Mark 16:19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

After Jesus had told the disciples that they now had the privilege of being able to go out and teach others the Gospel story, God the Father received Jesus into heaven.

Not just into heaven, but to sit on the right hand of God the Father!

Christ has made it possible that we will be able to be in heaven one day too, and he has done this because of His great love toward us. He wants us to know that we have a task to do first of all.

On completion of His task, He ascended back into heaven. When our job is done we too can be with God because Christ made that possible!

Mark 16:6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.

Today is the day we celebrate Christ being raised from the dead to defeat our sin debt once and for all! Hallelujah!

I don’t see how anyone would not have been alarmed to see that someone had been brought back to life – but this is the power of God, without limit.

It is not that He had to wait for anything other than showing us He keeps His promises, no matter how long we have to wait.

Don’t doubt God’s promises! Don’t be surprised to see them come true!

John 19:42 So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

We are told that Jesus body was hurriedly laid in the tomb before the feast day because it was not lawful to work on the feast day, besides the tomb was new and unused.

What we are not told is what the disciples actually did on the next day. Besides it being a solemn day when things were remembered and contemplated upon, we don’t really know that much.

But if we relate that day to one where a very dear person died in our lives, we can begin to think what they may have been going through.

But not for long!