The Grave Is Empty

When the women came to the tomb that first Easter morning, they brought spices to anoint a dead body. They expected to find death. Instead, they encountered angels who asked them a profound question: "Why seek ye the living among the dead?"

This question echoes through the centuries to our modern age. Too many people enter churches today searching for something, yet they never find the body of the Lord Jesus. They walk through doors expecting one thing but leaving empty-handed, still searching for answers that only God can provide.

There exists a fundamental divide in how people experience spiritual things. Some operate entirely in the natural realm—the physical, the tangible, the explainable. Others have stepped into the supernatural, where God's Spirit moves in ways that defy human logic and understanding.

This distinction became crystal clear on the Day of Pentecost. When 120 believers gathered in one accord, suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind. The house filled with God's presence, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Onlookers were confused. Some mocked, suggesting the believers were drunk. But Peter stood up and explained: these people aren't drunk—it's only nine in the morning! This is the fulfillment of the prophet Joel's words: "I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh."

The natural mind cannot comprehend the supernatural. When someone speaks in tongues, it's not a performance or emotionalism—it's a spirit giving them utterance. Heaven is breaking into earth. The supernatural is invading the natural realm. And those who live only in the natural will never understand until God opens their spiritual eyes.

Scripture teaches us that by one man's sin entered into the world, and by that sin came death. Adam's sin separated all of humanity from God. Every person born comes into this world out of sync with the Almighty, born into sin through the loins of Adam.

But death came because of one man, and life came because of one man. The first Adam messed up, and the last Adam fixed it.

God needed blood to reconcile humanity back to Himself. He needed another Adam. So God manifested Himself in Jesus—Yahweh in body, Jehovah in flesh, the Creator in clay, deity in dust. Jesus wasn't just a nice man or a good teacher. Jesus was God manifested in flesh.

Many religions want you to stop at the cross. They wear crosses around their necks and focus solely on Jesus' death. But the story doesn't end at Calvary.

Jesus came on a rescue mission with five aspects: the incarnation, Calvary, the burial, the resurrection, and the ascension. But there's a sixth part—and six is the number of man in Scripture. God made man on the sixth day, and the sixth aspect of Christ's mission was the remaking of man and woman.

How does God remake us? Through the infilling of the Holy Ghost.

Out of that empty grave came the gift of His Spirit. The resurrection wasn't just about Jesus coming back to life—it was about Him being able to communicate spirit life to every believer. When Jesus told His disciples in John 14 that He had been with them but would soon be in them, He was pointing to this transformation.

In the Old Testament, God gave Israel the law. It was holy, pure, and righteous, revealing God's standards and man's unholiness. But the law had a limitation—it could convict people, but it couldn't convert them. It showed them their sin but couldn't change their nature.

You cannot be changed from the outside in. God works from the inside out. You can have the fancy car, the beautiful home, the perfect-looking family, the impressive career—but if you're not fixed on the inside, none of it matters. Your nature needs to be changed, and no external program or self-help strategy can accomplish that.

Only the life force of God entering your spirit can transform you.

One testimony shared how a person received the Holy Ghost in 1979 during a message about dry bones coming to life. In an instant, everything from the top of their head to the bottom of their soul felt washed. They felt born again, made completely new. Cigarettes, alcohol, and old destructive patterns fell away as God remade them from the inside out.

Another testimony came from a young person who received the Holy Ghost on Easter, simply letting loose and allowing God's Spirit to fill them with supernatural utterance.

These aren't isolated incidents from ancient history. The same gift is available today. God is still alive and well. The devil thought he had won at Calvary, but Jesus raised Himself from that grave and gave us the gift of His Spirit so we can walk in the supernatural.

The whole purpose of Jesus' mission was to reconcile us back to God, to deal with the sin issue, and then to put the life force of God in us. The purpose wasn't just to die—it was to communicate the life that raised Him into every believer.

Heaven is aware of how you live and what you say. The supernatural is real and available. You don't have to stay in the natural realm, bound by flesh and limited by human understanding. God wants to step inside your heart and make you new.

Why seek the living among the dead? He is not in the tomb. He is risen, and His Spirit is available to transform you today.