DAILY READINGS: Numbers 2; Psalms 146-147; Mark 12:18-44
If Christ be preached that He rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 1 Cor. 15:12
The core of apostolic preaching was the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. When this passage was written, the declaration was 30 years old and well circulated throughout the world. Undoubtedly much critical investigation had been provoked and the skeptical researchers had aired their oppositions. Yet Paul boldly speaks out in defense of this radiant truth. Consider the number and quality of the witnesses of this event—the price they paid for their stand. It is evident that He lives, the Man in the glory, to preside over the entitlements of those who love Him. —E. F.
He rose! He burst immortal, from death’s dark realm alone,
And left its heavenward portal, swung wide for all His own.—Theron Brown