Easter Sunday Message: Glory To Glory Series

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John 20:1-18

The Empty Tomb

1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

3So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

10Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

13They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

15?Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).

17Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ “

18Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

WHO IS THIS JESUS?

We know him as the son of a carpenter.

We know him as born in Bethlehem.

We know Jesus died on the cross.

We know Jesus rose again on the third day.

We know he is called the Son of God, Son of Man, Son of David, King of Jews.

When did Jesus get his glory?

Did Jesus become glorified in his birth?

Did Jesus become glorified in his baptism?

Did Jesus become glorified in his death?

Or did Jesus become glorified in his resurrection?

Many teach about Jesus’ glory differently. Let us see what the Bible says about Jesus.

For this we will have to go to the gospel of John chapter 1. John gives us a clear description of Jesus Christ. John’s gospel soars much higher than the other gospels and gives a clear picture of who Jesus really is.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

When other Gospels are starting with the birth and baptism of Jesus John goes to the very beginning of time and says Jesus is there from the very beginning.

In the beginning was the Word.

WHAT IS THIS WORD JOHN IS SPEAKING ABOUT?

In Greek it is given as in the beginning was the Logos. Now Logos according to the Greek philosophers is a bridge between the transcendent God and the material universe. Logos is the bridge between the Supreme, preeminent God or God the Father and this material world. Who is that bridge? What is it that connects between God and us? Jesus Christ, the Word or the Logos.

In Revelation 19:13 John is seeing Jesus returning as the Messiah king and look at the title by which he is called.

Revelation 19:13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.

The Word in John 1:1 is Jesus himself. Therefore John 1:1 in simple words should read:

John 1:1 In the beginning was Jesus, and the Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God.

The Amplified Bible says it directly that Jesus is the Word.

(Amplified) John 1:1 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.