Part 2

An angel of the Lord descends and the earth trembles.

He rolls the stone away.

He sits on it.

He glows.

He looks upon the fallen guards.

The pierced Son of Man rises.

He walks.

He talks.

He teaches.

He eats.

“Why do you look for the living among the dead?”

They remember His words.

Fear fills them, but so does great joy.

They doubt and marvel.

He opens their eyes.

Some call Him “that deceiver.”

They remember His words.

They pay off the guards.

They deceive themselves.

They deceive scores more.

All authority in heaven and on earth is given to Him.

He commissions.

He returns to His Father and ours.

He enters His glory.

He guarantees our faith.

Part I

Scourged and suffering limps the Son of Man.

Hunted like prey.

Betrayed with a kiss.

Agonizing in the night.

Deserted and alone.

He is as a worm, the stench of those He came to save.

Slandered with false accusations.

Mocked and abused.

Derided by passersby.

Despised.

Sealing his lips, He laid His life down.

Questioned like a criminal.

Chosen to die while Barabbas walked free.

Struck and beaten.

Bloodied with grief.

We raised him up, nailed to a pole.

He cried.

We laughed.

He prayed.

We beat our chests.

“Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”

He poured out his soul to death.

He makes intercession.

He bears our iniquities.

The iniquity of us all.