The Resurrected Christ

Easter Sunday almost passed me by. It was so early this year, and my week was so full of life-changing events that I didn't even see it coming. Thankfully, I was reminded shortly before Sacrament Meeting started.

My Easter highlight today came during the Sacrament. The bread was blessed and reverently passed to the congregation. As the tray came to me, I thought of Christ's pierced and broken flesh that arose that glorious morning in perfection and glory. As I drank the water I thought of His precious blood that was willingly spilt for me.

I've been studying a particular verse in the Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 19:10: "And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself ... as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, ... and to be crucified, ... and to be buried in a sepulchre...."

What a sacrifice! He, the God over all, yielded Himself as a man into the hands of those who would mock, scourge, torment, deride, and finally crucify Him. I had never before noticed the words "as a man." Truly He descended below all things, and He did it for me and for you and for all men.

The glory in this is that He rose in perfect glory from the tomb on the third day. He came off conqueror of death and hell and He offers eternal salvation and glory to all who will accept Him and walk in His ways. What a glorious gospel! What great gifts He offers! Jesus Christ, son of Mary, is the Lord and Savior of mankind. He is the Lamb of God, slain for the sins of the world. He is the One True Light, the Bright and Morning Star. He is the Living Water, the Fountain of Truth and Light, the Giver of all Good Gifts. How I love Him - how I yearn to be like Him.