It has been said that if anyone would question whether or not God hates sin, then all you need to do is just look at the darling of His eye hanging on that horrid cross. Oh, but if you want to know how much God really loves you, then likewise, you need to look at the cross where Jesus took your place, and the Father laid on Him “the iniquity of us all.”
But, of course, we know now that the story does not end with the precious body of Christ being removed from the cross by those who loved Him. Nor does it end with His burial in a tomb borrowed from a rich man. The whole basis of our celebration of Easter comes from one of the most documented events in all of history, and that is Christ’s defeat of death through His bodily resurrection on that first Easter morning.
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