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What Kind of God makes all things new by dying?
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- The Garden Tomb
Right outside the Old City of Jerusalem, about two blocks away from a bustling marketplace is a tomb. No one is in it.
Hewn away from within a rock wall, this tomb has room for two bodies and a small gathering of mourners. No one is mourning.
Nobody stays there, though many come to visit. They come to visit to acknowledge the most amazing thing. This place represents the ultimate new beginning. The God who created all things, has a plan to make all things new. All things.
Need anything made new?
His plan is like no other. No one else would dream of a strategy like His. His plan began with a cross, an instrument of His own death. Then from a place normally associated with ultimate endings, God generated the ultimate New Beginning.
- Inside the Tomb
Start over again Today. Look at the place where a dead body should be resting today.
The same power that raised Him from the dead can raise anything back to life. Start again today, but this time start in a tomb. Let Someone Else raise you up today.
What kind of a God makes all things new by dying? The God who sees Life as a Person and death as a defeated enemy. Drink today from the resurrection.
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I woke up this morning and welcomed Easter…my first thought being “Christ has risen!…what an amazing gift of starting over.” Then I came here.
I can’t describe the feelings that came over me as I read this entry and my eyes fell on the pictures. I don’t know if this makes sense, but somehow I felt a sense of calm.
Rock Star,
Website:Absolutely makes sense…this one fact…He is risen, makes all calm possible. Thanks RFB
Bob Hamp,
Website: bobhamp.comFor the first time in 30 yrs…I can honestly say that His death and His resurrection mean something so priceless/precious to me. He is risen!!! My heart is so full of emotion as this is the first year I have ever been truly touched by His sacrificial gift. Thanks for sharing your words and pics!!
Amy,
Website:The seed for the geranium is planted in the ground. In order for us to see the plant and the beautiful flower, the seed must die/be used up (or at least be transformed into something that it was not before). The apple seed is placed in the ground. The seed must die/be used up to bring the tree. The tree bears the fruit of the apple. However, in order to have another tree to bear more fruit, the apple must die to produce the seed; a cycle of life, death and new life.
I’ve been on quite a journey. I stepped out of a ministry last year because I felt God calling me to move away from ministry for a season. This was painful and has been difficult to embrace; almost a feeling of experiencing a death. As I drove to the church building on Saturday afternoon I was overcome with emotion and just wept while I drove. You see, God has placed me back in the same area of ministry in which my heart was created to be; a place where I can soar with my Creator. It’s not in the same capacity, and may never be, but I’m ok with that because I am so in love with my God and trust His timing in all things.
God brings life out of death. He made all things new by dying and it is that ultimate example that encourages me to trust that in the times of drought, loneliness, pain and struggle ~ He will make all things new. What an awesome God we serve…
If you haven’t scene this video set to the song “New Again” by Brad Paisley and Sara Evans – it is worth it – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7wEa8YTGhM
The clips are from the Passion movie and can be a little graphic…
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