“Spiritual Disciplines: Preparation for the Cross”
For several days, the disciples were shocked, confused and lost as Jesus had been betrayed, arrested, beaten and executed before their very eyes. They had no idea that it would all lead to this even though Jesus tried to tell them. Gloom and doom had now gripped their hearts. Fear and hopelessness welled up within them. But things soon changed. The women who had gone to the tomb to anoint Jesus discovered something strange. The stone was rolled away and the grave was empty. Unsure of what was going on, they returned to the disciples reporting what they found and Peter ran back to the tomb to see for himself. Later, their glimmering hope exploded into joy as Jesus appeared to them revealing that He had indeed risen from the dead! The historical birth of a new era had begun. The King has risen and elevated to His throne where He would rule and reign extending His Kingdom throughout all the earth through those who would follow Him in the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus, the Kin