Revelation 5:11-12 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”

The Super Bowl champions have a parade thrown for them by their home town. That is nothing compared to the homecoming welcome Jesus Christ received after He accomplished His earthly mission.

Jesus Christ deserves all the accolades accorded to the Son of God as He came home to be with the Father and take His rightful place. I am ashamed to even mention Super Bowl champs in the same breath with my Lord Jesus Christ. The truth is nothing on earth compares nor even comes close.

We have spent a few days thinking about the life He led leading up to His crucifixion. We give praise to our Lord for His work on the Cross. Many of us hold the Cross up as a symbol of our faith. I would like to reiterate Revelation 5:12 one more time.

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”

All that lives in our hearts by faith. What kind of honor and glory and blessings do we give to the One who is worthy? Words of praise seem woefully inadequate. We cannot come close to giving Him the same reception He got when He went to the Father. What can we possibly do for the Lamb who is worthy?

John 14:20-21 English Standard Version (ESV)

²⁰ In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. ²¹ Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

John 5:46-47 (ESV)

⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

Today is Easter Sunday and there is no more pressing issue to be discussed that believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. This week I began with conclusions and yesterday I finish chapter 5 of the gospel according to John. The last 2 days I listed scriptures only without comment. I pray those words have spoken to you.

Jesus was speaking to the Jews of that day about the writings of Moses. We now have many more chapters to read beyond the Pentateuch. What has not changed in all those books of the Old Testament is the pronouncement of the coming Messiah. If the Pentateuch was enough evidence for the Jews of Jesus’ time, how much more so are the other 35 books going to speak to us about Jesus Christ?

Do you understand what Christ did for humanity on this day so long ago? If you believe on Jesus Christ and have accepted Him into your heart, you know. If you have not, you will never understand until you accept Jesus by faith. It is a sad truth that intellect fails here. We cannot reason our way unto salvation.

Ephesians 2:8 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

It is not of your own doing. The risen Christ proved He had power over death. Raising others would be meaningless if He had not been resurrected Himself.

Romans 8:28-30 (ESV)

²⁸ And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,^[a] for those who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰ And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Without the resurrection of Jesus Christ we have no purpose, no conformance, no justification and no resurrected life.

He is risen.