Great News: The Tomb is Empty!

The captives are free.

And by the way, all of us are captives.

The greatest enemy we face—death—has been conquered. We no longer have to fear it. Why?
Because the tomb is empty.

This wasn’t just any tomb. It was the one Rome wanted guarded tighter than any stronghold. They feared an uprising—but what they never saw coming was a resurrection.

Word of resurrection had already spread when Jesus awakened Lazarus from the grave. Rome didn’t want a repeat. So they sent their best guards, tasked with one job:
Keep one man buried.

Imagine being that Roman soldier. Your job is to keep a dead man dead. Then, somehow... the tomb is empty.
What happened?

Even Jesus’ closest followers were stunned. After all He said, after all He did—didn’t they believe He would rise again in three days?

Now imagine you're one of those followers.
Your leader isn’t just gone—He was crucified. Rome knew how to kill. Those crosses lining the roads were warning signs: This is what happens when you stand against us.
And now... His body is gone.

No wonder they were afraid. No wonder they were confused.
The world turned upside down when the tomb was found empty.

And the debate over that empty tomb continues to this very day.

If I were a judge presiding over a court case to determine the truth about what happened, I’d want it all:
Eyewitness testimony.
Every shred of physical evidence.
I’d want to hear from the guards who failed at the one thing they were supposed to prevent.

And if this trial were happening two thousand years later, I’d call in the best forensic experts in the world. I’d ask them to examine the burial cloth—every thread, every fiber. I’d want to know about the blood, the wounds, the details that science alone can’t explain.

Because if this cloth truly points to the One who conquered death, then my life is not just changed—
It’s redeemed.

If the tomb is empty, it means the promise is real.
It means death is not the end.
It means Jesus lives—and so will we.

Death is no longer a prison. It’s just a doorway.

Happy Easter. The tomb is empty. And that changes everything.

"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen!"
—Luke 24:5–6