"The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.'" ~Matthew 28:5, NIV
If your friend has died, the last thing you expect when visiting their grave is a pair of angels sitting over the hole in the ground. And yet that's what Jesus' friends found when they first came to mourn - angels.
Not a dead body, not a hopeless chasm, angels.
One of the most prevalent fears in life is death. But that's the last thing we have to be afraid of anymore - thanks to Jesus. The women in the above verse found out that Jesus really meant it when He said He would rebuild His temple in three days. And when He rose, it meant that we could rise too - if we believed in Him.
Death, that great fear, has no more power. The angels can say to us too, "do not fear", because our souls will rise up to Jesus should this event take us. So surely, the greatest terror in our lives has already been negated. Why then, should we give in to it?
Believe in Jesus. Learn to know Him better. And in return, you shall not perish, but rise to everlasting life.
For God so love the world.
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