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READ: LUKE 18:31-34; 23:26-49; MARK 16:1-8\n\n\n\nIf I were thereWould I just stareAs they bound my Savior?If I lived during that timeWould I denyThat I ever knew Him?If I witnessed all they did to Him\xa0Would I have offered to take it on me\xa0The carrying of the cross?If I watched Him dieWould I have criedAnd been too heartbroken to carry on?If I had heard Him sayHe\u2019d rise again in three daysWould I believe He\u2019d do just that?If I saw the empty graveAnd saw Him alive againHow would I have felt?\xa0\u2022 Bethany Acker\n\n\n\n\u2022 Have you ever imagined what it would have felt like to live during Jesus\u2019s time on earth? As we hear the stories of people who interacted with Jesus face-to-face, how could it be helpful to imagine ourselves in these people\u2019s places?\n\n\n\n\u2022 When Jesus told His followers that He would be put to death but then rise from the grave three days later, they didn\u2019t understand. When Jesus was arrested, all His followers abandoned Him and ran away. Yet Jesus\xa0still died on the cross for them\u2026and for us. He came to save us from sin and death, to make the way for us\xa0to become part of His family, because He loves us. How could it be comforting to know that none of us could earn what Jesus did for us? (Romans 5:6-11)\n\n\n\n\u2022 If you want to dig deeper, read Matthew 26:47-56, Luke 22:54-62, and John 20:1-18.\n\n\n\n\u201cAnd after they flog him, they will kill him, and he will rise on the third day.\u201d Luke 18:33 (CSB)