Jesus Empty Tomb

How could this become Jesus empty tomb?

It was dead quiet and pitch dark. A mixed smell of flowers, oils and spices was filling the air of the small carved out grotto.

There was the unmistakable merciless, almost drilling sound of the flies buzzing around him. It was too dark to see, but they might have already filled his nostrils, mouth and eyes with their eggs.  His seeping, decaying flesh gave out a sweet odor of meat.

Suddenly the small room began to fill with light until it appeared to be ablaze. Within the light one might have detected a personage, if one could have been able to abide the glory of the light and the moment!

At the very presence of this glorious personage – gone were the flies; gone were the eggs and the larvae! Nothing unclean could endure the presence of that holy man, so the seepage were dried up, the shroud and the linen wraps were become as new!

“Jesus of Nazareth, Son of God, Arise!”

As soon as the words were spoken the glorious man was gone, and so was the light that had set the grotto ablaze. It was absolutely charcoal again. For just a short moment…

A long gasping for air broke the silence, and after that, the sounds of calm breathing. The small sounds that followed were the sounds of a man getting out of linen wraps, putting on his beautiful garments.

And then, without warning, the grotto exploded with the same light as before, and within that light stood the resurrected Jesus. And now it was clear to see that it was he who had been there just minutes before, as a spirit, preparing for the resurrection of his own body.

Moments later that place would go down in history as Jesus empty tomb.

Of course, this story is made up, but it could very well be true. But it was made up for a reason! It was made up to explain that the ‘dead Jesus’ was very much alive, all the time, as his spirit continued to act while his body was dead. It was made to show that Jesus had power to take up his own life. It was made to know that Jesus was really dead! It was written to show that the living Christ has a tangible body, which he collected from the tomb. It was written as a testimony that Jesus lives, and that the grotto, Jesus empty tomb, was the second humble place to see the Son of God come to life!