out, even when we can’t see it, and even in the midst of these evil days. His the victory alone. Alleluia.
Thank you Jesus!
Retired Magistrate here: It is a beautiful sunny warm day here in rural Central Ohio. The flowers are blooming, birds are singing and my husband and I are enjoying this lovely day that the LORD has made.
This morning we went to our little church down the road. We had an Easter sunrise service and the men cooked a wonderful breakfast for the ladies. Then we went upstairs and praised GOD that JESUS IS RISEN; HE IS RISEN INDEED. Then we took communion. It was a lovely service. Last year, due to covid, we had to have our service outside and almost froze. After that, our Pastor decided it was time to open up. As a result, we were only closed for about a month and have been open ever since. No masks, we have our monthly potluck socials downstairs and we have prayer meetings at a member’s house every week. GOD does not want HIS people to live in fear; so we don’t.
I hope everyone has a Blessed Easter. Remember, our hope is in JESUS CHRIST and none other.
You are very blessed, Marcia, to have a pastor who is from Realvile (as Rush used to say). Good for him for opening up so life can go on! It is exactly what we all need. Our Archbishop is bound up in COVID craziness. Every other pew must be unoccupied to maintain social distancing. One mass each weekend is mask-required and one is mask-optional. We are not supposed to sing (!!). No coffee and fellowship downstairs after mass. But at least we are back in the church, and not out in the parking lot in our socially-distanced cars, as we were for a month last May. And at least we celebrated Holy Week, which last year we did not at all, as the church was completely closed for 6 weeks from mid-March to the end of April.
Blessed Easter, everyone! He is Risen!
I love this scene.
Did not our hearts burn within us?
Thank you, spaul.
What a treasure this series has been. I look forward to watching them all.
A blessed Easter to you, and yours!
He has risen Indeed!
Jesus teaches of being born again
Another song for today that I love, so beautiful in Latin. For a man there is something so angelica in female voices.
Ethereal and lovely. Thank you.
https://gab.com/realdonaldtrump/posts/106008064070463976
If you can Dr Scott on the open source anymore, his Resurrection message is one of the best.
✝️
Favorite Easter story! At our church in NC when my now 26 year old daughter (then 4 or 5) was watching the back of the church as our choir enacted the triumphant entrance to Jerusalem in full costume. When she saw the choir member portraying Jesus Christ enter she said in quite a loud not really whisper,”Mom they’ve got GOD! This is going to be good!”
Indeed we have God and it is going to be good!
I love the clarity of a child’s mind.
Happy Easter!
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Wishing all wonderful Treepers a blessed Resurrection Sunday. Maranatha!
He is risen, indeed!
I love my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
I don’t have words that could compliment or add to the 118 comments already posted. I will just say thanks to Menagerie and Amen.
Happy Easter.
Ah, but you do, breakout15..
And I appreciate them as much as any others.
Where two or more are gathered in His name…
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to all my fellow Treepers.
Special thoughts for the Last Refuge Team: Sundance, Menagerie, AdRem and others of whom I do not know their name.
Thank you for what you do and many Blessings.
“Jesus, Present to Past”:
For your listening pleasure.
He is risen!
Happy Easter Tree Family!! He is RISEN!! My God and my All.
Mark 9:40, KJV: “For he that is not against us is on our part.”
Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Acts 1:11 KJV
As we “occupy until He comes”, our greatest longing is to one day be with Him forever. May His Passion become our passion, His glory our desire, His presence our greatest blessing and His imminent return our ever present hope and expectation. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Amen! It is true He is Risen
That God’s covenant with us would be dependent only on His nature and not our own.
So sorrowful at our own nature’
yet, so happy and thankful for His gloriously wonderful sacrifice on our behalf. A sincere thanks to our Glorious Lord and Saviour.
Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, he is risen!