He is not Here; He is Risen

“He is not here.” Of course not! “Why seek ye him that liveth among the dead?” He is the Lord of Glory, the Resurrection and the Life! And here is the grave! This “here” is the realm of the dead, the place of corruption. It is the place that proclaims unto us the wrath of God, and it is the visible manifestation of the pronounced curse “thou shalt surely die”. This here is sheol, the place of utter desolation where no man sings God’s praises, and where our bodies, those wonderful...