DAILY READINGS: Deut. 1; Eccl. 1 to 2:11; Luke 6:1-19
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. John 19:30
None who saw Jesus on the cross dreamed that they were witness to the greatest battle the world has known, or that victory was to crown the Man of marred face and form. Victory was not in the minds of the disciples when they all forsook Him and fled, nor in the thoughts of those who abused Him. Pilate sealed the tomb and set a watch against theft, not triumph. Very early, on the first day of the week, women came to fulfill love’s last offices for the dead. They all missed the confidence in Jesus’ voice, “It is finished”. How we praise Him today as we hear his cry of triumph. —Les Rainey
Jesus arose! Death He overcame! An angel rolled away the stone,
My Lord arose to save His own, and now He reigns upon His throne!—L. S.