Empty! Hallelujah!—Six Sentence Story

They rolled a stone in front of His tomb. At the request of the religious authorities the stone was sealed and a guard placed by it.

The news was still spreading that He had called forth a man who had been dead for days and that man came out of his tomb. Since He Himself was now dead and lacking any agency to cause trouble, they hoped this would end the resurrection mania that He started.

Twilight darkened into night as the religious authorities wondered how the veil of the temple could have been torn from top to bottom.

Days later when some of His followers went to the tomb they found it opened and empty.

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Denise offers the prompt word “agency” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Matthew 12:40 NKJV – 40 “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

John 11:43-44 NKJV – 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

Matthew 27:51 NKJV – 51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom…

Matthew 27:62-66 NKJV – 62 On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, 63 saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 “Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.

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Author: Frank Hubeny

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21 thoughts on “Empty! Hallelujah!—Six Sentence Story”

  2. Imagine the panic!

    Earthquake! Darkness! Dead rising from tombs and walking around! The veil torn! Tooooooooooooooo many spooky things happening is not as bad as them happening all at once… They must have been terrified: both the leaders that orchestrated His murder and all the people who had no idea what was going on.

    “Uncle Mordechai? We buried you two years ago! And here you are wanting dinner?”

    Weathermen staring up into the sky and wondering why it’s dark out. “I got nothing… Go hide! It’s the end of the world. Signing off for Jerusalem Radio…”

    Then the news that the guy they killed is not in his Guarded and Sealed tomb? Talk about a vengeful spirit scenario! Yet He wasn’t vengeful.

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