Just like He said

Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.

He Has Destroyed It By Enduring It!

He Has Destroyed It By Enduring It!

Let no one grieve at his poverty,
   for the universal kingdom has been revealed.
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again;
   for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free.
  He has destroyed it by enduring it.

—John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople; sermon, ca. 400

A Guard of Soldiers

The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.'Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

He Has Destroyed It By Enduring It!

Let no one grieve at his poverty,
   for the universal kingdom has been revealed.
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again;
   for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free.
  He has destroyed it by enduring it.

—John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople; sermon, ca. 400

One Week Later

A week after Good Friday. I wonder what Jesus was thinking? What about the disciples? What about the Pharisees and Pilot? We usually stop thinking about Easter on the Monday after. But in reality, that is when it matters most. Jesus up and walking around - victorious! And us too. Think about it.