Would you open up your Bibles to Mark chapter 16, verses 1-8.
It's on page 1014 of your pew Bible.
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I can still remember driving our red 1991 Honda Civic 4-door from Riverside Hospital
to our apartment on Doris Avenue.
My young bride, Jenny, sitting shotgun.
And in the back, strapped into our car seat, was our firstborn, Abby.
All seven pounds of her.
We were driving home from the hospital where she had just been delivered.
We safely arrived at our apartment, carried her into our living room,
set her down before our couch.
Jenny and I sat on the couch.
We were looking at this seven-pound little girl, and we were in stunned silence.
Because we were experiencing a number of emotions.
Fear.
Oh, Lord, help us not mess this thing up.
Trembling.
A little shaking.
A little astonishment.
Can you believe she's ours?
Joy.
Mixed with wonder.
But in that stunned silence, we had both drawn the same conclusion.
Our lives have been dramatically changed.
There's no going back.
The Gospel of Mark ends with three women outside of an empty tomb, seized by fear and astonishment.
They were trembling.
They were literally shaking, stunned silence.
They weren't saying a word to anyone.
I mean, this is how the Gospel of Mark closes.
There's some debate on where it closes, but I think this is the best place.
The question is, what happened?
Why were they sitting outside the tomb in stunned silence?
I mean, these three women had been following Jesus for at least two to three years, giving
of themselves, sharing meals, seeing His miracles take place, listening to His teaching.
What are they doing outside the tomb in stunned silence?
Well, here we are 2,000 years after this event.
And we too are standing outside the empty tomb.
We too need to make sense of this empty tomb.
Maybe you came into this building this morning, and you're...
You're thinking, you know what?
I don't know about this resurrection thing because dead people stay dead.
It's how things roll.
You subscribe to a naturalistic explanation of reality.
I'm glad you're here.
Or maybe you've come into this building, and you're like, I don't really have anything against
Jesus.
In fact, I do think that He died and was raised.
But you know what?
I really don't want to give up these things that I like doing that God doesn't want me
doing.
I don't really want to give those up.
I'm glad you're here too.
Maybe you're a Christian here, and you've been living in hiding.
You've been isolating.
You have kind of been avoiding other Christians because either something bad has happened with
the church, or you're ashamed of yourself for something you're involved with.
I'm glad that you're here.
And if you're a Christian who's been running hard, I'm glad you're here too.
You see, at the end of Mark 16, 16, 1 through 8, there is this extraordinary claim.
It's a heavenly announcement.
It's just three words.
He is risen.
And it changes everything.
So let me read this account.
And there are three scenes I want you to be looking for.
Scene one is these three women approaching the tomb.
Scene two are these three women in the tomb.
And scene three are these three women outside of the tomb.
So listen as I read.
When the Sabbath was passed, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought
spices so that they might anoint him, go and anoint him.
And very early on, the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.
And they were saying to one another, who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance
of the tomb.
And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away.
It was very large.
And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white
robe, and they were alarmed.
And he said to them, do not be alarmed.
You see Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.
He has risen.
He is not here.
See the place where they laid him?
But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee.
There you will see him just as he told you.
And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them.
And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
How do you make sense of this empty tomb?
Well, let's look at this first scene.
These three women approaching the tomb in verses one through four.
So these three women are walking to the tomb.
And this is the tomb in which Jesus' dead body has been laid three days earlier.
So this is the third day since he had been crucified, dead, and buried.
So who are these three women?
Well, we're told their names.
Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome.
And what you need to know about them is that they're not new to this whole account.
If you look back at chapter 15, and you look at verses 40 and 41, we read this.
Now this is just moments after Jesus has breathed his last.
The centurion has observed this and has said,
Surely, truly, this was the Son of God.
And we read in verse 40,
There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother of James the younger, and of Joseph, and Salome.
And what we also learn in verse 41 is,
When he was in Galilee, these women followed him and ministered to him.
And there were also many other women who came up with him in Jerusalem.
So these three women were followers of Jesus.
For the last two to three years, they had been making meals for him.
They had been helping him out financially.
They had been listening to his teaching.
They had been watching him perform miracles.
They had shared a lot of life with him.
But they've also seen him crucified.
And two of the three had now seen where he was buried.
In the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea.
Mary, the mother of James, is also the Mary of Joseph.
She's actually the mother of Jesus.
It's that Mary.
Maybe you know her as the Virgin Mary.
James and Joseph, well, those are Jesus' half-brothers.
Born of Mary and Joseph.
Of a different father than Jesus.
She had been a follower of Jesus herself.
Notice when this happens.
We see who, now look at when.
In verse 16, 1.
When the Sabbath was passed.
Now remember, in the Jewish mind,
the Sabbath was the last day of the week.
And it was on Saturday.
So what has happened is,
Friday and Saturday has passed.
And now it's the first day of the week.
Which is Sunday.
And it was at sunrise.
Have you heard of a sunrise Easter service?
This is why there are sunrise Easter service.
At sunrise.
So it was the first day of the week on the Sabbath has passed.
It is daybreak.
And what I just want you to notice here is,
Mark seems to be very interested in helping you know what day it is.
He wants to make you sure,
make sure you know,
this isn't Friday the day that Jesus was crucified,
nor is it Sabbath the Saturday,
but this is the first day of the week.
This is Sunday.
Now we've got to ask the question,
why does he want us to know that?
In verse 1,
we see what these women have come to do.
They went to the tomb to anoint him with these spices.
It's just part of the practice of Jewish burial rites
back in the first century of preparing a body.
They weren't able to fully prepare the body on Friday
because technically the Sabbath starts at sundown on Friday.
And so they had to wait.
And so they have come in order to finish preparing the body.
Now this gets at the state of mind that these three women are in.
What are they expecting?
They're expecting to find the corpse of Jesus Christ.
They're expecting to find his body.
They're going to the tomb to finish burial rites.
So that goes to the state of mind that they were in.
They were heading out to the tomb on early that Sunday morning
expecting to find the one that they watched die
and then they watched where his body was laid.
And mind you,
they also saw this massive stone
rolled in front of the entrance of the tomb.
Speaking of which,
this tomb was the tomb
of a guy named Joseph of Arimathea.
If you look up in chapter 15, verse 43,
we see a little bit more about who this guy is.
Joseph of Arimathea,
respected member of the council.
That's the Sanhedrin,
which means he had some influence in Jerusalem,
who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God.
That means he's a follower of Jesus.
He took courage and went to Pilate
and asked for the body of Jesus.
Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.
And summoning the centurion,
he asked him whether he was already dead.
And when he learned that the centurion,
that he was dead,
he granted the corpse to Joseph.
And Joseph bought a linen shroud
and taking him down,
wrapped him in the linen shroud
and laid him in a tomb
that had been cut out of the rock.
And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the rock.
This Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy man,
a follower of Jesus.
And upon Jesus' death,
he has Jesus' body taken down,
wrapped it in a shroud,
and then placed in his own tomb.
This actually fulfills Isaiah 53, 9.
There was no question that Jesus was actually dead.
In fact, if you were listening,
Pilate was surprised that Jesus had died so quickly.
So he summons the centurion,
most likely the centurion that had just announced,
confessed,
truly this was the son of God.
And that centurion confirms that,
in fact, he was dead.
So they're going to a tomb
that they know where it's at.
And they're looking for Jesus' dead body
to finish preparing it for burial.
Now, let's just ask the question,
why are they going there?
Well, we've already talked about it.
They're going to anoint his body.
But there's another reason why.
They loved him.
These three women loved this man.
They were grieving him.
His death must have been an incredible shock.
I'm guessing that they were in a state of
just kind of that emotional numbness,
where you're like,
is this really happening?
They're going about their duty
because they love him.
In verses three and four,
as they are approaching the tomb,
they remember something.
They remember that stone
that had been rolled in front
of the entrance of the tomb.
It was to keep out robbers and vermin.
And then they start asking themselves the question,
who will roll away the stone for us
from the entrance of the tomb?
Verse three.
How are you going to get in?
How are we going to finish
preparing his body for burial?
And then as they look up
after asking the question,
they behold something.
The massive stone
had already been rolled away.
The tomb had been opened.
Now, I'm guessing at this point,
if these three women
had heart monitors on them,
maybe a smart watch,
I think at this point,
they would have been like,
something's not,
something's strange.
Their heart rate
would have started going up.
I'm guessing they're asking this question.
Who got here before us?
Who opened up his tomb?
What were they going to do?
And so what we have here
in this first scene
is these three women
approaching the tomb
and they are expecting
to find a corpse,
the dead body of Jesus.
Scene two is in verses five through seven.
And this scene takes place
inside the tomb.
These three women enter the tomb
in verse five
and it would have been
this hollowed out chamber.
Most likely,
they would have to step down
into this chamber.
And again,
what were they expecting to find?
The body of Jesus.
And so when they don't find
the body of Jesus,
they are surprised
to find a young man.
A young man wearing white robes
which are reflective
of holiness and purity.
These white robes reflect
where this young man
hails from.
This young man
is an angel.
And when these women come in,
this young man
is sitting off
to the right of the platform
where Jesus' body
had been laid.
And in verse five,
you have one of the
greatest understatements
in the gospel of Mark,
maybe in the New Testament.
Let me just read it for you.
And entering the tomb,
they saw a young man
sitting on the right side
dressed in a white robe
and they were alarmed.
That is an understatement.
Because if you
were with those three women
who had just gone
into the tomb
expecting to find
the dead body of Jesus
but find this young man
in white
with Jesus' body not there,
you're going to be
a little more
than just kind of alarmed.
I'm guessing you're going
to be freaking out
a little bit.
So that heart monitor,
that smart watch,
their heartbeat
just spiked.
Did we come to the wrong tomb?
Who's this guy?
Where's the body of Jesus?
What's interesting
is that these three women
are in the tomb
emptied of the body
of Jesus
and it hasn't yet
dawned on them
what has really happened.
Could you imagine
where their heart rates are?
In verse 6,
the angel speaks
among other things,
angels are messengers of God.
They deliver heavenly news
from God
and look what he says.
He says,
don't be afraid.
In other words,
I don't know
if this is really true
but this is where my mind goes.
There is a reasonable explanation
for all of this.
Don't be alarmed.
And he goes on to say,
Jesus of Nazareth
who was crucified,
you got the right tomb.
This Jesus of Nazareth
who was crucified,
this angel knew
of Jesus' crucifixion
and all of heavenly host
knew that Jesus
had been crucified
and that he had died
and they knew
where he was buried.
They were at the right tomb.
He's like this Jesus
of Nazareth
who was crucified
who you seek.
I know why you're here.
They're there to
finish anointing
the body
of a crucified
and dead Jesus.
And then comes
the heavenly explanation.
This is the explanation
from heaven,
from a messenger of God
of what has happened
and why there is
no body of Jesus.
It's just three words.
He has risen.
He's been raised
from the dead.
He is alive.
He's overcome death.
This is a miracle.
This is God's doing.
And then comes
another understatement.
See?
Look at the place
where they laid him.
It's God
he's not there.
See?
He is risen.
You know,
in Luke's account
of this,
the angel says,
why do you seek
the living
among the dead?
this angel
has just announced
the heavenly reason
for the empty tomb.
He is risen.
He is alive.
He's been brought
back from the dead
to life.
Verse 7,
the angel
is not done speaking.
He's got some
kind of instructions
for these three women.
He goes on
to tell them,
go tell the disciples.
especially Peter.
Tell them
that Jesus
has gone before them
to Galilee.
There you will see him.
Now,
why that's important
is all the disciples
have abandoned Jesus
and especially Peter.
Be sure to tell them
that Jesus
has gone before them.
And then he says,
just as he told you.
I think this is the moment
where these women
with racing hearts,
I think this is the moment
where their circuits
start to pop.
They're just like,
there's just so much
going on here.
Just as he told you.
I was thinking about this.
It's like,
how did the angel say that?
Did he was like,
okay,
he's gone before you
to Galilee.
There you'll see him
just as he told you.
Or was it like,
just as he told you.
Wink, wink.
he's referring to a passage
in Mark chapter 14.
In verse 26,
Jesus has just
instituted the Lord's Supper.
Verse 26,
they go out
into the Mount of Olives
after they've sung a hymn.
And verse 27,
Jesus said to them,
you will all fall away
for it is written,
I will strike the shepherd
and the sheep
will be scattered.
But after I am raised up,
I will go before you
to Galilee.
That's what the angel
is referencing.
Just as he told you.
Remember after the supper?
Just as he told you.
That he would be raised up
and that he would go
before you
to Galilee.
In that,
verses 26 through 30
in chapter 14,
Jesus makes a number
of statements
that come to pass.
In verse 27,
he tells his disciples
that they're all
going to fall away
from him.
And in verse 50
of chapter 14,
they all fall away
from him.
In verses 29 through 30,
Peter's like,
no,
I'll never fall away
from you.
And Jesus is like,
oh yeah,
you will.
In fact,
you'll fall away
three times.
You'll deny me
three times.
And that happens
in verses 66 through 72.
And in the midst
of all this abandoning
and denial of Jesus,
here is Jesus saying,
but I'll be raised up
and I'll go before you
to Galilee.
There's a plan unfolding here.
And I just want you
to notice that
what Jesus has said
about his own death
and resurrection
has now come to pass.
He has risen.
Three times earlier
in the gospel of Mark,
Jesus proclaims
his own death
and resurrection.
In chapter 8,
verse 31.
In chapter 9,
verses 30 through 32.
In chapter 10,
verses 33 through 34.
Jesus has been repeatedly
telling his disciples
that he would be handed over,
that he would be killed.
Then on the third day,
he would be raised
from the dead.
And that is why
Mark is very interested
in you knowing
what day it is.
It's the third day.
And Jesus
is no longer
in the tomb.
And this angel
is making a heavenly announcement.
He has risen.
So if you're putting it all together,
in the gospel of Mark alone,
Jesus prophesies
of his own resurrection
four times.
And it comes true.
And I think this is what finally
blows the circuits
for these three ladies.
Their heart rate
goes off the charts.
Inside the tomb,
these three women,
they're hearing
a heavenly explanation
of why
their dead
Lord
is not there.
He has
risen.
And it's all
according to plan.
Which now brings us
to the
third scene
in verse 8.
Outside
the tomb.
So these women
are completely overwhelmed.
as I think
you would be.
As I know
I would be.
Their expectations
have been
totally
upended.
They were expecting
to find
a dead body
and they find
nobody
an angel.
We read here
that they've been
seized by
trembling
and astonishment
which means
they're literally
shaking
and overwhelmed.
And Mark
closes
his gospel
with these words
for they
were afraid.
That's really
interesting.
The kind
of language
being used
here
describing
these three
women
fear
trembling
astonishment
is used
throughout
the Bible
when people
experience
a God
event.
They either
come into
the presence
of God
or they
experience
one of God's
messengers
one of his
angels.
We see this
with Joshua
we see it
take place
with Isaiah
and Ezekiel
Daniel
John the
disciple
who wrote
the book
of Revelation
in Revelation 1
there's this
incredible vision
of Jesus
and John
literally
falls down
before the
risen
reigning
and radiant
Christ
as a dead
man.
And just to be
truth in
advertising
just later
in the book
of Revelation
John the
disciple
falls down
before angels
in two places
chapter 19
and 22
and he starts
to worship
them
and the angels
is like
no no no
don't worship
me
worship God.
My point
though is
when you
come into
the presence
of God
or one
of his
angels
it's
overwhelming.
Peter
when he
saw Jesus
transfigured
do you
remember
he started
speaking
just nonsense
just
blabbering
because he's
so overwhelmed
by the glory
of Jesus.
So these
three women
are so
overwhelmed
in the
tomb
their circuits
are cooked
their heart
beats
through the
roof
everything
that they're
hearing
is like
this
can't
be
true
but
it
is
true
he said
all
this
and so
they start
like I gotta
get out
of here
I gotta
catch my
breath
I don't
know if
they're
hyperventilating
or not
I'm not
sure if
they're
asking
for paper
bags
we can
breathe
into
them
and catch
our
breath
collect
our
minds
but they
run
out
of the
tomb
the
resurrection
of Jesus
Christ
should
overwhelm
you
not only
are we
talking
about
this
defiance
of a
naturalistic
explanation
of how
things
happened
I mean
dead
people are
supposed to
say
dead
what's
going on
here
is
that
we're
learning
that
Christ's
death
and
resurrection
this
isn't
some
kind
of
freak
accident
or
random
event
this
is
all
according
to
plan
God's
plan
God's
plan
to
save
sinners
did you
notice
that
these
three
women
were
eyewitnesses
to
Christ's
crucifixion
two of
the three
were
eyewitnesses
to
the
place
where
he
was
buried
and
all
three
were
now
eyewitnesses
to the
empty
tomb
they were
the first
to hear
that Jesus
has been
raised
he has
risen
they're
the first
and
now
they're
in
stunned
silence
coming out
of the
tomb
speechless
dumbstruck
they say
nothing
to
anyone
these
three
women
stunned
silent
collecting
themselves
outside
of the
tomb
maybe
they're
doing
controlled
breathing
they all
come to
the same
conclusion
Jesus
is
alive
his
resurrection
dramatically
changes
everything
there's
no
going
back
there's
no
putting
Jesus
back
in
the
tomb
they
were
silent
but
they
certainly
did
not
remain
silent
the
other
gospels
show us
that they
did
exactly
what
this
angel
told
them
to
do
they
went
and
told
the
other
disciples
which
makes
them
these
three
women
the
first
humans
to
announce
the
good
news
that
not
only
Jesus
died
but
that
he
has
risen
from
the
dead
it's
extraordinary
three
scenes
these
three
women
approaching
the
tomb
these
three
women
inside
the
tomb
and
these
three
women
outside
the
tomb
and
they're
all
making
one
point
he
has
risen
he
has
risen
heaven's
exclamation
explanation
for the
empty
tomb
he
is
risen
Jesus
is
alive
it
changes
everything
no
going
back
we
are
all
outside
of
the
tomb
2000
years
outside
of
the
tomb
but
if
this
is
true
that
means
Jesus
is
alive
today
how
are you
going to
make
sense
of
this
empty
tomb
maybe
you
see
the
death
and
resurrection
of
Jesus
and
you're
like
I'm
not
sure
what
to
think
about
it
well
first
of
all
you
need
to
realize
that
the
whole
Christian
faith
is
based
upon
Christ's
death
and
resurrection
as a
historic
reality
that it
actually
happened
it's not
a pipe
dream
and because
of that
this is the
claim of
it
Christ's
Jesus's
death
paid
all
of the
sin
all
of God
for all
of God's
wrath
for all
of our
sin
it's
if you're
here on
Friday
it's the
tearing
of the
curtain
from top
to bottom
he made
a way
through
his
death
into
God's
presence
and
this
fact
that
he
is
risen
means
that
he
has
conquered
both
sin
and
the
grave
there's
a song
called
crown him
with many
crowns
listen
to this
verse
crown him
the Lord
of life
who triumphed
over the
grave
and rose
victorious
in the
strife
for those
he came
to save
his
glories
now we
sing
who died
and rose
on high
who died
eternal life
to bring
and lives
that death
may die
the death
and resurrection
of Jesus
Christ
is God's
power
for sinners
to have
their sins
forgiven
and then
to overcome
the power
of sin
and have
hope
in the face
of death
it is
an extraordinary
event
so when you
believe in
Jesus
you believe
that he's
God in the
flesh
that he
died on the
cross
that he
was raised
from the
dead
what you're
saying
is
I have been
united
to Christ
in his
death
and resurrection
and so all
of his
death benefits
are applied
to me
all of
my sin
has been
paid for
by Christ
and his
resurrection
now means
I have
power to
say no
to sin
and now
because Jesus
has been
raised from
the dead
I can be
confident
that I
will be
raised from
the dead
death
doesn't have
the final
say
once you
believe that
Jesus is
God
in the
flesh
who died
and was
raised
for you
you start
thinking like
this
he was
risen then
he's alive
today
it changes
everything
now
there's no
going back
we live
for Christ
that's
the response
this is
so amazing
so how
are you
making sense
of the
empty tomb
maybe you
came in
thinking dead
people stay
dead
if
if Jesus
was raised
from the
dead
you're
thinking
then
well that
defies
a naturalistic
explanation
doesn't really
make sense
and you
are right
the resurrection
cannot be
explained
naturalistically
because it
is supernatural
that's the
Christian
claim
he has
risen
maybe you
came into
the room
thinking
I don't
want to
change
I've
heard this
old old
story many
a time
Jesus died
and was
raised
I think
it's true
but you
know
I don't
want to
submit my
life to
him
I just
want to
keep on
living for
what I'm
living for
do you
realize
what you're
choosing
you're
choosing
temporary
empty
pleasures
distractions
disobedience
over the
eternal joy
of having
a relationship
with the
living God
that's what
you're choosing
one of the
things that
people don't
hear from
Christians
is the
joy of
being a
follower
of Jesus
I would
never go
back to
what I was
before
never
now I
experience the
joy
daily
of knowing
my Lord
and knowing
he knows
me
if you
are choosing
sin
over
Christ
beware
you're
actually
choosing
God's
wrath
and it's
all because
you don't
want to
give up
your sin
under this
false
pretense
that your
sin is
better than
following
Jesus
it's not
maybe you're
in the
room and
there was a
moment where
you professed
faith in
Jesus Christ
and you
started
following
him
but you're
just
miserable
now
and you're
miserable
because you've
been hiding
out
you've been
hiding because
of either
sin in your
life or you've
been deeply
hurt by other
Christians
so you've been
avoiding other
Christians
you might even
be bored with
Jesus
well I just
want to remind
you
that if you
genuinely believed
in Jesus
that means
you've been
united to
Christ in
his death
and resurrection
he has
risen
and because
he has
risen
it means
that these
things that
you've allowed
into your
life or
these things
that have
deeply wounded
you
they are
they can be
overcome by
the power of
the resurrection
by the power
of God's
grace
sin does
not need to
have a hold
on you
Christian
you can
experience
joy
and I call
it the joy
of integrity
the joy of
integrity is
this
when your
public
profession
of faith
in Jesus
overlaps
fully
with your
private life
when there
is that
kind of
overlap
there is
integrity
unity
and joy
but when
there is
a gap
between
one's
profession
and one's
practice
it is
disintegrity
disintegrated
and that
is a very
difficult place
to live
it makes
Christians
miserable
he has
risen
turn your
heart back
to the
Savior
and if
you've been
running hard
for Jesus
you've been
sacrificing
you've been
suffering
he is
risen
your labor
is not in
vain
press on
he is risen
he is alive
it changes
everything
there's no
going back
live
for
him
in closing
I just
want to help
you think
about something
all of
Christianity
rises
or falls
on the
historic
bodily
resurrection
of Jesus
Christ
I mean
that's the
point of
Mark 16
1-6
he has
risen
if Jesus
was not
raised
he's dead
his own
words
proved
false
his death
accomplished
nothing
no saving
benefits
his promise
of eternal
life is
actually void
now
he was a
false
savior
and if
that's the
case
I'll be
first in
line to
say
Christianity
is a
waste
of time
kick it
to the
curb
but if
Jesus
was raised
from the
dead
he's
alive
his
words
proved
true
his
death
really
paid
for our
sins
his
resurrection
is the
hope
of our
resurrection
he's
the one
true
savior
of the
world
and that
means
Jesus
is worth
your
life
today
on this
Easter
Sunday
I want
to compel
you to
make a
decision
to choose
to
decide
make a
decision
and live
in light
of it
with God's
help
either
Jesus
was raised
from the
dead
or he
was
not
choose
give
yourself
to it
he's
risen
he's
alive
it
changes
everything
there's
no
going
back
so
we
live
for
Jesus
in the
joy
of the
resurrection
will you
pray
with me
Lord
Jesus
thank you
so much
for not
only dying
for our
sins
but
being
laid
in the
grave
and being
raised
from the
dead
Lord
Jesus
we
acknowledge
that you
are currently
seated at the
right hand
of God
on high
that you
welcome us
to your
throne
to give us
grace
in time
of need
we
acknowledge
that you
are
interceding
right now
for all
of us
who believe
in you
that you're
building
your church
among
the nations
that you
are receiving
glory
and honor
and praise
and majesty
from all
of the
heavenly hosts
surrounding
the throne
you are
altogether
glorious
thank you
Lord
Jesus
and we
rest
in knowing
that
not only
are you
alive
but you're
one day
closer to
returning
it's your name
we pray
amen
a
ending
a
ending
a
Thank you.