In our Easter Vigil service this evening, using Holden Evening Prayer as our guide, we are remined that we have been buried with Christ by our Baptism and receive the promise of His resurrection victory. As we await the coming Easter morning, we do so with joyful expectation, knowing that Jesus is the God of new life and new beginnings.
Even as we wait for the Easter morning, celebration, we know that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead! This simple, incontrovertible fact changes everything. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised up for our justification (Romans 4:25). This night, as we hear the sweeping story of God’s salvation throughout history, all of it will come into sharp focus as we learn how we are now justified by faith through Jesus’ death and resurrection. Satan is defeated, sin is forgiven, and death is overthrown on this wondrous, glorious night. It is all done for us, His children, His Bride, His church, His everything.