“Up from the grave He arose
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes;
He arose the victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever with His saints to reign.
He arose, He arose,
Hallelujah!  Christ arose.”
 
THE TOMB IS EMPTY!
 
The account in Luke 24 tells us:
“He is not here, but He has risen.  Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’  And they remembered His words.  Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.”  Vs. 6-9 
(These were the women who had gone to the tomb bringing spices.  Read Vs. 1-8) 
 
What was the response of the disciples and the others to this wonderful news?   Unbelief.
“And these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.”  Vs. 11
 
In Mark 16:11 we read,
“And when they heard that He was alive, and had been seen by her (Mary Magdalene), they refused to believe it.”
 
John 20: 26-29 gives the account of Thomas’s unbelief . (Be sure to read the whole passage.):
“And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them, Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in their midst, and said, ‘Peace to you!’  Then He said to Thomas, ‘Reach your finger here and look at My hands, and reach your hand here, and put it into My side.  Do not be unbelieving, but believing.’”
 
We can wonder how Jesus’ disciples could live and walk with Him for about three years and not believe or taken to heart all He told them. 
 
BUT wait, how about you and me, being dead in our sins?  
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loves us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with
Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”  Ephesians 2: 4-6
 
What grace has been bestowed on those who believe!  To those whose hearts have been made ready to receive the Good News; to those who believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Jesus our Lord.
 
It is God’s grace! 
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest anyone should boast.”  Ephesians 2:8-9
 
Unbelief is still the world’s response today, however, as Believers let us pray that this pandemic be a revival that turns the hearts of people toward God.  At this time is Jesus saying to us,
“Do you not say, ‘There is still four months and then comes the harvest’?  Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!”  John 4:35
 
Since we are to practice social distancing this makes it hard, but we can share Christ with those whom God brings us in contact with.  Most assuredly we can pray to our Heavenly Father. 
“Most precious and loving Father in heaven, by Your grace and mercy we ask that by Your Holy Spirit You touch the hearts of lost souls; that in believing, they will have life everlasting in Christ Jesus our Savior and Lord.  For it is in His name we pray.  Amen.”