Tag: Resurrection
-
Day 302: The Other Time Jesus Got Mad (John 11)
Most people remember Jesus cleansing the temple as the one time He got angry. But in John 11, Jesus’ anger burns again—this time, not against people, but against death itself. When He stood at Lazarus’s tomb, He “snorted with anger,” confronting the Great Interrupter that had marred His Father’s perfect design.
-
Good Grief (Matthew 5:4; John 11:17-35)
Grief tells us something is wrong with the world. But it also awakens a longing for the day when God will make all things new. In the second Beatitude, Jesus doesn’t tell us to deny our sorrow—He promises that sorrow will not have the last word.
-
Day 257 The Lions of Babylon and the Lion of Judah: Three Parallels (Daniel 6:17)
A stone. A royal seal. An unchangeable law. A visit at dawn expecting death—and unexpected joy. Daniel in the lions’ den contains some remarkable echoes of the resurrection story. But one crucial difference changes everything: when the stone rolled away in Jerusalem, the Lion walked out.
-
Day 131: Why The Pharisees Missed It, and Why We Sometimes do Too (Psalm 20)
The Pharisees knew the Scriptures well enough to recognize messianic language, but they could not imagine God fulfilling His promises in a way that didn’t match their expectations.
-
What Comes Next, Part 2: Confirmed
Part 2 of the Series “What Comes Next”
-
Day 094: The Nazirite and the Nazarene (Judges 13-15)
Samson and Jesus could not be more different. And yet, in one surprising sense, Samson still points us to Christ: a promised son, announced before birth, who would begin to save God’s people.