Christ is Risen: A Mighty Paradox!

It is the transformation of human society and the deathbed display of death’s dying. It is the church’s battle cry, slogan, passion, and life.

Athanasius once wrote:

“A marvellous and mighty paradox has thus occurred, for the death which they thought to inflict on Him as dishonour and disgrace has become the glorious monument to death's defeat.”

There is a reversal that occurs at the resurrection. Sadness turns into joy, and weeping turns into feasting. The event that many believed would be our demise became the Christians’ magnum opus of celebrations. But it should be noted that the effects of the resurrection do not happen all at once. We don’t taste the full glory now; we taste little bites of glory, and when the world has developed an appetite for glory, God will raise us all into the eternal feast of the resurrection.

This resurrection glory is not a distant concept but a reality that needs to be savored in the lives of God’s people. Sometimes, the mood of the resurrection needs to permeate our very being before we can start dancing, and it must slowly reach our facial muscles so that we can truly smile.

The Resurrection is not just a historical event to be admired. It is the transformation of human society and the deathbed display of death’s dying. It is the church’s battle cry, slogan, passion, and life. The resurrection is the cornerstone of our worship. Without it, we are slaves to our own whims, but with it, we are slaves to the desires of our risen Lord. If we treat it as a mere add-on in the arsenal of church parties, we will fail to see Easter as that one party that revolutionizes all human feasts by changing our tone and tune, our bodies and souls, and the very nature of human behavior.

If we pray to our triumphant Jesus, he will grant us hearts to sing and bodies to taste and see his glory today. In God's kindness, he will grant us festal shouts of praise in the house of Zion.

Christ is Risen Indeed! Halleluiah!