”Jesus Christ is risen,""He is risen indeed."

On Friday, His great courage got Him arrested. His great love led Him to the cross. His great heart stopped beating.

On Saturday, there was a great silence, for the King was sleeping. Jesus entered into death and hell for you and me.

"After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified, He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay. Then go quickly and tell His disciples: "He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. Matthew – 28:1-9

There you will see Him." Now I have told you.' So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell His disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. 'Greetings,' He said. They came to Him, clasped His feet and worshiped Him."

Because Sunday everything changed, but not in the way people think.

People become afraid. 

Women are afraid yet filled with joy..

"Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid."Mark 16:8

Lives didn't get safer; their lives just got a lot more dangerous.

"Go instead to My brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’"John 20:17

They have a new identity. 

It's a gift of grace.

"I am returning to My Father and your Father.”

"I'm returning to My God and your God."

Luke 24:9 "When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others…

 vs 11…But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.

Go through Friday to get to Sunday.

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. Galatians 2:20

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old is gone; the new has come!"2 Cor. 5:17