Picture of the day - April 12, 2009

"Easter"

Photo courtesy of Steve Woods. Today is Easter Sunday, the day of the year on which Christians all around the world celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. On a fateful Friday some 2,000 years ago a contingent of Roman soldiers nailed a condemned Jesus to an old rugged cross atop a hill named Golgotha, and six agonizing hours later His lifeless body hung limply between heaven and earth. His execution completed, He was then taken down and buried in a borrowed tomb where His broken body laid for three days... But on the following Sunday morning something truly miraculous happened. Angels rolled away the massive stone that blocked the entrance to the tomb, and the resurrected Christ walked out under His own power. By allowing His spirit to re-enter His lifeless, broken-down body, Jesus single-handedly defeated death, hell, and the grave - and He also gave us sinners a chance at redemption by paying a debt that we all owed, but none of us could ever hope to repay. The Friday evening on which our Saviour died was horribly dark and dreary, but that very first Easter Sunday was the most beautiful day this earth has ever been blessed with.     Visitor Comments... Name: Phyllis Helton Town: Bristol, VA Amen!!!   Comment on today's picture  |  View previous "Pictures Of The Day"  |  Submit a photo Why I publish the "Picture Of The Day"