《Lent》Day 40
復活節是什麼？
1 七日的第一日，黎明的時候，那些婦女帶著所預備的香料來到墳墓那裏，2 發現石頭已經從墳墓滾開了，3 她們就進去，只是不見主耶穌的身體。4 正在為這事困惑的時候，忽然有兩個人站在旁邊，衣服放光。5 婦女們非常害怕，就俯伏在地上。那兩個人對她們說：「為甚麼在死人中找活人呢？6 祂不在這裏，已經復活了。要記得祂還在加利利的時候怎樣告訴你們的，7 祂說：『人子必須被交在罪人手裏，釘在十字架上，第三天復活。』」8 她們就想起耶穌的話來。9 於是她們從墳墓那裏回去，把這一切事告訴十一個使徒和其餘的人。10 把這些事告訴使徒的有抹大拉的馬利亞、約亞拿，和雅各的母親馬利亞，還有跟她們在一起的婦女。11 她們這些話，使徒以為是胡言，就不相信。12 彼得起來，跑到墳墓前，俯身往裏看，只見細麻布，就回去了，因所發生的事而心裏驚訝。(路加福音廿四1-12)
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you, while He was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered His words. 9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. (Luke 24:1-12)
分享：來到復活節前夕，我們仍然要問自己一個問題：復活節與我有什麼關係？從世界的包裝而言，復活節等同了復活蛋、朱古力、糖果、繽紛的佈置、食大餐及旅行好時機等。(基本上所有節日都是商機處處。) 然而，對於基督徒來說，復活節又是什麼？讓我們從耶穌的墳墓來作《ChatGOD Sp》最後一個提醒。
《路加福音廿四》提到在第一個復活節的清晨，婦女們帶著葬禮中所需的香料，準備膏耶穌的屍體。當她們深深哀傷地來到墳墓時，一個難以置信的好消息震驚了她們：「祂不在這裏，已經復活了！」(參路加福音廿四6) 這一句說話，瞬間扭轉了一切。當我們極度憂傷、夢想破滅，一切看來已成定局時，耶穌的空墳墓卻將之永遠地改變了。這空墳墓宣告耶穌勝過了罪惡及死亡，並使人在祂裡面有活潑的盼望。
耶穌第三日復活這偉大的事件，只有在我們駐足於空墳墓前，思考祂的復活與我們的時，復活節的意義才能完全顯現。
反思：回想過去40天的讀經、反思及行動，思想你在這段時間有沒有什麼改變及成長？
行動：請在今年餘下的日子，向 (至少) 三個人分享基督復活的盼望吧！
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