His Awakening Day

These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” John 11:11

One evening I read a newer translation of the resurrection story and Jesus spoke of His awakening day. As that agreed with what our Lord Jesus said of Lazarus, I thought that term brought a little more clarity to me and you. Easter is how we were taught it back in the day, but that word for the holiday always seems to require additional explanation. Resurrection Day helps and tells us of the event that happened on that day. Awakening Day seems good as well, as long as we do not fall into thinking that our Lord simply had a three-day snooze. The scourging, crucifixion, lancing by the Roman soldier, and most assuredly, His declaration of the giving up to God of His spirit, all tell us that Jesus our Lord died on that cross. What the use of awakening tells us is of the impermanence of His condition, and the promise for us that we too will awaken when He calls us from the grave. 

May we finish well in Jesus our Lord!

Bucky