The Garden Tomb, Jerusalem
This is it! The tomb! And the most important thing about it is that it's empty. I walked inside, just to make sure. Yep, empty. Jesus was here once, but no more. The tomb couldn't hold him.
He was killed by one of the most painful methods of execution ever invented -- crucifixion. The death scene was about 150 yards away, on a small hill called Golgotha, "the place of a skull." You can still see it today, and the cliff face still looks like a skull.
After his death his body was brought here to a new tomb in a garden by two friends and a great stone was rolled across the opening. The stone is gone now, but you can still see the trough where it ran.
Inside the tomb. This is where Jesus' body was laid.
All the accounts agree that Jesus went to his death voluntarily. Which begs the question: why would he do that? Again, all the accounts agree that Jesus knowingly took upon his own self every sin I've ever committed, everything that separated me from God. And he did the same for you. And for everyone who has ever lived, or ever will live. One payment for all sin, for all humanity, for all time.
And then, on that Sunday morning, he arose, threw back the stone, and walked out. His sacrifice was accepted before God. And when you and I accept that sacrifice for ourselves we are given the gift of eternal life with God. Our sins can never again be charged against us.
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe on his name: (John 1:12)
The Lord is risen.
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