From Matthew 28:1-10 / Risen!

The Marys came at crack of dawn

To see His tomb alone

Perhaps they thought the morning quake

Had jarred aside the stone

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They came with spices to anoint

His body in the tomb

No doubt their grief engulfing them

The future dark with gloom

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When what seemed first an aftershock

Did make the ground to shake

Was proved to be an angel’s act

His presence brought the quake

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Thus there he sat, and they beheld

Like lightening, white as snow

This mighty, Heav’nly messenger

An empty tomb to show

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The guards in fear fell down like dead

The stone was rolled away

The angel told them not to fear

“Come see where He once lay”

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‘Tis Jesus who was crucified

Think now what this must mean

For He was not just any man

In moments, He’d be seen

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They ran to fill the angel’s words

“He’s risen” they should say

But as they went He met them there

While they were on the way

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The risen Jesus greeted them

They fell and grasped His feet

He told them “do not be afraid”

Tell the others where we’ll meet

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As He had said before the Cross

I’ll go to Galilee (26:32)

An after I am risen up

It’s there that they’ll see Me

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And so they ran to tell the news

How many heard? Who knows?

But Paul will say five hundred saw (1 Cor. 15:6)

The proof that He arose

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It’s here my mind reflects upon

The women at the grave

Confronted with the angel, and

The stone then rolled away

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He didn’t need the stone removed

So He could leave the place

But so that we could enter in

And see the empty space

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No stone, no grave, not even Death

Could keep Him locked away

The mighty risen Christ of God

All powerful to save

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And He who broke the pow’r of death

To rise and live again

This same redeeming Son of God

To you His grace extends

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Believe Him as your substitute

The wrath of God endured

For all who place their faith in Him

Eternal life secured

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The women found an empty tomb

Thus all in Him one day

Raised up in Him when He returns

Will leave our empty grave