"From Womb To Tomb And Beyond"

That is what Jesus did to fulfill what God demanded. That is what we witnessed on Friday night.

In the past 109 days we have seen Jesus fulfill the prophesies of birth, life, suffering and death.

We have witnessed how Jesus humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!

But what about today.

If the past weeks have been about fulfillment, today is about Promise.

Today my friends we celebrate the Promise of a new life.

We celebrate the fact that Jesus overcame the death that God had demanded.

God raised Jesus from the dead and gave His stamp of approval for the sacrifice he had given.

He proclaimed with the resurrection that when Jesus cried “It is finished!”, IT WAS FINISHED.

Death has not dominion over us. We can echo the cries of Paul:

"Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?"

You see my friends, for us it is not a “womb to tomb” covenant with God.

We have been promised that because of Christ’s victory over the grave we too shall rise and have everlasting life with God in His heaven.

Because of the sacrifice of Jesus, we have been made perfect in the eyes of our Creator.

It’s not just about the here and now. It’s about eternity.

Paul said in his letter to the Corinthians: If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead.”

For that and to that we say, Alleluia and Amen!