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HOME OF ARTICLES  “Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons.” (Mark 16:9 NKJV)   Although Mary Magdalene was not one of the twelve closest disciples of Jesus, she was the first person He appeared to after He rose triumphantly from the dead, even before He ascended to His Father. Mark records,  “Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons.” (Mark 16:9 NKJV).  It was a great honor and privilege for Mary Magdalene to be the first witness of the resurrection of Christ! Jesus said to her,  “Mary!” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'” (John 20:16-17 NKJV). But why would the risen...

 HOME OF ARTICLES  “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20 NKJV)   We might miss the ultimate purpose and blessing of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension if we remotely regard them only as a significant historical event. If all we know and believe is that Christ died for our transgressions, rose for our justification, and now seated at the right hand of God the Father, making intercession for us, we are too shallow in our spiritual understanding and revelation of the significance and implications of Jesus’ crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. From God’s viewpoint, Christ did not just die for our sins and then rose for our justification. We also died and rose with Him to walk in the newness of life. Paul clearly states this truth in his epis...

HOME OF ARTICLES  “And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.” (1 Corinthians 15:14 NKJV)   In a swift and decisive move to forestall Jesus’ resurrection, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered to Pilate, requesting that Jesus’ tomb be secured until the third day, for they were afraid of the tremendous impact of the news of Jesus’ resurrection would have on the people. How mistaken they were! Death can’t hold Jesus, the Prince of life, the Lord of lords, and the King of kings. Hallelujah! Having received Pilate’s permission, the religious leaders secured Jesus’ tomb by sealing the stone and setting a guard—many soldiers to watch the tomb. But when the set time came for the Prince of life and the King of glory to rise from the dead, having accomplished His mission to the dead, the earth shook, and the guards watching the tomb shook for fear and became like dead men. The pangs of death were loosed, and the stone against the tomb was ...

 Home of Articles  “ So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.” (John 19:30 NKJV)   The suffering and death of Jesus Christ on the cross were not accidental; instead, it was premeditated or foreordained by God (Rev. 13:8). When John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him, he proclaimed,  “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29 NKJV). Jesus’ death on the cross was the hidden wisdom of God ordained before the ages to restore the fallen man to glory,  “which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” (1 Cor. 2:8 NKJV).  Hallelujah! Before the Lord Jesus yielded up His spirit on the cross, He boldly and loudly declared, “IT IS FINISHED!” John writes,  “So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.” (John 19:30 NKJV). Jesus’...