{"id":18720,"date":"2014-03-27T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=18720"},"modified":"2014-03-27T00:30:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T04:30:26","slug":"day-resurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/27\/day-resurrection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day of Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Day of Resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The passover of gladness, the passover of God <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">From death to life eternal, from earth unto the sky <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">our Christ hath brought us over with hymns of victory <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Our hearts be pure from evil that we may see aright <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Lord in rays eternal of resurrection light <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And listening to His accents, may hear, so calm and plain <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His own &#8220;All hail!&#8221; and, hearing, may raise the victor strain <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now let the heavens be joyful! Let earth the song begin <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let the round world keep triumph, and all that is therein <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let all things seen and unseen their notes in gladness blend <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">For Christ the Lord hath risen, our joy that hath no end.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0<em>Sing this song with me as our prayer and worship today<\/em>. \u00a0~<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MgIx_0jhW1Y?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><b>~ \u00a0 \u00a0 words: John of Damascus; \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0translated by John Mason Neale \u00a0 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u00a0 traditional melody:\u00a0<\/b><\/b><em>Ellacombe;\u00a0<\/em>performed by The Gloucester Cathedral Choir<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><i>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWhile they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. \u00a0And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, \u00a0\u201cWhy do you seek the living among the dead? \u00a0He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.\u201d And they remembered His words&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Luke 24:4-8<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus predicted His death and resurrection to His followers. \u00a0Before Jesus was born, He already knew that He would be dying for our sins on the Cross. \u00a0It was the only way that sin could be defeated, and we could be reconciled to God. \u00a0Someone had to love us enough to give their own blood for ours. \u00a0The day of Jesus\u2019 death was filled with grief and sorrow. \u00a0His own mother was crying. \u00a0His followers were grieving. \u00a0Yet, Jesus had forewarned them that this would happen.<\/p>\n<p>Now<em> imagine<\/em> that third day..<em>imagine<\/em> walking up to the tomb to pay your respects and mourn. <em>Imagine<\/em> those feelings. Now <em>imagine<\/em> the surprise when you see the tomb standing wide open\u2014the stone door moved out of the way. <em>Imagine<\/em> the angels saying that Jesus has risen. What a shock for those who either had not heard Jesus\u2019 foretelling or didn&#8217;t remember it! Jesus had risen from the dead and returned home to His Father. <em><strong>\u00a0He was not dead!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The day that the stone was rolled away Jesus defeated death and sin. He made the ultimate sacrifice on the Cross and the greatest miracle was performed on the third day\u2014<strong>Jesus rose from the dead<\/strong>. \u00a0If we have faith and believe that Jesus died on the Cross for us, rose on the third day (the Resurrection), and accept Him into our hearts as Lord and Savior then we will live eternally with Him and God when time comes to a close. \u00a0<em>Christ is not dead! \u00a0<strong>He is alive!<\/strong>\u00a0 He never leaves us!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just as the heavens and earth are joyful over Christ\u2019s defeat of sin so should we. \u00a0We should be delighted and overjoyed with the thought that we will live in God\u2019s glory for eternity thanks to the Resurrection of Christ. Yes, that day of His death was sad, but the third day brought great joy. We should remember this during the Easter season and celebrate with joy that we have eternal life through Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><i>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift on the Cross. Without it we would be lost to sin. We would not be able to have a relationship with You. Please be with us as we spread the news about that third day\u2014the Resurrection Day. In Jesus name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Day of Resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad The passover of gladness, the passover of God From death to life eternal, from earth unto the sky our Christ hath brought us over with hymns of victory Our hearts be pure from evil that we may see aright The Lord in rays eternal of resurrection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[1287,425,5918,5919,3211,5916,4932,5920,5917],"class_list":["post-18720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gloucester-cathedral-choir","tag-he-is-alive","tag-laura-pattillo","tag-luke-244-8","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-raised-on-the-third-day","tag-the-day-of-resurrection","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4RW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18720"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18725,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions\/18725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}