The Moral Restoration of the Tomb

The empty tomb of Easter Sunday answers the betrayal of Jesus on the cross with humanity’s completely restored understanding that God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit’s remain one in essence, unity and purpose.  The divine dissolution which seemed possible is now revealed to be untrue; the Triune God remains undivided and now triumphant, and in unending relationship with humanity.  If Golgotha indicates the greatest expression of moral injury in history, then the mysterious but inhumanly supernatural resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is conversely the greatest expression of moral restoration in history.  As Good Friday left us with the tension that humanity might have ultimately betrayed God, Easter Sunday resolves that tension with the assurance that this betrayal was only penultimate, and that not only did the Triune God remain indissoluble but also that same God turned humanity’s betrayal on its head.  Indeed, God through the empty tomb existentially restores the rupture begun in Eden, fully reconciling humanity to Himself and restoring the possibility for each person to realize an eternal, salvific relationship with God that offers identity, meaning, and hope.