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Jesus is Alive Again

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[Mark 16 : 6]

"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

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Jesus dictated all our sins and died on the cross on Golgotha Hill.

Joseph of Arimathea went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Pilate allowed it to do so.

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Joseph of Arimathea took the body of Jesus off the cross and wrapped it in a prepared

linen cloth. And he buried Jesus in the newly prepared tomb.

Mary Magdalene and two Marys were looking at the tomb of Jesus.

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Religious leaders thought that Jesus' disciples would steal the body and claim that

Jesus was resurrected. So, the tomb where Jesus was buried was blocked with a large stone

and soldiers were built so that no one could access it to secure the tomb.

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It was dawn on the third day since Jesus died. Mary Magdalene, another Mary,

and Salome prepared spices for Jesus' body and went to the tomb.

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The women went, wondering how to remove the large stone in front of the tomb,

but the women who arrived in front of the tomb were surprised.

This is because the rock that was blocking the front of the tomb had already been moved.

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The women hurriedly entered the tomb. Jesus' body was not seen where Jesus lay.

There sat a young man dressed in white, an angel.

The women who saw the angel were very scared at the moment.

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The angel said to the women. “Don't be surprised. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth,

who died on the cross. He is alive again. Look. This is where Jesus lay.”

The angel told them that Jesus, who died on the cross, had risen again three days ago.

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The angel continued to talk to them. “Now, you go to the disciples and to Peter and speak.

Jesus went to Galilee before you. If you go there, you can see Jesus again.

“The angel told the women to go to the disciples and tell them that Jesus was resurrected.

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The women who came there to put perfume on the body of Jesus, who died,

were terrified of the situation that had unfolded before their eyes there.

The women escaped as if they were just running away.

These women became the first to hear the news of Jesus' resurrection.

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Jesus rose again at dawn on the third day after he died on the cross.

Jesus, who is God, was resurrected after defeating the power of his death.

No power of death could put Jesus in the place of death.

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Jesus, who overcame death and rose again into the flesh, showed people that

He Himself was resurrected. First of all, Jesus showed it to Mary Magdalene,

who cast out the seven demons.

Mary met Jesus and she believed that Jesus was her resurrection.

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Mary Magdalene, who met the resurrected Jesus, ran to the disciples.

The disciples were weeping sadly, thinking of Jesus, who died on the cross.

“Jesus has risen. I saw with my own eyes the resurrected Jesus.”

Mary testified of the Jesus she had met.

But Jesus' disciples did not believe that Jesus was resurrected.

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Jesus also appeared to the two disciples going to Emmaus.

The two disciples, who met the resurrected Jesus, returned to Jerusalem by turning back

on their way. They told the disciples that Jesus was resurrected, but the disciples still

did not believe.

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The resurrected Jesus appeared at the place where the eleven disciples were eating.

The disciples who met Jesus in person believed in Jesus' resurrection and gave glory to God.

Jesus rebuked his disciples for not having faith in the resurrection.

They were scolded by Jesus because they did not believe in the resurrection of Jesus that

Mary Magdalene told them, and did not believe in the resurrection that the two disciples who

returned from Emmaus.

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We did not see the risen Jesus firsthand. If you don't believe because you haven't seen it,

it's because you don't have faith like the disciples. Jesus said that those who believe in

Jesus' resurrection without seeing are truly blessed.

[John 20:29] Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed;

blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

Only those who have received God's grace can believe in the resurrection without seeing.

If you have faith in the resurrection, you should value it above all else.

Furthermore, you must be a person who does your best to convey the resurrection of Jesus to others.

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