Alētheia

Text: Mark 16:1–8; Luke 24:1–12 This morning’s lesson isn’t going to have nice little anecdotes or metaphorical stories to go along with it. The facts of the lesson are so compelling they don’t need additional stories to get the points across. There are moments in history that change everything. A declaration of war can change nations. A signed treaty can change borders. A diagnosis can change a family. A phone call can change a life. But there has never been a moment in all of human history more important than the moment when a group of grieving women came to a tomb just outside Jerusalem… and found it empty. That tomb had been occupied by the body of Jesus of Nazareth and as we all know, he had died very publicly. • He had been crucified on a hill outside the city walls. • His body had been taken down after life had left it. • He had been wrapped in linen. • He had been buried in a brand new tomb and a great stone rolled into place with a Roman seal had been secured to it with Roman ...