he is risen indeed

Those of you who know me well always pick on me when I call a passage of scripture "my favorite" since at one time or another I've said that about so many verses. So today, Easter Sunday, I want to share a favorite passage which one might not normally think of for Easter. I find it particularly moving today as Jesus himself addresses John in Revelation 1:17-18a. John writes,

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore..."

I love it. "I was dead"--past tense. "Behold, I am alive"--present tense--"forevermore..."