The cross behind them and the sealed tomb ahead of them— the ladies did not know just what to do. They rounded the bend in the trail, and the stone was rolled away. An angel sat on the stone in the early dawn light; it was a new day.
The Roman cross was the symbol of the cruelest of all forms of capital punishment. Yet it became the symbol of God’s eternal salvation by the life-death-blood of the Lamb of God, the one name by the angel, Jesus. This is not a new theology; it came from the beginning of history. In Genesis 3 we see God killing an animal and making clothes for Adam and Eve. The clothes were secondary. God could have made clothes in a number of ways. God shed the blood of an animal to cover the sin of rebellion in his premier couple.
Today we come face to face for the reason for the cross, the hope of the cross, the incarnate God accepting His assignment and shedding His blood for you and I.